2006年VOA标准英语-Planned Joint NATO-Ukraine Exercises in Crimea
时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(六月)
By Bill Gasperini
Moscow
09 June 2006
Ukraine's Defense 1 Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, left, looks on as NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop 2 Scheffer addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 8, 2006
Joint 3 military exercises between NATO and Ukraine have been postponed 4 after the landing of a U.S. naval 5 ship in the Crimean peninsula touched off a firestorm of local protests. The political fallout soon spread to Ukraine's federal government and neighboring Russia, which has issued a stark 6 warning to the United States and NATO.
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June is the month when people from all across the former Soviet 7 Union head for Ukraine's Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea to enjoy holidays on the beach.
But beachgoers this year are encountering more than sea and surf in Crimea, as crowds of protesters have taken to the streets of several towns to protest against a series of military exercises involving NATO troops.
Most of the people in Crimea are ethnic 8 Russians who are wary 9 of the NATO alliance and the United States.
People take part in a protest sparked by the arrival of a group of U.S. Marine 10 reservists somewhere at the entrance to the Feodosiya port on Crimean Peninsula, in this Thursday, June 1, 2006, photo
The protests started in the port city of Feodosiya where a U.S naval vessel 11 docked in late May to unload equipment intended to help upgrade a Ukrainian military base.
At one point protesters blocked U.S. military personnel from reaching the base.
Demonstrations 12 soon spread to other towns, as many protesters camped out on the streets and vowed 13 not to move until the NATO forces leave.
A lady says she is prepared to stay on the picket 14 line as long it takes, because NATO troops do not belong in Ukraine.
The military maneuvers 15 were due to last from mid-June until early August, and most of the troops taking part are from the United States and Great Britain.
But Ukrainian officials say the first stage of the maneuvers with British troops has been postponed.
The U.S. embassy in Ukraine issued a statement denying protester's claims that NATO has plans to establish a permanent base in Crimea.
But this did little to appease 16 the regional parliament there, which passed a resolution demanding that the exercises be called off, something rejected by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (file photo)
In Kiev, Mr. Yushchenko denounced the Crimean vote, saying that the foreign troops had been invited by his government.
The protests are led by pro-Russian parties in Crimea including the Communists, and reflect the historical divide in Ukraine as a whole.
President Yushchenko came to power in the so-called "Orange Revolution" late in 2004 and has set a goal for Ukraine to join both the NATO alliance and the European Union, something that may be years away.
But this matters little to people in the predominantly Russian eastern half of Ukraine, who strongly oppose Mr. Yushchenko's tilt 17 toward the West.
The president has been further weakened by his party's poor showing in a March parliamentary election, when the main pro-Russian party came in first.
Talks aimed at forming a coalition 18 between Mr. Yushchenko and two other pro-Western parties have stalled, leaving a power vacuum in the country.
This has had repercussions 19 in the national parliament, where disagreement over the NATO issue led to scuffles between deputies from opposition 20 parties and the speaker.
Russia has gotten into the act as well, amid signs the Kremlin is again angered by what it sees as Western attempts to meddle 21 in its "backyard."
Sergei Lavrov (file photo)
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took things one step further, telling the Russian parliament that expanding NATO into ex-Soviet republics such as Ukraine would have a "colossal 22" geopolitical impact.
He later accused the United States of planning to introduce new weapon systems into the region, violating arms control agreements by "removing disarmament from public view".
Russia is particularly sensitive about Crimea given that it has been home to the Black Sea naval fleet for more than two centuries.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to divide the fleet between them in the early 1990s after tense negotiations 23, and Moscow now pays rent to Ukraine to maintain its forces there.
The root of the problem is that many Russians feel Crimea really should be in Russia, as claimed in a strongly-worded speech by parliament deputy Sergei Baburin.
Crimea was part of Russia for centuries, but in 1954 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev "gave" the strategic peninsula to Ukraine to mark 300 years of what he called "pan-Slavic brotherhood 24".
At the time no one thought the two nations would one day be separated. And most Russians have never accepted that their cherished land of sun and surf is part of a different country that now wants to take a new political course.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
- The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
- He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
- Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
- Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
- He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到,她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
- Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句
- He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
- The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
- She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
- The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平,有点儿歪.
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
- Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- I hope he doesn't try to meddle in my affairs.我希望他不来干预我的事情。
- Do not meddle in things that do not concern you.别参与和自己无关的事。
- There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
- Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。