英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區(qū)”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經(jīng)驗，共同進步。

本練習區(qū)的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。

英語點津會定期發(fā)布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發(fā)布兩天后公布。

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Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti yesterday even while hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food.

European nations pledged more than a half-billion dollars, with $474 million in emergency and long-term aid coming from the European Union alone.

But Haitians had more immediate worries.

"We don't need military aid. What we need is food and shelter," one young man yelled at UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the city Sunday. "We are dying," a woman told him.

Meanwhile, Haitian riot police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of looters in the city's downtown as several nearby shops burned.

The US ambassador to Haiti, Kenneth Merten, acknowledged yesterday that "the security situation is obviously not perfect.”

A reliable death toll may be weeks away, but the Pan American Health Organization estimates 50,000 to 100,000 died in last week’s 7.0-magnitude quake. Haitian officials believe the number is higher.

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen 編輯）

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