经济学人:印尼灾难新闻发言人苏托波(1)

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Sutopo Purwo Nugroho ("Pak Topo"), Indonesia's disaster spokesman, died on July 7th, aged 49
苏托波·普沃·努格罗荷是印尼的灾难新闻发言人，他于7月7日去世，享年49岁。

Three times the government asked him and he turned the job down, not wanting to become a mouthpiece for them;
政府曾经三次请他拒绝这份工作，不想他成为政府的代言人。

but in the end they pressed him, and in 2010 Sutopo Purwo Nugroho became the new spokesman for Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
但是政府最后征用了他，而且在2010年，苏托波·普沃·努格罗荷成为了印尼国家减灾署的新发言人。

Almost his first job was to persuade 350,000 people to move away from Mount Merapi on the island of Java.
他的第一份工作几乎是说服35万人离开爪哇岛上的默拉皮火山。

People believed it hosted a sultanate of sometimes peevish spirits who had to be soothed, not shunned, when they were angry.
人们认为它招待着一个有时脾气暴躁的苏丹人，当他们生气时，必须安抚他们，而不是避开他们。

His job was to persuade the locals to forget that, and just leave. He gave the warning late on October 24th.
他的工作是说服当地人忘记这件事情，离开就好。他在10月24日晚些时候发出了警告。

By the evening of October 25th, when the mountain blew its top, the BNPB had overseen the evacuation of almost everyone.
到10月25日晚上，当火山爆发的时候，印尼国家减灾署几乎监督了所有人的疏散。

(The tight time-lapse was ideal; if he'd waited longer, the evacuees would have started to wander back.)
紧凑的时间间隔是理想的；如果他等更久的话，疏散的人们就会开始往回走。

He was there when grey ash started falling on the heads of the elderly villagers he was leading out.
当灰开始落在他带领出来的老年村民的头上时，他就在那里。

The sight made him cry. Worse, though, was the fact that more than 350 people ignored his warnings, preferring to stay on the right side of the spirits.
这一幕让他哭了。但是，更糟的是，超过350人忽略了他的警告，他们选择留在精神的正确的一边。

Before he arrived at the agency, forecasts of natural disasters were a fairly random occurrence.
在他来到该机构之前，对自然灾害的预测是相当随机的。

Often they were missed, or the government panicked without reason, dragging along a public panicked by hoaxes posted online.
他们经常失手，或者政府毫无理由地惊慌失措，拖着被网上发布的骗局吓坏的公众。

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1.In the end最后

In the end it was his stomach and lungs that packed up.
最后，他的胃和肺衰竭了OCVFVy_zcZ]qB.。

2.prefer to较喜欢

I prefer to go on self-catering holidays.
我喜欢膳食自助的度假Uq1LRR=.VZ4SG。

3.arrive at到达
From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny.
从你到我家那天起，你就一个子儿也不用花6=tIQ)j5!ThGLH;L*S。

4.turn down拒绝
Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她*kJFfIg-M(Ar-vUC3JW。

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wander	['wɔndə]	想一想再看 vi. 徘徊，漫步，闲逛，迷路，蜿蜒 vt.
persuade	[pə'sweid]	想一想再看 vt. 说服，劝说	联想记忆 X 单词persuade 联想记忆： suade力劝，敦促【参】dissuasion（n 劝阻）
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