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As many people flee Ukraine, others are traveling to the embattled country

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As many people flee Ukraine, others are traveling to the embattled country

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As hundreds of thousands of people flee Ukraine, NPR's Leila Fadel takes a train into western Ukraine and talks to some of the passengers headed toward2 war.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

There's a refugee3 crisis4 because of Russia's war. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled through Poland. But some Ukrainians are going the other way, going home. And we took that journey with them. We got in line for the only passenger train of the day headed to Lviv, in western Ukraine. In that line, we meet Igor. He's a 32-year-old beer brewer5 carrying a bicycle and a black bag. He has headphones around his neck. But at first, he won't talk to me.

So you said you're worried about your grandma hearing this interview?

IGOR: Yes.

FADEL: Why?

IGOR: This is normal for grandma, yes?

FADEL: She's worried?

IGOR: Yes.

FADEL: Why was she worried?

IGOR: It's danger, yes, to come back.

FADEL: Igor doesn't want his grandma to know he plans to fight. He's never been in conflict before. And in this line, there are many others who plan to take up weapons for the first time as well.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Non-English language spoken).

FADEL: The line for the train begins to move. People present their passports to the customs agents and file out on the tracks. Weapons, medical supplies, food all take priority6 over passengers. So the first few cars are filled with supplies.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Non-English language spoken).

FADEL: When we board the train, the floor is covered in trash - water bottles, a hat here, a mitten7 there, blankets left behind by earlier passengers. Sitting alone by a window, one woman is heading back from Paris to get her parents. There are couples cuddling under blankets, an older man reading about the war he's headed into in the day's newspaper. Sviataslav Vovk walks over in a Yankees cap.

And why are you going to Lviv?

SVIATASLAV VOVK: I'm going to visit my parents and to defend them.

FADEL: And when you say defend them, what does that mean?

VOVK: I need to defend them from the occupation.

FADEL: So does that mean you're planning to fight?

VOVK: Yep.

FADEL: And you're not scared?

VOVK: I got no choice. I can't forgive me if I will sit in Poland and just know that my parents there.

FADEL: OK. I feel you're very emotional8 right now.

VOVK: A little bit.

FADEL: And so today you decided9, I'm going back. Why today?

VOVK: Because I saw the people that came from Ukraine. I was helping10 them. And because I saw that terrible situation in the eyes of the people and I understand that my parents feel the same, so I can't just leave them.

FADEL: His final destination isn't Lviv. That's still considered safe. He's going to his hometown that's further east, where Russian forces are attacking cities. We carry on talking to people in different cars. And then the train stops for Ukrainian border control. On the other side of the track, another train has stopped.

So right now, we're passing a train going the other direction, towards Poland. And that train is filled with people standing11, really, shoulder to shoulder - so different than the train that we're on, which is pretty empty, actually.

As we pull away, the train going to Poland, it stays still. It will take hours to get through the thousands of passports on that train. And then we're in Ukraine. It's the last leg of Jenny's journey. I find her sitting in the middle of what I thought was a group of old friends. Turns out, they met in line.

And now you're sharing chocolate...

JENNY: Yeah (laughter).

FADEL: ...And chatting. How did this happen?

JENNY: I mean, we were chatting all together. And we are constantly checking our websites on the news, what is going on, you know?

FADEL: Yeah.

JENNY: Everything - all this has united our nation in abnormal12 way.

FADEL: She asks us not to use her last name. She says it's because she doesn't know who will win this war. When the Russians invaded13, she was on vacation in Milan.

JENNY: And it was shock. It was shock because nobody expect it. I would never plan to travel if it would happen because, you know, part of the family is there. Everything is there.

FADEL: Yeah.

JENNY: So of course, I'm very much afraid of the people who are now in Kyiv or in east of Ukraine because it's a disaster.

FADEL: Yeah.

JENNY: It's a disaster for the civil population. You see all these trains going out. And I was not actually expecting that somebody will be going in - 80% men and just, like, 20% women...

FADEL: Yeah.

JENNY: ...Who are going back home. But it's probably those people who really have something to save, to protect and to - and see their future in Ukraine.

FADEL: Her teenage son is in Lviv.

Do you think Lviv will stay safe?

JENNY: I'm not sure. I'm - you know, after everything what happened, nobody can be sure that Lviv will stay safe and that Poland will stay safe and all the other countries will stay safe. I think this is a really big game.

FADEL: Who are the players in this game? When you talk about it being a game, who's playing?

JENNY: I think it's geopolitics in the final act. So this is a struggle between big giants. And you know these giants, the three...

FADEL: The U.S., Russia...

JENNY: And China.

FADEL: And China.

JENNY: So...

FADEL: Do you feel like you're caught in the middle?

JENNY: We are just - exactly. We mean nothing.

FADEL: You mean to these big powers?

JENNY: Yes. Yes. So it's about resewing the world, recutting the areas of control. So we are now, like, area between - in between the NATO and Russia. And it looks like now, this is a historical moment for Ukraine. So I think we pay the price now for all our efforts to become part of this big, democratic15 world that this democratic world should really understand and support. But, I mean, not in a, again, political game or whatever, but just to make a decision to take us as a part of this world. So we hope for the wiseness (ph) and for bright will of the U.S. president and the government to support EU in the decision of taking the right decision - and to take this, not to lose control because now, our will exist. And we will win the war and become, finally, the part of democratic world. Or democratic world will - can lose completely the Ukraine in the range of a couple of years, I think. So this is really critical moment for us, for our history.

FADEL: All right. Well, thank you so much.

JENNY: Thank you.

FADEL: With that, we approach Lviv. It's one of the last safe cities in Ukraine. But even so, the first sounds we hear are air raid14 sirens16.

(SOUNDBITE OF ALEXANDRA HAMILTON-AYRES AND MARA SIMPSON'S "ASHRIDGE")


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1 transcript JgpzUp     
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
参考例句:
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
2 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
3 refugee lCEyL     
n.难民,流亡者
参考例句:
  • The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
  • The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。
4 crisis pzJxT     
n.危机,危急关头,决定性时刻,关键阶段
参考例句:
  • He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
  • The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。
5 brewer brewer     
n. 啤酒制造者
参考例句:
  • Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
  • I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职,做一名酿酒人。
6 priority qQ1xB     
n.优先处理的事,居先,优先(权)
参考例句:
  • The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
  • Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。
7 mitten aExxv     
n.连指手套,露指手套
参考例句:
  • There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.他的手套的姆指上有个洞。
  • He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents".他一手接过她的钱,一手抓起她的连指手套,“带我去你住的地方,我想见见你的弟弟和你的父母。
8 emotional 3pDxl     
adj.令人动情的;易动感情的;感情(上)的
参考例句:
  • Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
  • This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。
9 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • 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。
10 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
11 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
12 abnormal UIvy2     
adj.反常的,不正常的,不规则的
参考例句:
  • This warm weather is abnormal for February.二月里这种温暖的天气不太正常。
  • That is simply abnormal.那简直是反常的。
13 invaded d864e930e51cafaff2158139b8518f52     
v.侵入,侵略( invade的过去式和过去分词 );涌入;侵袭;侵犯
参考例句:
  • Troops invaded on August 9th that year. 军队是在那年的8月9日入侵的。
  • The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms. 有病的组织容易被微生物侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 raid XAozr     
v.劫掠,攫取,袭击,突击搜捕;n.突然袭击
参考例句:
  • Our house was blown up in an air raid.在一次空袭中我们的房子被炸掉了。
  • During their raid on the house,the police found a lot of drugs.在对这所房子的搜查中,警方发现了大量的毒品。
15 democratic uwSxu     
adj.民主的;民主主义的,有民主精神的
参考例句:
  • Their country has democratic government.他们国家实行民主政体。
  • He has a democratic work-style.他作风民主。
16 sirens 80ecd50a05091244b946d483db54191b     
n.汽笛( siren的名词复数 );妖冶而危险的女人;危险的诱惑;塞壬(古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖,惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手,使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域)
参考例句:
  • police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring 警灯闪烁、警笛刺耳的警车
  • In big cities you always hear sirens all the time. 在大城市里,你总能听到警笛声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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