苏丹大批难民面临粮食短缺问题
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Thousands of Sudanese are being forced to leave their homes and walk for days into an area already severely1 affected2 by food shortages.

成千上万的苏丹人被迫离开他们的家乡,步行数日来到一个已经被粮食短缺严重影响的地区。

Some 14,000 members of the Lou Nuer have been expelled(驱逐,开除) from Upper Nile and are arriving in neighbouring Jonglei.

Their arrival is putting intense pressure on a population whose crops had all but failed.

Earlier this year, aid workers told the BBC that Akobo county was the "hungriest" place on earth.

Today in Akobo, food is in very short supply. The rains have arrived in Sudan, but the next harvest is still months away.

Nearly one in ten children in the region are so badly malnourished(营养不良的) they are at severe risk of dying.

The charity Save the Children has already taken 600 children into its intensive feeding programme. And now thousands of people are arriving in the area, after being forced across the state border.

Local officials decided3 they had no rights where they were living, after the border was re-drawn.

Last Wednesday they were told to leave and now they have come, with the few possessions they can carry, to live with families to whom they are related.

Kate Foster of Save the Children says their arrival is stretching already meagre(贫乏的) resources to breaking point.

"I think this is one of the most serious situations that we've seen in south Sudan this year," she said.

"The situation in the south Sudan was so bad already, particularly for children, and the lack of food that's available to them.

"It's really just going to be a very serious situation that will be compounded even further."

Akobo was already coping with more than 20,000 people who were displaced by fighting that took place last year.

A convoy4 of food being brought down the Nile was attacked in June. And ethnic5 clashes in August left 185 people dead, mainly women and children.

Now a situation of extreme malnutrition6 is being made even worse by the expulsion of people across the state border.



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1 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
2 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
3 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 convoy do6zu     
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队
参考例句:
  • The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
  • Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
5 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
参考例句:
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
6 malnutrition kAhxX     
n.营养不良
参考例句:
  • In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
  • It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。
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