News Item -喀布爾的市郊綠洲
On Fridays, the traffic stretches(延伸)for kilometers. Groups of young men, couples and families make their way to the lake on cars and motorcycles as street vendors(攤販)sell their wares(商品). “In the past, business was bad. Now it is picking up. I work here every Friday and go to school the rest of the week.” This could be any popular place, anywhere. Except Qargha Lake is on the outskirts( 郊 區(qū) )of Kabul, a city that regularly faces deadly violence, and where men in uniform with guns are the most common sight. Out here, a policeman directs traffic, carrying a whistle( 口 哨 ), not an AK-47.
周五的時(shí)候，交通會(huì)綿延數(shù)公里。成群的年輕人、夫婦和家庭騎著汽車(chē)和摩托車(chē)來(lái)到湖邊，街頭小販出售他們的商品。“過(guò)去，生意不好?，F(xiàn)在它正在回升。我每周五在這里工作，一周剩下的時(shí)間去上學(xué)。”這可能是任何一個(gè)受歡迎的地方，任何地方。除了Qargha湖在喀布爾的郊區(qū)，喀布爾是一個(gè)經(jīng)常面臨致命暴力的城市，在那里穿制服的人拿著槍是最常見(jiàn)的景象。在這里，警察指揮交通，拿著哨子，而不是AK-47。
Three decades of war coupled with the strict rule of the Taliban destroyed almost all recreational(娛樂(lè))facilities in Afghanistan. That is why people flock here, despite the dangers.
三十年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)加上塔利班的嚴(yán)格統(tǒng)治摧毀了阿富汗幾乎所有的娛樂(lè)設(shè)施。這就是人們不顧危險(xiǎn)涌向這里的原因。
