时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(二月)


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The first group of Philippine workers has returned home from Libya Saturday. The workers spent days sheltering in their residences as the north African nation erupted in violent anti-government protests.

Close to 100 civil engineers, architects and other highly skilled workers landed in Manila's international airport after their Paris-based construction company, Vinci Grands Projets, placed them on flights out of Libya.

Civil Engineer Pem Dapdap arrived with about two dozen coworkers. Speaking in a mixture of English and Tagalog, a local Philippine language, he called the situation outside their apartments near Tripoli "complete lawlessness." "It's terrifying there. A horrible situation!," he said.

Dapdap says on the first night of the protests he and his coworkers were shaken by explosions and sounds of fighting as they ate dinner. He worries about other Filipino workers in the far-flung areas, saying their residences were looted.

Violence erupted in Libya's major cities more than a week ago, when tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets calling for the ouster of long-time leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi.

There are 26,000 Filipino workers in Libya. Most of them are highly skilled. The Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs says so far 204 workers have been evacuated 2.

Carmelita Dimzon is administrator 3 of the government agency that handles the welfare of Filipinos who work overseas. She says the Philippine government and the multinational 4 companies that agree to evacuate 1 their workers are trying to act quickly to ensure the safety of the Filipino expatriates.

"That should really be a commitment. And now that we have a crisis, the companies are really taking care of their own workers. And when they saw there was really a need to re-locate the workers, then they moved," said Dimzon.

But getting out safely is not easy, particularly in areas where violence is the worst.

A recruiter for the workers says there are not enough people to staff immigration posts at the Tripoli airport and flights are practically grounded.



1 evacuate
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
2 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
3 administrator
n.经营管理者,行政官员
  • The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
  • He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
4 multinational
adj.多国的,多种国籍的;n.多国籍公司,跨国公司
  • The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
  • He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
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