VOA慢速英语：联合国援助物资抵达被困城市马达亚

Fighting in Syria was paused to allow United Nations aid and food to reach the towns of Madaya, Foua and Kefraya.

叙利亚停止战斗，以允许联合国援助物资及食物送达马达亚市、Foua市和Kefraya市。

Syrians wait for the arrival of an aid convoy on Jan. 11, 2016 in the besieged town of Madaya as part of a landmark six-month deal reached in September for an end to hostilities in those areas in exchange for humanitarian assistance.

A deal was struck between warring sides in the civil war on Saturday. The deal permitted food delivery to all three towns, according to multiple media reports.

据多个媒体报道，周六，叙利亚内战交战双方达成协议。该协议允许向被围困的三个城市运送食物。

No aid had reached Madaya since October. Doctors Without Borders estimated that 42,000 Syrians have little or noaccess to food there. Enough food is being sent to feed 40,000 people for a month.

自去年十月以来，没有任何援助物资送至马达亚。无国界医生估计42,000叙利亚人很少或根本无法获得食物。联合国援助车队所携带的食物足够四万人在一个月食用。

The town, about 40 kilometers from Damascus and close to the border with Lebanon, will also receive medicine and blankets.

马达亚市，距大马士革约40公里，靠近黎巴嫩边界，也将获得药品和毛毯援助物资。

U.N. World Food Program, International Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent supplied the aid for the Madaya mission.

联合国世界粮食计划署、国际红十字会和叙利亚阿拉伯红新月会为马达亚使命提供援助物资。

A convoy of 44 trucks waited to enter Madaya. The northern villages of Foua and Kefraya will also get assistance. Foua and Kefraya support the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Those two towns are now surrounded by rebel troops. Between 12,000 and 20,000 people were cut off from aid in Kefraya and Foua. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

44辆卡车组成的车队等待进入马达亚。叙利亚北部的Foua和Kefraya市也将获得援助。Foua和Kefraya市支持叙利亚总统巴沙尔•阿萨德(Bashar al-assad)政权。这两座城市受到反叛力量的包围。在Foua和Kefraya市，约有12,000 到20,000居民救援物资被中断。

There are numerous reports of extreme hunger and starvation in the Madaya area. Since the beginning of December, six children and 22 adults have died from starvation, according to the multiple media reports.

大量报道都是有关马达亚地区极度饥饿与饥荒。据多个媒体报道，自12月开始，就有6个孩子、22个大人死于饥饿。

"Syrians are suffering and dying across the country because starvation is being used as a weapon of war by both the Syrian government and armed groups," said an Amnesty International spokesperson.

一名国际特赦组织发言人表示：“由于饥饿被叙利亚政府与反叛力量作为战争武器，因此

整个叙利亚都在遭受痛苦与死亡。

I'm Kathleen Struck.

我是凯瑟琳。

Jim Dresbach adapted it for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

paused- v. halted; stopped

multiple- adj. several; a number of times

access- n. a way of getting near or to somewhere; use of something

blanket – n. a covering made of cloth that is used especially on a bed for warmth

convoy – n. a group of vehicles that are traveling together usually for protection

regime- n. a government or administration

starvation – n. suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat