5月12日VOAIntheNews报道原文及MP3

1、5月12日VOA In the News报道原文及 MP35 月12日VOAIntheNews报道原文及MP3UNSeeks187Millio nin AidfortheVictimsofCyclo nein BurmaDow nloadMP3AudioByBria nn aBlake2008-5-9ThisisINTHENEWSi nV OASpecialE nglish.TheU ni tedNatio nsisappeali ngtoitsmembersforo nehun dredeighty-seve nm illi on dollarsi naidforvictimsofCyclo

2、 neNargisi nBurma.Thepowerfulstormhitthe coun tryalsocalledMya nm araweekago.Fridaysemerge ncyappealsaidtheaidwouldhelpmeetthe needsofmoretha nonean dahalfmilli on peopleoverthe nextsixm on ths.AfterthestormhitBurmeseleadersmadearareappealforforeig nhelp.Butaidofficialshavelargel yfaceddelaysa ndref

3、usalsofvisas in theireffortstobri ngsuppliesa ndworkersintothecountry.TheRedCross, though , hashadgreatersuccess.Un itedNatio nsofficialssaydeathsarelikelytorisesharply un lessfoodcleandrinkingwater, shelterandmedicinearrivequickly.OnF ridaythemilitarygovernme ntseizedtwopla neloadsoffooda ndequipme

4、 ntflo wnin bytheU ni tedNatio nsWorldFoodProgram.Thegovernme nthassaiditwa ntstod istributeforeig naiditself.TheseizureledtheWorldFoodProgramtosuspe ndit sflights.Butage ncyofficialslaterdecidedtose ndi ntwoflightsaspla nnedonS aturday.AlsoAmerica no fficialssaidBurmaagreedtolettheU nitedStatesse n

5、dasi nglepla nel oadofsuppliestotheco untryonMon day.文章来源网，仅供分享学习参考Burmeseofficialssaythecycl on eleftmoretha non emilli on peoplehomeless.Abo uttwe nty-fourmillio npeoplelivei nthefiveareasstruckbyCycl on eNargis.Com pletevillagesweredestroyed an dma ny roadsareblocked.ThelrrawaddyDeltaRiverareawas

6、hittheworst.Burmesereportssaymoretha ntwe ntythousa ndpeoplearedeada ndfortythousa ndm issin gafterthecycl on e.America nan dotherofficialshavewar nedthatthe nu mbe rofdeadcouldreach onehun dredthousa ndbecauseofdisease.The In dia nO cea ntsu n amii ntwothousa ndfourkilledmoretha ntwoh un dredthousa

7、 ndpeople in SouthAsi aan dSoutheastAsia.Weatherexperts inIn diasaytheywar nedBurmaofthecycl oneineno ughtimetosave lives.Burmais on eoftheworldsmostclosedsocieties.Themilitaryhascon trolledthe coun trysi ncenin etee nsixty-tw o.On Saturdaytheruli ngge neralspla ntocarryo utavotefora newco nstitutio

8、 n.Thevotewillbedelayedi ndisasterareas un tilMa ytwe nty-fourth.StatemediacarriedmessagesFridayremi ndi ngcitize nsthatitwastheirpatriot icdutytoapprovethe newc on stitutio n.TheleadersofBurmasaytheco nstitutio n ispartofwhattheycallaroadmaptodemocracythatwillleadtoge neralelectio n si ntwoyears.Theoppositio nN atio nalLeagueforDemocracysaysthec on stituti on willo nlystre ngthe nmilitaryco ntrol.Uni tedNatio nsSecretary-Ge neralBa nKi-m oon hasurgedthegovernme nttopostpo n ethevote natio nwide.Hesaysallavailableresourcesshouldgoi ntoeffortstor ecoverfromCycl on