美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-17

 It's a country nearly 45 million people. One of the largest nation in Europe and right now it's in a struggle with itself. We\'re talking about Ukraine. Kind of crossroads, western Europe to one side and Russia to the other.The tension happening in Ukraine right now is over which side the country should be closer to. Ukraine's president and many of its people prefer to be aligned¹ with Russia.Ukrainians who wanna move toward western Europe have been protesting. They\'ve taken over parts of the capital city, Kiev and put up barricades² around their gathering³ spots.That is until late Tuesday night.

 

It\'s 2 o\'clock in the morning and it would appear that the riot police have decided⁴ that this is the time to go into the square in full force.I don't know how we gonna get in. This is the only way down and they are polices... but we'll try. 

 

How they gonna push through these barricades which have been up there for a long time? You can see the protesters manning the barricades and there are hundreds of riot polices here but no easy access to them through into the square which is exactly the way the protesters want to. So, the police have moved on here with chainsaws to try and saw through these barricades and also use brute⁵ force to pull them back and it does look as though in that corner it is giving way. Now, you have seen the helmets. The red helmets of the protesters against the black helmets of the riot police head on head and we'll see what happens next.

 

On Wednesday, protesters in Kiev started rebuilding these barricades that were torn down over night.

 

Catching⁶ up for another new story now, starting with M. The 85-year old American is home after be held in North Korea for weeks.That country's government released a video in which N. read a supposed apology for things he did during the Korean War. N. says that apology was given under duress,"anyone who's read the text of it knows that the words were not mine and were not delivered voluntarily."

 

Next up, a lawsuit⁷ involving human right for non-humans.The non-human rights project was suing to get the chimpanzee some of the same rights as the legal person.Their goal was to get some animal move from private owners to sanctuaries⁸.3 courts in New York have rejected the lawsuits⁹.The non-human rights project says it will appeal those decisions.And finally, a follow up about outbreak of meningitis which involves in. around brain and spinal¹⁰ core. After several cases of the disease at Princeton University, school officials decided to offer students there vaccine¹¹. This particular vaccine is approved in other countries, but not in the United States. Princeton says it will cover the cost of the vaccine and only offer it to students and certain members of the university community.

1 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

2 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 decided   

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。

5 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

6 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

7 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

8 sanctuaries   

n.避难所( sanctuary的名词复数 )；庇护；圣所；庇护所

参考例句：

• The designation of special marine reserves and marine sanctuaries shall be subject to the State Council for approval. 海洋特别保护区、海上自然保护区的确定，须经国务院批准。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After 1965 he acquiesced when they established sanctuaries on that soil. 1965年以后，他默认了他们在那块土地上建立庇护所。 来自辞典例句

9 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句

10 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

11 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。