「Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.」
– Nathaniel Branden, Psychotherapist
「自尊是我們通過自己取得的信譽。」
- 納旦尼爾．布蘭登 (心理治療師)
Civilians fleeing the fighting between the government and Houthi rebels are facing severe shortage of food. Children are malnourished to the point of starvation, and in some areas they’re dying from cholera and of diphtheria. My daughter got sick all of a sudden, we tried to nurse her back to health in the neighborhood, but two days later she died. By the time we had buried her, her brother had gotten sick, so we took him to Sanaa, thinking they』d cure him, but he also died.
逃離政府和胡塞叛軍戰亂的百姓正面臨嚴重的糧食緊缺問題。孩子們營養不良，食不果腹。一些地區的孩子甚至死於霍亂和白喉。我女兒突然就病了，我們竭力在周邊地區照護她，希望她恢復健康，但兩天後，她死了。她剛剛入土為安，她哥哥又病了，於是我們把哥哥送到薩那進行治療，但哥哥也病逝了。
An UN humanitarian official told the UN Security Council that many deaths in Yemen are Hunger-related. We also know that many deaths are hidden. Only half the health facilities in Yemen are functioning, and many Yemenis are too poor to access the ones that are open. Lowcock said that according to an earlier estimate, 130 children under the age of five were dying every day in Yemen from extreme hunger and disease, and that this situation is getting worse.
聯合國負責人道主義事務的一位工作人員告訴安理會，葉門死去的很多人都是因為飢餓。我們還知道有很多人的死亡都不為人所知。葉門只有半數保健設施還可以運轉，而且很多百姓身無長物，也用不起還在這樣的保健設施。Lowcock稱，根據此前的估測，葉門每天都有130個5歲以下的兒童死亡，死因是極度飢餓和疾病，而且每況愈下。
My assessment, my advice to you is that there is now a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing Yemen much bigger than anything, any professional in this field has seen during their working lives. UN officials say 1.8 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition in Yemen with 400,000 of them dangerously undernourished. Local warned that the whole population is in danger of starvation if the fighting doesn’t stop. He said the food aid will not be able to feed 29 million Yemenis. Zlatica Hoke, VOA News, Washington.
我本人有一個估測和建議給你們：現在存在一個很明確的危險——一場大型饑荒即將到來並席捲葉門，來勢洶洶，前所未有。這一定是這一行的任何專業人士工作這麼久都未曾見到過的。聯合國工作人員表示，葉門有180萬兒童患有急性營養不良，其中有40萬人嚴重營養不良。當地發出警示稱，所以人都面臨著飢餓的危險，除非戰事停止。他還說，糧食援助是無法補給葉門2900萬人的。感謝收聽霍克從華盛頓發回的報導。
ac‧cuse /əˈkjuːz/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive]to say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad 控告；指責 accuse somebody of (doing) something He was accused of murder. 他被控謀殺。 Smith accused her of lying. 史密斯指責她說謊。 The professor stands accused of (=has been accused of) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them. 那位教授被指控剽竊學生的觀點拿去發表。
滑屏敲字，看似重複，卻是最好的鞏固和記憶，請留言告知：
你記住了一句格言；
你聽懂了一句語音；
你明白了一個單詞；
你發現了一個錯誤；
……，……。
我們期待您的收穫、點評、建議和分享，謝謝！
1、本期名言欄目取自納旦尼爾．布蘭登 (1930-2014) 是加拿大裔美國心理學家，以自尊心理學的研究聞名，其所作《自尊的六大支柱》闡述了資訊時代關於心理的治療。
2、本期新聞速遞欄目取自VOA News. 本期Word of the day欄目取自Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online。
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