[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.
詞匯解析
remains
難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞
英漢解釋
n.剩余物；遺跡；遺體
參考例句
用作名詞 (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.
小麥?zhǔn)崭钔瓿珊螅r(nóng)夫們把剩余物燒掉，然后用犁把灰埋入地里，使土地更肥沃。
Choi's remains true today for cremation.
崔真實(shí)的遺體今天進(jìn)行火葬。
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episode
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.一段情節(jié)；片段；軼事；插曲
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
One of the funniest episodes in the book occurs in chapter 6.
書中最有趣的情節(jié)是在第6章。
The episode of this film sounds good.
這部電影的插曲很好聽。
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numerous
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.為數(shù)眾多的；許多
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
The Earth is only one of the numerous planets in the universe.
地球只是宇宙中眾多星球中的一個。
Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing my work.
我屢遭攪擾以致工作未能完成。
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mission
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.使命；代表團(tuán)；任務(wù)；布道
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
A Chinese trade mission has been dispatched to Japan.
一個中國貿(mào)易代表團(tuán)已被派往日本。
He has been on confidential missions to Berlin.
他前往柏林執(zhí)行秘密任務(wù)。
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demand
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.要求；需求
v.要求；查問；需要
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.
煤的需求在春天開始減少。
用作動詞 (v.)
All these questions demand careful and detailed study.
這些都需要認(rèn)真具體的研究。
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critical
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.批評的；挑剔的；決定性的；危險的
adj.臨界的
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
It is difficult enough to be critical of our own mistakes.
對我們自己的錯誤采取批評的態(tài)度確實(shí)非常困難。
These materials become quite soft and flexible above critical temperature.
這些材料在臨界溫度以上變得十分柔軟和易于彎曲。
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crisis
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.危機(jī)；危急關(guān)頭
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
They suffered huge losses in the financial crisis.
他們在經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)時遭受了巨大的損失。
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technical
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.技術(shù)的；專業(yè)的；工藝的
參考例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
On technical matters, I defer to the experts.
在技術(shù)問題上，我遵從專家的意見。
It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.
這是云南獨(dú)特的工藝美術(shù)技藝。
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