Health Problems in Kordofan, Sudan
蘇丹科多法州的健康問題
Introduction
Many people in North and West Kordofan are very sick. They do not have enough food or medicine.
北科多法州和西科多法州有許多人病得很嚴重，他們缺乏足夠的食物或藥品。
Main Body
Many people have cholera and measles. In one area, 200,000 people need food and medicine. Many children are sick too.
許多人患有霍亂和麻疹。在其中一個地區，有 20 萬人需要食物和藥品。許多兒童也生病了。
Two hospitals have no medicine. Doctors cannot help the sick people because the hospitals are empty.
有兩間醫院沒有藥品。因為醫院內空無一物，醫生無法救治病人。
There is a war in Sudan. Two armies are fighting. This war started in April 2023. Many people left their homes because of the fighting.
蘇丹目前正處於戰爭狀態。兩支軍隊正在交戰。這場戰爭始於 2023 年 4 月。許多人因為戰鬥而離開了家園。
Conclusion
The people in Kordofan need help now. They need medicine and doctors to stop the deaths.
科多法州的人們現在需要幫助。他們需要藥品和醫生來停止死亡。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Need' Pattern
In this text, the word need is used to show things that are missing. For a beginner, this is the fastest way to express a problem.
How it works:
Person → need → Thing
Examples from the story:
- People need food
- People need medicine
🧩 Word Pairings
Notice how these words always stick together in the text. Learn them as one block:
Sick people People who are not healthy. Empty hospitals Hospitals with nothing inside.
🕒 Simple Past Facts
When the text talks about the war, it changes from 'is' to started and left.
- Now: There is a war.
- Before: The war started in April. (It happened once in the past).
- Before: People left their homes. (They moved away already).