CNN News:触目惊心:实拍一座完全被垃圾淹没的城市

Lebanon is a nation without a leader. Its former president`s term ended in 2014, and its national assembly has failed to elect a new leader since then.

黎巴嫩前任总统任期于2014年结束，时至今日，黎巴嫩总统位置依然空缺，国民议会一直未能选出一位新领袖。

According to Lebanon`s constitution, the government can`t get a lot of its regular business done without a president. And the lockup is taking its tool.

根据黎巴嫩宪法，总统未任职，许多常规事务不能由政府处理。现在问题就来了。

For instance, a major garbage problem in the capital. More than 2 million people are estimated to live in and around Beirut. Officials closed the main landfill there last July and left many Lebanese without a place to put their trash.

例如，黎巴嫩首都的垃圾问题。据估计，贝鲁特城市及附近约有200万人口居住，去年6月份官员关闭了那里主要的垃圾填埋地，这导致许多当地居民没有地方投掷垃圾。

Where once flowed beauty, now the river is of trash. Yes, the picture does need a second look. It is not a fake.

曾经美丽的河流，现在里面充满了垃圾。这张照片需要引起大家关注，因为这是一张真实的照片。

Piled up over four months, the household waste Lebanon`s woefully dysfunctional government can`t deal with.

由于黎巴嫩政府无权处理这些堆积了四个多月的家庭垃圾。

All around Beirut, it lies on the street but here, one staggering eyesore of an apparent two million tons.

贝鲁特周围，垃圾袋堆满了整个街道。

Lebanon is gifted with incredible natural beauty, in fact, you can see its cedars there sat just above this unnatural river; but, bear in mind, this is just the cold of winter and already the stink and the smell here is intolerable. Imagine what the summer sun will do to this.

黎巴嫩本身具备优美的自然风景，实际上，仅仅坐在这条人工河流上看看这里的香柏树，就能领略到这里的美景。但是，请记住，寒冷的冬季，这里的臭味已经让大家难以忍受，那么想想，夏天这里又会是什么样子。

In the winter, too, the rain drains toxins from it and adds them to the water table. Some say a health catastrophe is brewing.

冬天，雨水中包含毒素，这些毒素就进入饮水中。一些人称，一场健康浩劫即将来临。

One official told us, though, look. At least it`s organized.

但是一位官员告诉我们说，至少这是有组织的。

Last summer, anger at this basic failure of the state was just beginning. The trash collectors lost their contract. Rotting garbage, a metaphor, protestors said, for the decay in leadership here. Still, even after this, nothing was solved.

去年夏天，这个国家混乱状态引发的愤怒才刚刚开始。垃圾收集抗旨者称，腐烂的垃圾就象征着这里腐败的政府领导。但是，事后，问题仍未得到解决。

An elaborate plan to ship it all to Russia fell apart Friday. Now, there is no plan. No recycling. No end to the disposals this tiny country will consume. And summer`s burning heat is closing in.

周五，将垃圾运往俄罗斯的计划崩溃。截止到目前，还没有任何计划，没有回收利用。这个小小的国家将会继续产出垃圾。但是夏天的热量循环是封闭的。

Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Beirut.

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