时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

Just hours after Russian and Crimean leaders signed a treaty incorporating the Black SeaPeninsula into the Russian Federation 1, there have been clashes at a military base in Simferopol.The Ukrainian military says one of its servicemen has been killed and another injured. TheDefence Ministry 2 has now given servicemen the right to use weapons to protect themselves. InKiev, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the conflict over Crimea had moved from a politicalto a military stage. He described the annexation 3 as a war crime.


“Now the conflict is shifting from a political to a military phase. Russian soldiers have startedshooting at Ukrainian servicemen. ”


Ukraine had said it would never recognize Crimea joining the Russian Federation.


The United States has condemned 4 Russia's intervention 5 in Crimea, calling it a land grab and acontinuing assault on Ukrainian sovereignty. The American Secretary of State John Kerry saidPresident Obama could not stand by and do nothing.


“The President has made it clear that if there is this move to the full annexation which appearsto be clearly the direction that they have decided 7 to move, it will be unfortunate. And it will notbe, because we want to create some kind of confrontation 8, but because there is no choice butto enforce the standards that the international community has worked on for so long.”


The US is promising 9 further sanctions against Russia, a day after targeting the finances ofseven senior Russian officials. David Willis reports from Washington.


President Obama's decision to impose asset freezes and travel bans on nearly a dozenRussian and Ukrainian officials led to a mockery from some of those involved, including Russia'sdeputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who took to Twitter to point out that he didn't haveproperty or a bank account overseas. However Jay Carney told reporters that the sanctionswere costing Russia, and confirmed the administration was looking to target those closest tothe Russian government and Russian arms dealers 10 in a further round of measures.


The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the sanctions that had already been imposedwere unacceptable and threatened consequences. In a speech at the Kremlin, President Putinstrongly defended Russia's annexation of Crimea, and called on the United States to stopwhat he called the hysteria and rhetoric 11 of the Cold War.


An Islamist website in Russia is reporting the death of the Chechen leader of the insurgency 12 inthe north Caucasus. The site said, Doku Umarov, whom the media had nicknamed Russia's BinLaden had become a martyr 13, but did not give the details of how he died. Russia's NationalAnti-terrorism Committee said it could not confirm Mr. Umarov's death. His group has beenblamed for a string of bombings in recent years, including two attacks on Moscow.


World News from the BBC


The families of Chinese passengers who aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight haveexpressed anger of what they say is the lack of support and information. One woman saidrelatives were facing mental breakdowns 14. From Beijing here's Damian Grammaticas.


Frustrations 15 in Beijing are mounting. At the daily briefing by Malaysia Airlines officials, some ofthe Chinese families desperate to hear something definite, lost their tempers. A fewthreatened a hunger strike, convinced that the truth has been kept from them. China'sgovernment too isn't giving them much information or support. In Malaysia, investigators 16 arenow unsure that it was someone on board who turned off the communications systems andturned the plane westwards. They are reconsidering mechanical failure as a possible cause forthe disappearance 17 of the aircraft.


The medical charity MSF has issued dire 6 warnings about the plight 18 of refugees fleeing theCentral African Republic. A doctor in a refugee camp in neighboring Chad says that nearly halfthe patients he deals with are hungry. Another doctor spoke 19 of children arriving with headwounds. The charity says many women have been forced into prostitution to feed theirchildren.


United States has broken up a large online child pornography ring and arrested 14 people.Officials said more than 250 children have been exploited in the US and five other countries. Agovernment spokesmen said they'd never before identified as many victims in oneinvestigation.


The Rolling Stones have called off their tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death onMonday of lead singer Mick Jagger's long-time girlfriend L'Wren Scott. The group said theyhoped their fans would understand the reason for their decision and hoped to reschedule theconcert. Mrs. Scott was found dead in her apartment in New York. In a statement, Mr. Jaggersaid he was struggling to understand Mrs. Scott's apparent suicide.



n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
n.吞并,合并
  • He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
  • I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题,完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
  • Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
  • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
  • We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了,但是我们渡过了困难。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语
  • Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗?
  • Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后,他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
n.烈士,殉难者;vt.杀害,折磨,牺牲
  • The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
  • The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。
n.分解( breakdown的名词复数 );衰竭;(车辆或机器的)损坏;统计分析
  • Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤,一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
  • How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障? 来自辞典例句
挫折( frustration的名词复数 ); 失败; 挫败; 失意
  • The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
  • Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬,但是种种挫折也会随之而来。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.消失,消散,失踪
  • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
  • Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
学英语单词
address read wire
afterheat
amphilepiss
anticipate payment
antogenous mosquito
archontosome
arrive at an understanding of
automatic recorders
belt, conveyer
boiler platform
carragcheen
chemotaxonomy
chief inspector
chihanas
colored people
computer programming instruction
condenses
conjunction of the comparative
craiglockhart basalt
cut-signal-branch operation
delia platura
double coast line
earthed busbar
emergency-operation
entrance surface
equine
estate-agencies
evaporation index
exchange station
fednets
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
flame-stitch
flayum
fluoroborates
Glycosmis craibii
gst
human remains pouch
hyperzone
imipramine N-oxide
in stream
integer form
interaction partners
jamille
Karlsruhe, Regierungsbezirk
Kötzting
leg pathway
ligement
lime crown glass
logical unit service
luson
mahogany birch
matromorph
medium-thickness coal seam
Melinae
memoes
miscue analysis
Montbazillac
multitasking options
nonanimals
occupatios
one word
personnel parachute
phialidic
pliolite
plumberless
porosin
primary shares
processor utilization
pseudogeusia
resin over glue bond
rheostatic arm
roll grinding machine
Salna
Sanding, Pulau
schoolyards
separator sheet
setipinna taty
silicomangan
slandereth
snuffle valve
spare piston
St Arnaud Ra.
stacking bay
standard table of food composition
subtilysins
swimming shorts
Thixlotropy
threated
toxicology of food safety
traffic zone
Trigonotis tenera
trimolter
tungstic acid anhydride
umayyahs
ventriculous
vice presidencies
Viola pilosa
VoWLAN
wageable
warm monomictic
water mold, water mould
wedelia biflora biflora