难民营里的叙利亚青年演出展示难民不只是难民

AS IT IS 2016-06-22 Syrian Youth Perform at Refugee¹ Camp 难民营里的叙利亚青年演出展示难民不只是难民

All six of them, wearing black T-shirts, jeans and caps turned to the side, jumped on the stage dancing to music.

Meet the B-Boyz breakdancers.

They are young people who have fled² the war in Syria with their families. They recently sang and danced in a talent show in the large Arbat refugee camp in the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq.

The show was organized by the United³ Nations High Commissioner⁴ for Refugees⁵, or UNHCR.

Arzhin Baruda was one of the performers⁶. He had practiced for weeks with his friends. He said he wanted to tell people through his performance that even though he is a refugee, he still has talent. He and his friends learned⁷ many of their dance moves by watching videos on the internet.

Baruda is one of almost 8,000 young Syrian refugees living in the Suleymania area. Most of them do not attend classes because their parents do not have the money to pay for the schooling⁸.

Hundreds of refugee families watched the show, which lasted for a few hours. It was a chance to forget how far from home they are.

UNHCR worker Marco Rotunno helped organize the event. He said it was a chance for young performers to show that they are more than just refugees.

He said when he told people about it “there (was) a light in their eyes.” He said they thought “Oh, I can do something, I want to participate.”

Rojbeen Abdelaziz is a 17-year-old dancer who has been in the camp for two years. She says the event gave her a chance to show the power of girls. She says boys are considered more important than girls. She says boys can dance everywhere and anytime, but girls cannot.

So she helped create a group called “A-B-C-D.” Its letters stand for “Any Body Can Dance.” The five teenage⁹ girls learned how to dance from watching Bollywood movies. Those are movies made in India that have many dancing scenes in them.

Abdelaziz said it was not easy to get her mother’s permission to dance. Her teammates said it was probably the last time they would be able to dance in public.

Abdelaziz said the performance changed her life. She says members of her family in Syria called her and said they had seen her on YouTube and Facebook. She says “that makes me happy.”

Words in This Story

breakdancing – n. a type of dancing in which a dancer performs very athletic¹⁰ movements that involve touching¹¹ the ground with various parts of the body (such as the head or back)

talent – n. a special ability that allows someone to do something well

move – n. an act of moving your body or a part of your body

scene – n. a part of a play, movie, story, etc., in which a particular action or activity occurs

1 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

2 fled   

v.逃走，逃掉( flee的过去式和过去分词 )；逃离，逃避

参考例句：

• The robbers fled empty-handed. 抢劫犯一无所获地逃走了。
• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

5 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

6 performers   

n.演出者( performer的名词复数 )；演奏者；表演者；履行者

参考例句：

• The boss kissed the other performers off as mere amateurs. 老板认为其他的演员只有业余水平而把他们打发掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They manage to sign up all the best performers. 他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

8 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

9 teenage   

adj.青少年的；十几岁的

参考例句：

• His voice is very high for a teenage boy.对一个十几岁的男孩来说，他的嗓音很尖。
• He is too old now for teenage parties.他年龄太大了，不适于参加少年聚会。

10 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

11 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。