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AZUZ: The issue of immigration also factors into our next story from the Central European nation of Hungary. It held a general election Sunday that's expected to give the nation's incumbent¹ leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban another term. He and his political party had campaigned on anti-immigration platform. They've had enough support in the government to make major changes to Hungary's laws, increasing governmental control over the media, the bank, the high court and outside organizations.

Hungary is part of the European Union, a political and economic partnership² of 28 European countries, but E.U. leaders are concerned that Hungary's democracy is being weakened by its increasingly powerful government.

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hungarian politics may not be on your radar³, but this E.U. country is starting to drift away from the West, and back into Russia's sphere of influence.

This is Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Back in 1989, he was calling for Soviet⁵ troops to leave the country.

Fast forward, almost 30 years, and here he is, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies.

So, how did Orban go from pro-Western activist⁶ to Russian ally?

Orban, like Putin, has consolidated⁷ control of the country's media. And Orban, like Putin, has cracked down on nongovernmental organizations. Russia's influence can be seen in other ways, too.

Back in 2014, Moscow made a $10.8 billion to Hungary. Ostensibly, it was to fund the expansion of Hungary's only nuclear Soviet era power plant.

But critics said it would only increase Hungary's dependence⁸ on Russia. The deal was finally given the go-ahead by the E.U. this year. Orban's government stands by its record and denies any Russian influence.

ZOLTAN KOVACS, GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: There's not one element of our policies and not one element of our decisions that can suggest to you that we are closer to Russia and Mr. Putin in any way that any Western European country.

AZUZ: It's one thing to patch up a crack in the wall, the floor, or the driveway. But what do you do about this?

The crack in the earth is more than 50 feet wide in some places and 50 feet deep, and it reportedly followed heavy rains and some ground vibration⁹ last month in the Eastern African country of Kenya.

Scientists say this is evidence of plate tectonics, the theory that giant chunks¹⁰ of the earth's crust and upper mantle¹¹ are slowly shifting and breaking in some places. One area where two such plates are thought to meet is the East African Rift⁴, and that's near where there is going on.

So, does this mean that part of the African continent will eventually break off? Maybe. But it's probably nothing for us to worry about.

If this is part of a breakup between the East African Rift and the rest of the continent, scientists say it won't be complete for tens of millions of years.

1 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 rift   

n.裂口，隙缝，切口；v.裂开，割开，渗入

参考例句：

• He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
• The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。

5 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• 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。

6 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

7 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。

8 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

9 vibration   

n.颤动，振动；摆动

参考例句：

• There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
• The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。

10 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？

11 mantle   

n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆盖，脸红

参考例句：

• The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
• The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。