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(The UN Secretary General) Ban Ki-moon has urged the world to step up its support for flood-ravaged Pakistan. Mr Ban said he would never forget the suffering and destruction he’d seen and announced the UN would give an extra $10 million from its emergency fund. He was speaking after seeing for himself some of the worst-hit areas. Our correspondent通讯记者 Lyse Doucet traveled with Mr Ban and the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. 联合国秘书长潘基文敦促国际社会增加对巴基斯坦洪水围困地区的支持。潘基文表示，他永远不会忘记亲眼目睹的这次洪水造成的痛苦和破坏，他宣布联合国将从紧急基金中再次拨付1000万美元，增加对巴基斯坦的援助。他亲自查看了受灾最严重的一些地区之后发表了这番讲话。我们的记者Lyse Doucet陪同潘基文和巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里一起前往。 Ban Ki-moon and President Zardari flew by helicopter over four districts of Punjab, the province known as this country’s bread basket. Now from the air it looks like a land of sprawling lakes. Valuable crops like sugar cane甘蔗 and wheat are under water. Mud houses are submerged, millions have fled. The UN says not even half the survivors are now being reached with aid. Ban Ki-moon called on the world’s donors to do much more. Unprecedented floods, he said, demand unprecedented assistance. 潘基文和扎尔达里总统乘坐直升机在空中查看了产粮区旁遮普省的四个地区。从空中看下去，就好象是一片布满了不规则的湖泊的土地。甘蔗和小麦等有价值的作物全部被水浸泡。土坯房也被浸泡在水中，数百万人逃难。联合国表示，只有不到一半的灾民获得救援。潘基文呼吁国际捐赠者采取更多行动。他说，前所未有的洪水要求我们提供前所未有的援助。 The new commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, has said he reserves the right to advise against President Obama’s commitment to start withdrawing troops next year. Speaking on the American NBC programme “Meet the Press”, General Petraeus said progress had only begun a few months ago and only in “small pockets”. He said he would make recommendations to the president based on the security needs at the time. 阿富汗外国力量新任指挥官彼得雷乌斯(David Petraeus)将军表示，他保留劝告奥巴马总统不要履行明年开始撤军的承诺的权利。在美国NBC电视台“会见媒体”节目发表讲话时，彼得雷乌斯将军表示，几个月之前才刚刚开始取得进展，而且进展幅度非常小。他表示，他将以当时的安全需要为依据向奥巴马总统提供建议。 “The president has been very clear, Vice President Biden has been very clear as well more recently that this is a date when a process begins that is conditi