UN Calls for International Aid to Sudan

Rome: The United Nations World Food Program is asking for 106 million dollars to feed 2.5 million people in Sudan. It says the Sudanese are threatened(1) with serious food and water shortages(2) as a result of civil war and a lack of rain. The UN agency already provides food to almost 1.7 million people in Sudan. The World Food Program says fast action is needed to prevent a repeat of the conditions in 1998, when thousands of Sudanese died.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. threaten[]v.威胁
2. shortage []n.缺少

听音高级短语

as a result of 由于；作为……的结果
lack of 缺乏

听音超级句型

…threatened with …
…受到了…的威胁。

联合国呼吁向苏丹提供国际援助

罗马消息：联合国世界食物计划署要求提供一亿零六百万美圆援助250万苏丹人民。它表示由于内战和干旱，苏丹人民受到了食物和饮用水严重缺乏的威胁。联合国机构已经向近170万苏丹人民提供了食物援助。世界粮食计划署表示必须及时采取行动以免重演1998年造成成千上万苏丹人死亡的悲剧。