大多数美国人密切关注乌克兰的危机

大多数美国人密切关注乌克兰的危机 　　

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- More than two-thirds of Americans are paying close attention to Russia's involvement in the situation in Crimea of Ukraine, a Gallup poll released Tuesday showed.

　　Sixty-eight percent of Americans say they are following the news about Ukraine's crisis "very or somewhat closely", according to the March 6-9 poll.

　　Americans' attention to the Ukraine's crisis is on par¹ with the attention paid to such events as the crisis in Egypt in February 2011 (69 percent) and Libya's crisis in March 2011 (71 percent), but below attention to the 2011 killing² of Osama bin³ Laden⁴ (83 percent) or the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf⁵ of Mexico (87 percent), Gallup said.

　　By comparison, the events in Gallup's database that garnered⁶ the highest levels of attention were the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the destruction by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the beginning of the war with Iraq in 2003, all of which at least 95 percent of Americans were following closely, Gallup noted⁷.

　　Meanwhile, the poll found 66 percent of Americans are worried that Ukraine's crisis would develop into a larger regional conflict that could lead to the U.S. military getting involved.

　　The poll was released one day ahead of the visit to Washington by Ukraine's interim⁸ Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday.

1 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

5 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

8 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。