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2014英语四级听力练习慢速4.17(1)

　　Mr. Gressly says about 500,000 children under the age of five in Mali will suffer from moderate to severe malnutrition this year. He says 136,000 children will suffer severe malnourishment. He says there could be an increase in child deaths in Mali if they do not get enough food.

　　He says aid workers are also worried that the food problem will worsen as people displaced by the conflict return, including internally-displaced persons called IDPs.

　　Were seeing increasing numbers of refugees coming home. Half the IDPs have come home. That puts an additional burden on local communities as the numbers increase. It will take a while before those who are coming home can also contribute to production. The agricultural campaign is just now starting. So they can start, but we wont see any output from that until the end of the year.

　　Mr. Gressly said the number of people returning to the country could increase quickly in the next few months, especially if there is progress in peace talks.

　　The UN says it needs $568 million for aid efforts in Mali, including food aid, in . By the end of last month, donors had given only about ten percent of that. Mr. Gressly is worried.

　　Its unfortunate, but there are many crises around the world right now -- in South Sudan, Central African Republic, Syria, etcetera -- which seem to be drawing the resources that are also needed in places like Mali. And the problem I see with that, not only the humanitarian impact, but if you look at the overall needs of Mali, trying to stabilize after the conflict of , insufficient humanitarian assistance actually has a destabilizing impact as well.