时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(六)月


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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, responds to questions from rock musician Yuri Shevchuk, right


Russia's Security Service Could Gain Powers Formerly 1 Associated With Soviet 2 KGB

The Russian Internet community is widely discussing a recent encounter between one of Russia's best known rock musicians, Yuri Shevchuk, and the country's powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin. During a meeting in St. Petersburg, the singer confronted the politician with bold questions about the future of democracy in Russia.


Russian rock star Yuri Shevchuk was one of several cultural leaders invited to meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Long known as an outspoken 3 opponent of the Kremlin, Shevchuk seized the day.


He charged that Russia is ruled by a privileged class of "dukes," its press freedom non-existent and demonstrations 4 broken up by "repressive" security services - all that face-to-face with arguably the most powerful man in the country.  Mr. Putin responded, and asked Shevchuk not to turn the meeting into a bazaar 5.


"The country has no future without a normal democratic development," said Putin.  "It's obvious. Because only in a free society, a person can realize himself and then develop the country, science, production on a highest standard. If this doesn't happen then everything stagnates 6. But the second most important thing is that everyone must follow the law."


Russian TV did not broadcast Yuri Shevchuk's questions, only Mr. Putin's answers. Neither did it show events that followed later when 1,500 people gathered in Moscow's central square to express their disagreement with government policies.


Police broke up the rally 20 minutes after it began and arrested 150 protesters, including blogger Ilya Yashin, who says the Internet is the only way for Russian opposition 7 parties and movements to be heard.


"The Internet has a unique meaning for us," said Yashin.  "It's the last line of defense 8 for freedom of speech in the country. People have no way of getting their political word out on TV. Russian TV does not have any live political broadcasts, and the capacity of newspapers is limited. So the Internet and the blogosphere have been developing very rapidly in recent years."


Yashin says he expects more protests in the months leading up to elections next year when voters choose a new parliament and president.


But Masha Lipman from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Moscow says she does not expect the protests will lead to significant changes in the Kremlin.


"This is not something that can affect politics at this point," explained Lipman.  "This is not part of the political process. The political process is very tightly controlled and the entry to the political stage is very tightly filtered and controlled by the Kremlin. But the public mood, I think the word is mood here, is changing."


There's wide-spread speculation 9 that Vladimir Putin will again run for president in the 2012 elections. A recent poll in Russia shows that both Mr. Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev enjoy approval ratings that any leader could envy - 80 percent and 77 percent, respectively.  Meanwhile, the number of Russians with access to the Internet is now at 37 percent, and growing.

 



adv.从前,以前
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • 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。
adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
  • He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
  • She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威
  • 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。
n.集市,商店集中区
  • Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上,鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
  • We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。
v.停滞,不流动,不发展( stagnate的第三人称单数 )
  • The water stagnates in the ditch. 水在沟中停滞而变浊。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Consequently, income per capita stagnates. 其结果,人均国民收入停滞不前。 来自辞典例句
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
学英语单词
Abercrombie R.
aerated conduit
airlanes
allolog
aluminum hydroxide adsorbed toxoide
amuls
aseptic canning
aspiration pneumonedema
autocatalytical
azoviolet
bed occupancy rate
benzoxepines
Bigge I.
business firm
cocoon-peeling machine
combined object-oriented language
constant ambient temperature
cost accrued in construction contract
cumulative factor
dandai
different brackets
diphenyldiimide
dissemination structure
divergent-current
dysaemia
dysergastic reaction
early summer budding
Eimen
electric unit
electroilluminating
enzymotic
extractive metallurgy
Faraday rotation diagnostics
fimbriae of uterine tube
fraidy cat
fussier
geniculating
hexasiloxanes
high-grade melting scrap
hot probe method
Hutuo Group
hygrometer balance
Kapalika and Kalamukha
kuei
lacker
louisiade
macadamized road
managerialists
materie
measuring clock
micromechanical devices
mycosphaerella zingiberi shirai et hara
Nasmyth focus
net plant temperature
New Moorefield
noncoders
Nunavik
Nuzzer
octocopter
orten
out of case
oxidized microcrystalline wax
partition deed
pattern poetry
permanent mailing address
pockmarking
point of personal explanation
polarizing quartz
polit
productive operations
protective cable
queken
recent rain and snow
refilling crankcase
reinforcing strap
rhombicosidodecahedron
rock block
runs into
saomatopathia
sec-butyl propionate
seismic site
Session layer.
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
shallow needling
Shostakovich Peninsula
shyamas
slow burn
spice
subscriber's number display circuit
syringalactone
tabby cat
Terra di Sienna
tilt-barrier
tollbar
transfer level
UEFI
veinlet
very slight shock
washout hole
water-bag
yank someone's chain
zigzag power transformer