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Cash Brings Relief, But Not Recovery, to Oil-Polluted Nigerian Community

A pair of oil spills in 2008 and 2009 polluted the waters around the town of Bodo, in Nigeria’s southern Rivers State. A settlement between the Shell oil company and the affected community that was negotiated in January put cash in the pockets of townspeople, but it did not undo the environmental damage to the area around Bodo.

Just about everyone in Bodo is building something. But on the banks of the creeks that surround the community, oil laps at blackened ground. Therein lies the reason for the building boom.

Two oil spills years ago dumped thousands of barrels of crude into the creeks of this community, which depends on fishing for its main source of income. Bodo claimed the Shell oil company’s Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for the spill, and took the matter to court in Britain. Earlier this year, Bodo accepted a cash settlement that put money directly into the pockets of more than 15,000 people.

But Sylvester Kogbara, high chief of the community, said money cannot make up for a way of life that was destroyed.

“It is not enough, and it can never be enough. I have mentioned it here and in terms of [money], no, they can't pay enough. And what of the generations unborn?” said Kogbara.

Residents received about $3,000 each from the settlement. Fisherman Giadon Aagbara Timothy is using the money to build a brick house to replace the mud home his family lives in.

But with the waters around Bodo saturated with oil and the fish either dead or too polluted to eat, he said his future looks bleak.

“From the moment the oil spill occurred, we now live with no choice than being in that abject poverty. That, where we cannot go fishing, we cannot go anywhere to get anything to help ourselves. The oil spill really cost us a whole damage,” said Aagbara.

You can still buy fish in the market in Bodo, but it is imported from elsewhere, where the water is cleaner. Some fishermen still tough it out. Marvelous Bonny bought a new fishing boat with the settlement money. He now travels far from Bodo to catch the croaker and salt-water fish popular in its markets.

Shell has also agreed to help clean up the oil that spilled around Bodo. Its residents say things will get back to normal only when its waterways are clean.

 

詞匯解析

relation

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.關(guān)系；聯(lián)系；親戚；陳述；參考

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

Relation between the two countries has reached a crisis point.

兩國關(guān)系已達(dá)到出現(xiàn)危機(jī)的地步。

The aim of this paper is to examine the theory to reality in relation to HPH and review the current Healthy Hospital Accreditation policy in Taipei City.

本文采用文獻(xiàn)探討方式，探討國際間推行健康促進(jìn)醫(yī)院的相關(guān)文獻(xiàn)，具體了解健康促進(jìn)醫(yī)院的內(nèi)涵，以作為我國發(fā)展健康促進(jìn)醫(yī)院的參考。

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Portuguese

難度：2星擴(kuò)展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.葡萄牙語；葡萄牙人

adj.葡萄牙的；葡萄牙人的；葡萄牙語的

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

The England striker says the slippery Portuguese winker got him sent off in Saturday's World Cup clash.

英格蘭前鋒說這個(gè)狡猾的葡萄牙人在周六的比賽中迫使自己下場后擠眉弄眼。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

Several important property definitions were extended, improving linebreaking for Polish and Portuguese hyphenation.

幾個(gè)重要屬性的定義范圍擴(kuò)大，改善波蘭語和葡萄牙語的斷行連接符。

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delegation

難度：2星擴(kuò)展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.代表團(tuán)；委派；授權(quán)，委托

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

Our cultural delegation met with a hearty welcome.

我們的文化代表團(tuán)受到熱烈歡迎。

The company is discussing about the delegation of staff to Europe.

公司正在商討委派人員去歐洲的事宜。

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extent

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n. 廣度； 寬度； 長度； 大小； 范圍； 程度

n. [律]<英>扣押； <美>臨時(shí)所有權(quán)令

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

A particle has no extent so that its position is a point.

質(zhì)點(diǎn)沒有廣度因此它的位置是一個(gè)點(diǎn)。

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terror

難度：2星擴(kuò)展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.恐怖；驚駭；<口>令人懼怕或討厭的人或事物

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

Her face worked as she stared at him in terror.

她驚恐地注視著他，臉也嚇得抽動(dòng)起來。

His terror is so great that he can do nothing.

他驚駭萬分以致什么事都不能做。

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network

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.網(wǎng)點(diǎn)；網(wǎng)絡(luò)；網(wǎng)狀系統(tǒng)；廣播公司

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

The fabrics are merchandised through a network of dealers.

通過經(jīng)銷網(wǎng)點(diǎn)銷售紡織品。

The broadcast was carried on national network .

這個(gè)節(jié)目通過全國廣播網(wǎng)進(jìn)行廣播。

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leading

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

adj.領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的；指導(dǎo)的；主要的；在前的

參考例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

He is a leading cadre.

他是個(gè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)干部。

 

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