Desperate to Exit Haiti
绝望、迫切地离开海地
Justin Lee; David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. desperate： adj.绝望的、渴望的
2. Port Au Prince： n.太子港 (海地首都)
3. charter： n.包机
4. devastation： n.蹂躏、重创
5. as for： ph.至于；说到
6. logistics personnel: n. 后勤人员
7. ban： vt.禁止；取缔
8. exodus： n.外出、出走
Desperate to get out of Haiti. Hundreds of people with foreign passports gathered at Port-Au-Prince airport, waiting to get on a charter, aid, or military plane and escape the devastation.
绝望、迫切地逃离海地。数以百计的人们拿着护照聚集在太子港机场，等候着包机、救援飞机或军机，然后逃离这个惨遭蹂躏之地。
[Unidentified Woman]:
“I came here on Tuesday just before the earthquake for a conference and there is nothing else for me to do but evacuate."
[不具名的女士]:
“我是星期二来开会的，就在地震前抵达。而这里现在除了逃离之外已经没有我要做的了。”
As for flights coming IN, aid flights with rescue and logistics personnel and supplies from around the world are getting through. Commercial flights are still banned.
关于抵达的班机、搭载搜救和后勤人员及补给品的救援班机，从世界各地陆续抵达。商用班机目前仍是被禁止的。
And as for native Haitians, scores are trying to leave the capital in packed vehicles. Barely passable roads make any exodus of the quake’s center of destruction extremely difficult.
而至于海地当地人，大量的人群在挤满的车阵中正试图离开首都。几乎无法通行的道路，使得想要从这次地震的破坏中心出走，是极为困难的。
The Haitian government now believes up to 140,000 people were killed in Tuesday’s earthquake.
目前海地政府相信，将近14万人在星期二的地震中遇害。
本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_sa/2010-01-16/765379999583.html
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以下每个词组请念3次，再听听看是否清楚多了！
1. waiting to get on a charter, aid, or military plane
2. escape the devastation
3. there is nothing else for me to do
4. aid flights with rescue and logistics personnel
5. supplies from around the world are getting through
6. to leave the capital in packed vehicles
7. Barely passable roads
8. the quake’s center of destruction
9. make any exodus of the quake’s center of destruction extremely difficult
