中國(guó)式維和部隊(duì)在海地

海地發(fā)生強(qiáng)震后，各國(guó)的救援(rescue)力量紛紛投身當(dāng)?shù)氐闹亟üぷ?。由于物資緊缺，中國(guó)維和部隊(duì)更是發(fā)揚(yáng)“苦中作樂(lè)”的精神，在完成維和任務(wù)之余，更是自力更生，耕地種菜。這不僅豐富了隊(duì)員們的餐桌，更是為廣大官兵帶來(lái)了許多樂(lè)趣。

同其他國(guó)家的維和部隊(duì)一樣，中國(guó)駐海地維和隊(duì)員從事著包括街道巡邏、守衛(wèi)重地以及檢查車(chē)輛在內(nèi)的各種工作。但有一件事情是獨(dú)一無(wú)二，中國(guó)式的。
The Chinese peacekeepers in Haiti do everything as forces from other nations - patrolling the streets, guarding key spots and checking vehicles. But there is one thing that seems to be uniquely Chinese.

中國(guó)維和部隊(duì)的營(yíng)地位于太子港機(jī)場(chǎng)附近的索那比工業(yè)園區(qū)內(nèi)，隊(duì)員們?cè)谀抢锓N植了十多種蔬菜，品種從白菜、菠菜、絲瓜再到大蒜以及蘿卜。 They grow a dozen kinds of vegetables inside their compound in the Sonapi industrial zone near the airport in Port-au-Prince, ranging from Chinese cabbage, spinach and sponge gourd to garlic and radish.

事實(shí)上，各自由10名警員組成的9個(gè)營(yíng)隊(duì)，每隊(duì)都有自己的一小塊菜地。中國(guó)駐海地維和部隊(duì)指揮中心主任侯輝仟表示，大家每個(gè)月都要進(jìn)行競(jìng)賽，看哪個(gè)隊(duì)上交的蔬菜最多。
In fact, the nine battalion teams, each with 10 police officers, all have their small plot of farmland. And there is a monthly competition to assess who produce the most veggies, according to Hou Huiqian director of the office for the command center of Chinese UN peacekeeping police in Haiti.

每天下午五點(diǎn)鐘左右，侯輝仟都會(huì)到營(yíng)地里的那三塊各自種著不同蔬菜的菜地去轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)。
Around 5pm each afternoon, Hou would take a walk to the three different veggie plots inside the compound.

“這能夠保障新鮮蔬菜的及時(shí)供應(yīng)，便于維和戰(zhàn)士們及時(shí)補(bǔ)充維生素。”侯輝仟說(shuō)。
"It provides a good supply of fresh veggies and vitamin to our peacekeepers," Hou said.

他說(shuō)其他國(guó)家的維和部隊(duì)以及國(guó)內(nèi)來(lái)訪(fǎng)的官員都對(duì)這一場(chǎng)景表示吃驚。斯里蘭卡的維和人員或許是中國(guó)之外的唯一在營(yíng)地種植蔬菜的部隊(duì)，但他們只種一種蔬菜。
He said that UN peacekeepers from other nations and visiting official from China are both amazed by the scene. Besides China, Sri Lankan peacekeepers are probably the only other forces which grow only one kind of vegetable in their base.

維和部隊(duì)的院墻內(nèi)側(cè)寫(xiě)著幾個(gè)大字，意思是“保持南泥灣精神”。20世紀(jì)30年代中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨在南泥灣發(fā)起了生產(chǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)，力求在國(guó)民黨軍隊(duì)那咄咄逼人的攻勢(shì)下得以休養(yǎng)生息。
On the inside wall surrounding the peacekeeping compound, huge Chinese characters meaning "Keep the Spirit of Nanniwan" were written. Nanniwan was a site of a famous farming movement launched by the Chinese communist army in the 1930s in a bid to survive the aggressive encroachment of the mighty KMT army.

上周末的某個(gè)傍晚，中國(guó)維和隊(duì)員們?yōu)槭卟藵菜?、施用有機(jī)肥、清理雜草并將成熟的果實(shí)采摘下來(lái)。一些蔬菜可能會(huì)在一小時(shí)后或第二天出現(xiàn)在餐桌上。
On a late afternoon this past weekend, peacekeepers were seen watering vegetables, spraying organic fertilizer, getting rid of the weeds and harvesting ready ones. Some of the veggies might end in the dinner table an hour later or the next day.

一位正在耕種的戰(zhàn)士表示，每個(gè)營(yíng)隊(duì)都有幾個(gè)人是來(lái)自農(nóng)村的，他們正好可以從事譬如澆灌這類(lèi)的主要工作。對(duì)于那些從未干過(guò)農(nóng)活的人，他們開(kāi)始時(shí)可以干些清除雜草的活。/
Every team has a few from the countryside and they are the ones doing the key work such as watering. For people who never did farm work, he starts by picking up weeds, said a soldier ploughing the land.

“在完成了一天的站崗巡邏任務(wù)后，這給大家增添了很多歡樂(lè)。”中國(guó)維和部隊(duì)的高級(jí)警官陳永軍說(shuō)。
"This is a lot of fun after standing on guard and patrolling in the day," said Chen Yongjun, a senior officer of the Chinese peacekeepers.

他說(shuō)，這些自己種植的蔬菜現(xiàn)約占營(yíng)地蔬菜供給的60%。
The home-grown veggies now accommodate for some 60 per cent of the vegetable supply in the Chinese compound, he said.

陳永軍來(lái)自云南省，他表示自己直到參軍后才學(xué)會(huì)種植蔬菜。他說(shuō)：“我已經(jīng)當(dāng)了15年的軍人，現(xiàn)在我知道許多種植蔬菜的知識(shí)。”在駐扎海地之前，陳永軍服役于中國(guó)西南部的云南邊防前線(xiàn)。
Chen Yongjun, from Yunnan province, said he did not learn how to grow vegetable until he joined the army. "I have been in service for 15 years and I know a lot about the growing veggies now," said Chen, who served in China's Southwest Yunnnan border frontier before coming to Haiti.

另一位維和部隊(duì)的警官表示，由于沒(méi)有施用化肥，這些都是名副其實(shí)的綠色蔬菜。
Another peacekeeping police officer talked about how green the vegetables are since no chemical fertilizer is used.

相關(guān)詞匯
battalion 營(yíng)
compound （有圍墻的）院子
garlic 大蒜
in a bid to 力求
patrol 巡邏
radish 蘿卜
spinach 菠菜
sponge gourd 絲瓜