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[00:00.10]Explosions signaled the latest clashes between Ukrainian security forces

[00:07.71]and pro-Russian militants near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk,

[00:12.15]where self-appointed mayor Vyacheslav Ponomaryov rejected Kyiv’s authority.

[00:18.55]“They (Ukrainian authorities) have always been occupiers, and remain so.

[00:23.12]Everything we are doing we do not for ourselves but for the people.

[00:27.57]Let them determine their destiny,” said Ponomaryov.

[00:29.31]Elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, signs abound of a deepening conflict.

[00:33.87]United Nations human rights monitor Ivan Simonovic says numerous violations have been reported.

[00:38.27]“The human rights monitoring mission has received information that 250 people have been killed,

[00:46.37] including local residents, national security forces, and armed groups.

[00:52.98]Any further arming of protesters and their transformation into paramilitary groups must immediately stop.

[01:01.15]Armed groups should be urgently disarmed,” said Simonovic.

[01:06.40]In Washington, the White House Spokesman Jay Carney

[01:11.13]said the U.S. continues to look ahead to next Sunday’s presidential election as a critical step to bringing the crisis in Ukraine under control.

[01:17.09]“Our focus and the focus of the OSCE (Organization for Security

[01:24.57]and Cooperation in Europe) and the Ukrainian government and all of our partners in this effort is on ensuring

[01:33.47] that those elections are able to go forward.

[01:36.67]And the OSCE has reported that the preparations, the technical preparations for the elections are proceeding well,” said Carney.

[01:39.57]The situation in Ukraine is one of several crises that have emboldened domestic critics of the Obama administration’s handling of foreign policy.

[01:47.35]Former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News Sunday the president

[01:51.96]has repeatedly shown he can be “pushed around” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

词汇解析

remains

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.剩余物；遗迹；遗体

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

After the wheat crop has been gathered, many farmers burn the remains and plough the ash into the soil, so as to enrich it.

小麦收割完成后，农夫们把剩余物烧掉，然后用犁把灰埋入地里，使土地更肥沃。

Choi's remains true today for cremation.

崔真实的遗体今天进行火葬。

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episode

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.一段情节；片段；轶事；插曲

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in chapter 6.

书中最有趣的情节是在第6章。

The episode of this film sounds good.

这部电影的插曲很好听。

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numerous

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.为数众多的；许多

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The Earth is only one of the numerous planets in the universe.

地球只是宇宙中众多星球中的一个。

Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing my work.

我屡遭搅扰以致工作未能完成。

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mission

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.使命；代表团；任务；布道

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

A Chinese trade mission has been dispatched to Japan.

一个中国贸易代表团已被派往日本。

He has been on confidential missions to Berlin.

他前往柏林执行秘密任务。

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demand

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.要求；需求

v.要求；查问；需要

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.

煤的需求在春天开始减少。

用作动词 (v.)

All these questions demand careful and detailed study.

这些都需要认真具体的研究。

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critical

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.批评的；挑剔的；决定性的；危险的

adj.临界的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

It is difficult enough to be critical of our own mistakes.

对我们自己的错误采取批评的态度确实非常困难。

These materials become quite soft and flexible above critical temperature.

这些材料在临界温度以上变得十分柔软和易于弯曲。

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crisis

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.危机；危急关头

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

They suffered huge losses in the financial crisis.

他们在经济危机时遭受了巨大的损失。

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technical

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.技术的；专业的；工艺的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技术问题上，我遵从专家的意见。

It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.

这是云南独特的工艺美术技艺。

 

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