It is the story of an American travelling to a strange land, and of the people he meets on his way: Rustam, his translator, a lovely 24-year-old who picked up his colorful English in California, Oleg and Natasha, his hosts in Tashkent, and a string of foreign aid workers.

这是一个美国人只身前往陌生土地的故事，这也是他途中遇到的人的故事：他的翻译鲁斯塔姆，一个可爱的24岁年轻人，在加利福尼亚学会了有趣的英语；奥列格和娜塔莎，他在塔什干的借宿人家；以及许多外国救援人员。

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It may even be foreign aid workers, not locals, who are at the greatest risk overall.

整体而言，甚至可能正是外籍救援人员，而非当地雇员处于最大的风险之中。

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Foreign aid workers from Kenya, Britain and Italy have been kidnapped and are still unaccounted for.

一些来自肯尼亚、英国与意大利的外国援助工作者们也被绑架，如果仍生死未卜。

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On an average day,it says, almost twenty-seven thousand doctors, nurses and others work in teams of local and foreign aid workers.

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Foreign aid workers affirm that the government tries to spread its resources as widely as possible.

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She is expected to ask for more visas for foreign aid workers as the Syrian Arab Red Crescent struggles to distribute food.

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One reason is the exposure to foreign aid workers in the capital.

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