工作艰苦起来了，鲍勃发现自己处于孤立无援的境地。

When the work got hard, Bob found himself high and dry.

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尽管恩昆达将军发出威胁要对东部城市进行攻击，却迟迟没有采取具体行动，但成千上万的无家可归的平民仍处于孤立无援的境地。

Although Mr Nkunda has backed away from threats to attack Goma, the main city in the east, the lot of hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians remains desperate.

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