Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one anda half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition.
阿卜杜勒阿齐兹（Abdulaziz al-Husseinya）骨瘦如柴，躺在也门西部港口荷台达(Hodeidah)市医院里显得毫无生气。9岁的他，体重不到一块半石头，是这个国家成千上万严重营养不良孩子中的一个。
malnutrition[ˌmælnju:ˈtrɪʃn] 营养不良
英英释义：a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessiveor unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.
例句：It says many of them are suffering from malnutritiona nd malaria. 【BBC News】
其中很多孩子营养不良，还身患疟疾。
Seven million people are on the brink of famine in war-torn Yemen, which was already in the grip of the world’s worst cholera outbreak when coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia tightened its blockade on the country last week, stemming vital aid flows.
七百万也门人饱受战争蹂躏，濒临饥荒的边缘，上周由沙特领导的联军部队加紧对阿拉伯的封锁，遏制重大的援助，世界上最严重的霍乱已在控制中。
blockade[blɒˈkeɪd]封锁
英英释义：prevents access or progress
例句：”Despite the blockade and restrictions here, they are still giving us support.”
“尽管这里有封锁和限制，但是我们仍然得到了援助。”
Al-Thawra hospital, where Abdulaziz is being treated, is reeling under the pressure of more than two years of conflict between the Saudi-led coalition and Iranian-allied Houthi rebels. Its corridors are packed, with patients nowcoming from five surrounding governorates to wait elbow-to-elbow for treatment.
阿卜杜勒阿齐兹在Al-Thawra医院治疗，该医院在由沙特阿拉伯主导的联军和伊朗联盟的侯赛因反对派之间多达两年冲突的压力下运作。现在医院的走廊挤满了来自周边五省肩并肩等待看病的人。
governorate['ɡʌvnɔ:reɪt]省
例句：The second case is an18 month-old male from Shebin Elkom district, Menofyia Governorate.
第二个病例是Menofyia省Shebin Elkom区一名18个月的男童。
Less than 45% of the country’s medical facilities are still operating – most have closed due to fighting or a lack of funds, or have been bombed by coalitionair strikes. As a result, Al-Thawra is treating some 2,500 people a day, compared to 700 before the conflict escalated in March 2015.
这个国家不到45%的医疗设备还在运行——由于打仗或者缺少资金，或者被联军轰炸，大部分医疗设备关闭了。所以，Al-Thawra每天治疗2500人，2015年4月冲突升级前是700人。
escalate[ˈeskəleɪt]使逐步升级
英英释义：increase in extent or intensity
例句：The Allies escalated the bombing.
Fighting is continuing to escalate in the Syrian city of Aleppo. 【BBCNews】
阿勒颇局势持续升级。
More than 200 miles away in the southern governorate of Lahij, territory under the control of the coalition, more emaciated children lie listless, gasping for every breath.
距离南部省的拉赫季市超过200英里的领土在联军的控制中，瘦弱的孩子无精打采，渴望每一次呼吸。
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