【原版杂志阅读】29期 Day 1：Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem Day 1

Leaders | A humanitarian disaster(human +itarian)bandit
Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem

(Catalogue)

It could kill millions—and spread chaos across Africa and the Middle East 

The war in Sudan has received a fraction of the attention given to Gaza and Ukraine. Yet it threatens to be deadlier than either conflict. Africa’s third- largest country is ablaze. Its capital city has been razed, perhaps 150,000 people have been slaughtered and bodies are piling up in makeshift cemeteries visible from space. More than 10m people, a fifth of the population, have been forced to flee from their homes. A famine looms that could be deadlier than Ethiopia’s in the 1980s: some estimate that 2.5m civilians could die by the end of the year.

一、词汇部分

1. ablaze /əˈbleɪz/ adj. 熊熊燃烧的

前缀: a-加强语气(ad-add)

词汇: blaze 熊熊燃烧, 烈火(bl-) (raze —razor)

2. slaughter   /ˈslɔːtə(r)/ v. （尤指战争中的）屠杀，杀戮

联系: s + laughter 

3. Cemetery   /ˈsemətri/ n. 墓地

词源: cem-home

后缀: -et, -ery 名词后缀

4. famine   /ˈfæmɪn/ n. 饥荒

前缀: fam-饥饿

后缀: -ine 名词后缀(medicine)

5.   belligerent  /bəˈlɪdʒərənt/ adj . 好斗的；寻衅的；挑衅的; n. 交战团体

词根：bell-战争

词根：ger-带来

后缀: -ent 名词后缀活着形容词后缀

二、文章讲解(词汇/搭配、语法长难句、篇章段落结构）

1. The war in Sudan has received a fraction of the attention given to Gaza and Ukraine. Yet it threatens to be deadlier than either conflict. (Africa’s third- largest country is ablaze. Its capital city has been razed, perhaps 150,000 people have been slaughtered and bodies are piling up in makeshift cemeteries visible from space. More than 10m people, a fifth of the population, have been forced to flee from their homes. A famine looms that could be deadlier than Ethiopia’s in the 1980s: some estimate that 2.5m civilians could die by the end of the year.)

主题

具体的数字—论据—为了证明观点

背景介绍—主题—证明主题.

1) The war in Sudan —介词短语作后置定语--people around the world

2) attention given to Gaza and Ukraine —过去分词作后置定语 (非谓语动词作后置定语 --to do, doing, done)

3) pile 堆

4)  cemeteries visible from space —形容词短语作后置定语

5) two thirds 

6) loom v. 弱隐若现

7) 看谓语动词 —名词+that, that 在后面从句中做主语、宾语==》定语从句

 A famine that could be deadlier than Ethiopia’s in the 1980s looms.

三、段落翻译

苏丹战争获得的关注远少于加沙和乌克兰。然而,它可能比这两场冲突更加致命。非洲第三大国正陷入战火。其首都已被夷为平地,可能有15万人被屠杀,尸体堆积在可从太空看到的临时墓地中。超过1000万人(占人口的五分之一)被迫逃离家园。一场可能比1980年代埃塞俄比亚更致命的饥荒即将来临:有估计称到今年年底可能有250万平民死亡。