Catastrophe.ppt

1、Catastrophe,Editorial: Tsunami (from the National Catholic Weekly),Outline Part one (1-3) What? -What? Why? Where? How? -Devastation -All washed away Part Two (4-9) Help -The international response -Heroes -Organizations -Difficulties -The US military -Individual donations Part Three (10) Suggestion

2、s -Generous response and greater preparedness through international cooperation,It struck without warning on working families in poor fishing villages and on vacationing tourists in upscale resorts. The tsunami, caused by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake 155 miles southeast of Banda Aceh, the provincial c

3、apital of Sumatra，killed more than 150,000 people and left millions homeless along thousands of miles of coastline in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma and Africa.,The numbers will continue to rise as the untreated injured perish and disease spreads. Devastation on such a scale is difficu

4、lt to comprehend, but it was made real to people around the world through television news reports. Viewers saw villages totally wiped out, bodies strewn across devastated landscapes, grieving parents in shock and orphaned children alone.,Most of the places hit by the tidal wave were already living c

5、lose to the edge. Throughout much of the region, health care was minimal, transportation was difficult, and poverty was just a bad harvest or bad fishing season away. Those who owned homes and businesses had reached the middle class after years of struggle and sacrifice for themselves and their chil

6、dren. All was washed away in an instant.,The international response has been encouraging. Although slow at the outset, the United states upped its pledge of support to $350 million, second only to Japans $500 million. About $2 billion has been pledged so far by governments around the world, but much

7、 more will eventually be needed if people are to rebuild their lives and villages.,In every disaster there are heroesthe hotel manager who sacrificed his life trying to save the grandchild of a guest, the pilot who landed his private plane on an airstrip his government said was unusable, the village

8、rs who struggled to get their boats repaired and back at sea to support their families. Also heroic were the efforts of relief workers who were already in most of these countries dealing with other problems.,Catholic Relief Services, Oxfam, the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders mobilized to brin

9、g fresh water and medical supplies to the devastated areas. Fresh water was the highest priority since drinking polluted water can cause disease and more deaths. Without a quick response, experts predicted the death toll from disease could be as high as the initial number caused directly by the tsun

10、ami.,Moving relief supplies to isolated areas proved difficult. Even under the best conditions, many of these areas are not easily accessible. Roads and train tracks were washed out; some airports were put out of commission or were so small they could not deal with the demand. Some outlying islands

11、have still not been heard from. As a result, supplies initially piled up at warehouses and major airports, because they faced bottlenecks that were beyond the capacity of the fractured infrastructure.,Local military with helicopters and trucks proved invaluable in getting supplies to those in need.

12、The U.S. military came to the aid with helicopters and ships. As one U.N. official said, the helicopters were worth their weight in gold, because they could deliver supplies quickly to inaccessible locations.,The outpouring of donations from individuals has been remarkable both in the world. In Brit

13、ain individual donations equal the amount pledged by the government. Compassion fatigue, once feared by charitable agencies, has been put aside, at least for now. But the long-term effort needed to repair and rebuild these areas will be even greater than the critical immediate response. It will take

14、 an immense effort lasting months, perhaps even years.,Tragic death through a natural disaster can challenge ones faith in an all-loving God. But the Gospel call is not to resigned acceptance but to a faith that produces works. The tsunami is a wake-up call to everyone in the global village that our

15、 brothers and sisters need our compassion and help. As tragic as this disaster is, the numbers killed in one day can be easily matched and exceeded by the numbers killed in any year all over the world through hunger and preventable diseases.,What we saw in an instant plays out every day in slow moti

16、on throughout the world in other ways, less dramatic but no less urgent. All of these needs deserve a generous response. Greater preparedness to respond to future disasters through international cooperation is also needed.,Thank you,本文是一篇典型的社论。作为一种重要的新闻评论体裁，社论是权威性与理论性的有机结合，是报刊的旗帜。社论在内容上的突出表现是关注重大新闻事

17、件和国际问题，由此社论的地位和作用日渐凸显；在新闻评论的诸多样式中，社论的作用最大，地位也最高。英国著名的报人,主编卫报 （The Guardian）长达57 年之久的斯科特认为“社论是表达报纸立场的基本手段,是报纸存在的根本理由。” 近来，社论在发展过程中的一个突出特点是向小型化方向发展，正在摆脱过去动辄长篇大论的样式。,“It” here refers to the tsunami disaster that happened on Dec. 26, 2004. It was one of the most powerful earthquakes in history hitting A

18、sia that unleashed the tsunami that devastated the coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand. Up to 30 feet high, the tsunami was triggered by a 9.0 magnitude underwater earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The quake struck about 7 a.m. and was centered a

19、bout 100 miles (160 km.) off the coast of Indonesias Sumatra Island at a depth of about 6.2 miles (10 km.). The tsunamis paths left massive, indiscriminate destruction in areas that included some of the worlds richest tourist sites and impoverished villages.,Catholic Relief Services（天主教公共救助服务机构，简称CR