01介紹
學以致用，和大家分享一些日常積累到的英語
一起進步哈[加油]
02本期來源
TED演講之全球問題「世界上的戰爭」
03原文碼字
(一個一個字敲出來的，如有錯誤請諒解）
Some of you may have noticed that my?last name?is Nutt.And if you?did,you are forgiven for wondering?how a Nutt managed to end up in a war?zone.
I actually was offerd,right out of?medical school,and accepted a volunteer contract to work with?UNICEF in war-torn Somalia,that was worth one dollar.
And,you see,I had to be paid?this dollar in?the event that the UN?to?issue an?evacuation order,so that?I?would be covered.
I was，after?all,heading into one of?the world's most dangerous places.
And by now,some?of you?may?be asking yourselves,and?Ijust?want to reassure you,that I did get half the money up front.
But?you see,yhis?is how,with 50 cents?in my?pocket,I ended?up in Baidoa,Somalia.
Jornalists?called it the "city of death."
And?they?called it?the city of death because?300,000 people had lost?their lives there,300,000 people,mostly as a result of war-related famine and?disease.
I?was part of?a team?that was tasked?with trying to figure out how best to?respond?to this?humanitarian catastrophe.And?it was?right on?the?heels?of?the Rwandan?genocide,and?aid money to the region was?drying up.
And?many aid?orgenizations,unfortunately,had been forced to close their doors.And so the?question that I was asked to specially help answer,which is one that aid workers ask themselves in war zones the world over,is: What the hell do we do now ?
You konw the security envionment in Somalia at that moment in time and nothing has really changed too much.
It can best?be?described as"Mad Max"by?way of?"A?Clock?Orange."
And?I?remember?very distintly a couple of?days?after my arrival,I went up?to a feeding clinic.
And?there were dozens of women who?were?standing in line,and?they were clutching their infrants very?close.
And about 20 minutes into?this?conversation I was having with?this one?young woman,I learned forward?and I tried to put py finger in the palm?of?her baby's?hand.
And?when I did this,I discovered?that her baby was already in rigor.She?was stiff, and her little,lifeless hand was curled into itself.
And?she had died?hours before of malnutrition.I later learned that as her baby was dying,this young woman had been held?for?tow days?by some teenager boys who were armed with?Kalashikov?rifles,and they were trying to shake her?down for more money,money she very clearly?did not have.
And?this is?a scene that?I have?confronted in war zones the world?over;places where?kids,some as young as eight,they are this big and those?kids,they have never been to school.
But they have fought and they have killed with automatic?rifles.
Is this just the way the world is?Some will tell you that?war is unavoidably human.
After all,it is?as old as existence itself.A nd we say never?again,and yet it happens again and again and again.
But I will?tell you that Ihave seen the absolute worst?of what we as human beings are capable of doing?to one another,and?yet I still believe?a different outcome?is possible.
Do you?want?to?know why?
Because?voer 20 years of doing this?work,going in and?out of war zones around the world,I have?come?to understand that there are?aspects of this?problem that we,
all of us,as people?occupying this shared space,that we can?change,not through force or?coercion or invasion,but by simply looking at all of?the?options available to us and choosing the ones that favir peace?at?the?expense of war,instead of war?at the expense?of peace.
04詞匯積累
Nutt瘋子
Be right out of medical school醫學院畢業
UNICEF聯合國兒童基金會
War-torn飽受戰爭蹂躪的
Evacuation order疏散令
Reassure保證
Somalia 索馬里
War-related famine and disease戰陣引發的饑荒與疾病
Humanitarian catastrophe人道主義災難
Rwandan genocide盧旺達大屠殺
Aid money to the region was drying up地區的救助資金已經捉襟見肘
Distinctly清楚地
A feeding clinic喂養診療所
Stand in line 排隊
Stiff 呆板的，僵硬的，徹底地
Malnutrition營養不良的
Kalashnikov rifles卡拉什尼科夫沖鋒槍
Automotic rifles自動步槍
Unavoidably 不可避免地
Capable有能力的
Coercion強迫，威壓，高壓政治
Invasion侵略
At the expense of 以某某為代價
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