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English Broadcast Unit 6 Background Knowledge Khartoum(喀土穆) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence point of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as al-Mogran. The main Nile continues to flow north towards Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Warm-up Two foreign aid workers have been _________by gunmen in_______. Sudanese state media said____________________________________ ___________. The aid workers have been identified as a _________and a _______national. The French Foreign Ministry says its _________in Khartoum was in contact with their agency ________________________and the______ _________. The aid group has been operating in Darfur since________. Sudan exiled _______ international agencies after _________________ ________against President al-Bashir last month for __________________. Background Knowledge People smuggling is a term which is used to describe transportation of people across international borders to a non-official entry point of a destination country for a variety of reasons. Typically those being transported may not have adequate formal travel documents or prior approval to enter the destination country. In the Southwest United States, a coyote“(山狗) is a person paid to smuggle illegal immigrants across the border between Mexico and the United States. Snakeheads are smugglers from China who smuggle people into the United States and other Western countries. Human trafficking differs from people smuggling. A people smuggler will facilitate illegal entry into a country for a fee, but on arrival at their destination, the smuggled person is usually free. Warm-up 1. Dozens of people have died in a shipping container when the ship sank. 2. Most of the 150 people in the shipping container are Pakistanis. 3. So far 44 people have died of suffocation. 4. According to the doctors, all the survivors have regained th