UN Appeals for Pakistani Flood Victims
Pakistan's southern Baluchistan and Sindh provinces are used to heavy rains during the annual monsoon season. But, this year, the floods are much worse than normal. The United Nations estimates more than 2.5 million people are affected. It says up to 400 people are dead and more are missing. It reports that nearly 400,000 people are homeless.
在每年雨季的时候,巴基斯坦南部俾路支斯坦和信德省都有大量降水。但今年，洪水泛滥甚于以往。美国估计有2.5百万人将受其影响，还表示说因此丧生的人数高达400，还有更多的人失踪。据报道，近四十万人无家可归。

U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, says the biggest slice of the $38 million appeal will go toward restoring peoples' livelihoods as quickly as possible. That means bringing the devastated agricultural sector back to normal.
联合国紧急救援协调员约翰·霍姆斯说，申请的3800万美元的大部分将用于尽快恢复人们的正常生活。这也就是说要将遭破坏的农业区恢复正常。
 
The next biggest need is for shelter. He says hundreds of thousands of homeless people are living with friends or relatives. Many are living in school buildings or in makeshift roadside shelters. He says this is particularly unpleasant, as people are forced to endure scorching heat and dust storms.
避难所是接下来最紧急的问题。他说成百上千的无家可归的人们现住在朋友或亲戚家，还有许多住在学校建筑楼或临时搭建的路边庇护所里。他表示说人们被迫忍受酷热和沙尘暴，这令人十分难受。
 
Holmes says health is another important consideration.
霍姆斯表示健康是另一个重要的问题。

"So far, we do not have any reports of outbreaks of communicable diseases, but the risk is obviously very high given the conditions of hygiene in the affected areas and the monsoon season very high heat and humidity conditions."
距今为止，我们还没收到任何有关传染病爆发的报告，不过因为受灾区的卫生条件糟糕，另外雨季时期湿热程度较高，传染病爆发的风险是显而易见的