News Item -喀布尔的市郊绿洲
On Fridays, the traffic stretches(延伸)for kilometers. Groups of young men, couples and families make their way to the lake on cars and motorcycles as street vendors(摊贩)sell their wares(商品). “In the past, business was bad. Now it is picking up. I work here every Friday and go to school the rest of the week.” This could be any popular place, anywhere. Except Qargha Lake is on the outskirts( 郊 区 )of Kabul, a city that regularly faces deadly violence, and where men in uniform with guns are the most common sight. Out here, a policeman directs traffic, carrying a whistle( 口 哨 ), not an AK-47.
周五的时候，交通会绵延数公里。成群的年轻人、夫妇和家庭骑着汽车和摩托车来到湖边，街头小贩出售他们的商品。“过去，生意不好。现在它正在回升。我每周五在这里工作，一周剩下的时间去上学。”这可能是任何一个受欢迎的地方，任何地方。除了Qargha湖在喀布尔的郊区，喀布尔是一个经常面临致命暴力的城市，在那里穿制服的人拿着枪是最常见的景象。在这里，警察指挥交通，拿着哨子，而不是AK-47。
Three decades of war coupled with the strict rule of the Taliban destroyed almost all recreational(娱乐)facilities in Afghanistan. That is why people flock here, despite the dangers.
三十年的战争加上塔利班的严格统治摧毁了阿富汗几乎所有的娱乐设施。这就是人们不顾危险涌向这里的原因。
