海地

A brief caricature of great-power prickliness ensued as the Americans took charge of the airport and seemed to some others to give priority to their own flights.

在美国控制了海地机场后，有传言说他们只许美国的飞机优先降落，于是这简简单单的一句话就勾勒出了美国那惹人嫌的大国丑态。

Getting there is the priority," he said."

到达海地是最重要的，"他说。"

The United Nations and international aid agencies are ramping up their assistance to earthquake victims in Haiti.

联合国和国际援助机构正加紧向海地的地震受难者提供援助。

Another problem is the relative rareness of major earthquakes in the area coupled with poor public communication and education, which likely means that most Haitians were not prepared for such a disaster, as many Californians might be.

另一个问题是，该地区相对罕见的大地震加上薄弱的公共通讯和教育，这可能意味着海地人没有像加利福尼亚人那样做好应对这种灾难的准备。

But Haitians ravenous from days without nourishment say the food is not nearly enough.

但对连日来缺乏营养的海地人说，食品远远不够。

"Our Executive Director has appealed to all governments, all military around the world to give to us as many ready-to-eat meals as they have on hand, that they can provide to us for Haiti," she said.

她说：我们署长已经向世界各地的政府和军队发出呼吁，希望他们拿出所有能拿出的即食食品让我们提供给海地。

Today, enough soundings are available to enable a relief map to be drawn and we know something of the great variety of the sea bed's topography.

现在已有足够的水深测量数据来绘制一张大西洋洋底地形图，而且我们对海地地形的千变万化也有了一定的了解。

A reveller, covered in oil, celebrates during the Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti

雅克梅勒，海地：一个演员浑身涂满石油，庆祝狂欢节

It is also possible China's rapid and visible response to the Haiti disaster may be far more simple: Beijing is recognizing that "politicizing this horrific tragedy would be wrong at every level," Rigger said.

谢莉-里格尔说，看来这次中国以积极的姿态迅速投入海地救灾，其用意要简单的多。她认为，北京已经意识到，"无论如何，不应当把这次可怕的灾难政治化"。

Liu and the deputy leader of the squad Yang Tianyu, are bothveterans who served in riot squad in Haiti.

刘支队长和副队长杨天宇两个人是在海地防暴支队里的老兵了。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。