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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the conference to look beyond financial assistance to Haiti. "We have to pledge to do better ourselves" at effective post-disaster reconstruction, she said, adding that the goal is now to empower the Haitian people.
美國國務(wù)卿希拉里•克林頓督促大會(huì)不只從經(jīng)濟(jì)上支援海地。她說,在有效的災(zāi)后重建工作上“我們必須承諾自己做得更好”,她還指出現(xiàn)在的目標(biāo)是增加海地人民的自主權(quán)。
在上面的報(bào)道中,post-disaster reconstruction就是“災(zāi)后重建”。Reconstruction的意思是“重建,改造,復(fù)原”。例如:The reconstruction of the Town Hall is scheduled to start next month.(市政廳的重建計(jì)劃于下月開始。)又如:postwar reconstruction(戰(zhàn)后重建)。
在海地大地震發(fā)生后,許多國家派出了rescue team(救援小組),提供了包括rescue and medical equipment(救災(zāi)和醫(yī)療設(shè)備)、emergency personnel(緊急救援人員)在內(nèi)的humanitarian relief(人道主義援助)。在quake-stricken area(地震災(zāi)區(qū))搭建了makeshift hospital(臨時(shí)醫(yī)院)和makeshift shelter(簡易過渡房)幫助受災(zāi)人民度過難關(guān)。