大学英语外报外刊阅读教程(第二版)课件+教学参考手册 (37)[28页]

Lesson 37
Lesson 37
Haiti is the western part of the island Hispaniola, officially known as “the Republic of Haiti” and Port-AuPrince is its capital. The name originated from Indian, meaning “a mountainous region”. Haiti has a population of 892 million. It has an area of 27,800 square kilometers. Blacks account for 90% of the population. Most of its people are descendants of slaves brought over from Africa centuries ago. French and Creole are the country’s two official languages.
Devastation extends from the slums to the presidential palace. Aid groups fear a catastrophic death toll1.
By Tracy Wilkinson
Author: A Brief Introduction
Lesson 37
Haiti is one of the most densely populated nations in the Western Hemisphere and it is also the least-developed countries. 4/5 of its people are illiterate. In 1804, Haiti gained independence and became the first blacks’ republic. As it has a long history of dictatorial rule, its people’s life is miserable. Most of its people are farmers and they could not earn that much to support their family. Because of widespread malnutrition and poor medical conditions, its average life expectancy is only 50 years.
Lesson 37
Over a year has passed since the earthquake. Although international organizations have provided Haiti with a lot of aid, the living conditions there are still harsh. The sanitation has been poor, so much so that cholera has swept across the country.
Leabharlann Baidu
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH ）
Lesson 37
Haiti was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in January 2010, the country's most severe earthquake since 1770. The capital city Port-auPrince suffered great destruction. By February 23, 300,000 Haitians had been killed
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Lesson 37
Lesson 37
Haiti in Chaos after 7.0 Quake
Lesson 37
At the beginning of 2004, social upheavals broke out in Haiti and in April 2004, the United Nations sent a peacekeeping mission in order to stop the violence and bring social stability and order to Haiti. Our country sent 125 peacekeeping policemen to Haiti in October, 2004.
Tracy Wilkinson Tracy Wilkinson is Mexico City bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, where she has worked since 1987. She has been the paper’s bureau chief in San Salvador, Vienna (from which she covered the Balkans conflict), Jerusalem and Rome. Her reports have won the Overseas Press Club and George Polk awards, and she is the author of The Vatican’s Exorcists: Driving Out the Devil in the 21st Century, published in 2007.