CNN News:觸目驚心:實拍一座完全被垃圾淹沒的城市

Lebanon is a nation without a leader. Its former president`s term ended in 2014, and its national assembly has failed to elect a new leader since then.

黎巴嫩前任總統(tǒng)任期于2014年結(jié)束，時至今日，黎巴嫩總統(tǒng)位置依然空缺，國民議會一直未能選出一位新領(lǐng)袖。

According to Lebanon`s constitution, the government can`t get a lot of its regular business done without a president. And the lockup is taking its tool.

根據(jù)黎巴嫩憲法，總統(tǒng)未任職，許多常規(guī)事務(wù)不能由政府處理。現(xiàn)在問題就來了。

For instance, a major garbage problem in the capital. More than 2 million people are estimated to live in and around Beirut. Officials closed the main landfill there last July and left many Lebanese without a place to put their trash.

例如，黎巴嫩首都的垃圾問題。據(jù)估計，貝魯特城市及附近約有200萬人口居住，去年6月份官員關(guān)閉了那里主要的垃圾填埋地，這導致許多當?shù)鼐用駴]有地方投擲垃圾。

Where once flowed beauty, now the river is of trash. Yes, the picture does need a second look. It is not a fake.

曾經(jīng)美麗的河流，現(xiàn)在里面充滿了垃圾。這張照片需要引起大家關(guān)注，因為這是一張真實的照片。

Piled up over four months, the household waste Lebanon`s woefully dysfunctional government can`t deal with.

由于黎巴嫩政府無權(quán)處理這些堆積了四個多月的家庭垃圾。

All around Beirut, it lies on the street but here, one staggering eyesore of an apparent two million tons.

貝魯特周圍，垃圾袋堆滿了整個街道。

Lebanon is gifted with incredible natural beauty, in fact, you can see its cedars there sat just above this unnatural river; but, bear in mind, this is just the cold of winter and already the stink and the smell here is intolerable. Imagine what the summer sun will do to this.

黎巴嫩本身具備優(yōu)美的自然風景，實際上，僅僅坐在這條人工河流上看看這里的香柏樹，就能領(lǐng)略到這里的美景。但是，請記住，寒冷的冬季，這里的臭味已經(jīng)讓大家難以忍受，那么想想，夏天這里又會是什么樣子。

In the winter, too, the rain drains toxins from it and adds them to the water table. Some say a health catastrophe is brewing.

冬天，雨水中包含毒素，這些毒素就進入飲水中。一些人稱，一場健康浩劫即將來臨。

One official told us, though, look. At least it`s organized.

但是一位官員告訴我們說，至少這是有組織的。

Last summer, anger at this basic failure of the state was just beginning. The trash collectors lost their contract. Rotting garbage, a metaphor, protestors said, for the decay in leadership here. Still, even after this, nothing was solved.

去年夏天，這個國家混亂狀態(tài)引發(fā)的憤怒才剛剛開始。垃圾收集抗旨者稱，腐爛的垃圾就象征著這里腐敗的政府領(lǐng)導。但是，事后，問題仍未得到解決。

An elaborate plan to ship it all to Russia fell apart Friday. Now, there is no plan. No recycling. No end to the disposals this tiny country will consume. And summer`s burning heat is closing in.

周五，將垃圾運往俄羅斯的計劃崩潰。截止到目前，還沒有任何計劃，沒有回收利用。這個小小的國家將會繼續(xù)產(chǎn)出垃圾。但是夏天的熱量循環(huán)是封閉的。

Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Beirut.

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