美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-02-06

 Welcome to Friday. The week's last edition of CNN Student News. My name is Carl Azuz. Our 10 minutes of commercial free coverage¹ starts in Ukraine. It's a politically divided country. Late last year, Ukrainian President, Victor Yanukovyach, called off a trade deal with the European Union and agreed to one with Russian instead. Protest followed by people who disagree with the president's decision and wanna closer ties with the European Union. The government recently pass laws limiting what protesters were allowed to do in Ukraine and the protesters turn violent. There was a truce² yesterday which brought hours con³ to an area that had been anything but here's how things look before the truce was called.

 

The demonstration⁴ for the time being characterized known by noise than by violence. There've been clashes overnight. One protester was shot deadly very serious escalation⁵ in the violence.

 

Tear at turn these days has taken. You have no right to kill him, this woman screams. In the makeshift hospital, we learn that more have been killed. The doctor said they had wounds to their chest. One of them shot directly in the head. We don't know yet what it could be passing bullets. The Prime Minister says that the riot police are not equipped with live ammunition⁶ but plastic bullets fire into crowds clearly dangerous enough. Even if these crowds are brave and push back, no matter the consequences for those unlucky enough to end up in police' hands.

 

We are wearing all our protective gear, not least because the protesters keep telling us the riot police don't care whether you press or whether you are a protester. We've seen the evidence of that ourselves. Video where a riot policeman points his gun down directly into the camera and fires. 

 

At least 200 injured on the police side also. The anger against them and the government who've banned all protesting feels universal. Young and old brave the freezing call, landing the hands to the makeshift barricades⁸, the makeshift weapons. 

 

It's a line of fire burning tires has firmed a very effective barricade⁷ between the protesters and the riot police who are lined up on the other side. They've been pushing these burning fires further and further up the road and as you can see now, they are getting their mussels ready. Stones, we've seen them preparing and making m. cocktails⁹ to throw through the smoke at police. 

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

4 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

5 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

6 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

7 barricade   

n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住

参考例句：

• The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
• It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

8 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。

9 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句