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And we are starting today by explaining the latest rift¹ in the strain relations between the U.S. and Russia.

For months, the Obama administration has accused Russia of interfering² in last year's U.S. presidential election. More recently, it said Russia did this to help incoming President Donald Trump³ get elected.

So, over the holidays, the U.S. government sanctioned, it penalized⁴ some Russian intelligence services, some officers that work for them and three companies that helped support Russian intelligence. America also closed two Russian compounds and expelled 35 Russian diplomats⁵ from the U.S.

So, how did Russia respond? Its president, Vladimir Putin, has repeatedly denied interfering in the American election. He said he would not, quote, "stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy⁶" that he'd allow American diplomats to stay in Russia and that he'd be working to rebuild relations with the U.S. after President-elect Trump is inaugurated.

A lot of different perspectives on all this. The head of WikiLeaks, which published millions of hacked⁷ U.S. documents, said they did not come from the Russian government. Critics, including President-elect Trump, have said there's not enough proof the Russian government was behind the hacks⁸.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan called the U.S. sanctions on Russia overdue⁹ but said they were an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia. And Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham said the sanctions don't punish Russia enough.

There's also trouble in the relationship between the U.S. and Israel, an American ally in the Middle East. On December 23rd, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution. It says that Israel is breaking the law by building settlements on land it captured and claimed as its own during a war in 1967.

The U.S. usually vetoes resolutions like this because it sees them as overly critical of Israel. But in this case, the U.S. abstained¹⁰. It didn't vote. That allowed the U.N. resolution to pass when 14 other

members of the council voted for it.

The resolution itself is mostly symbolic¹¹. It doesn't penalized international trade or cooperation with Israel. But it makes a statement that infuriated Israel, which has accuses the Obama administration of secretly supporting the resolution. The U.S. government denies, but all this has deepened the divide between America and Israel.

SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: As a rule, settlements are Jewish-only communities that are on Israel occupied land that the Palestinians had hoped to use as a future state. And one of the sticking points here is that the Palestinians feel like their land as been stolen and also that it stops them from having a contiguous or continuous area to call their own state.

The Israelis say, "Look, some of this land is historically ours. Some of this land is politically ours." And also, they're using some of the land for security purposes.

All in all, this is one of the sticking points in the process and one of the things that Secretary Kerry has tried to undo¹². But now, the gloves are off. Because of this U.N. resolution in particular, the Security Council resolution 2334, you are seeing the reaction from Israel, especially Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was furious over this resolution and basically slapped Israel's hand and said that they are breaking international law by putting those settlements in place.

And then we heard from Secretary John Kerry who talked about the fact that he believes that this is a real sticking point, a real problem in trying to go forward in a peace process.

1 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。

2 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 penalized   

对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 )； 使处于不利地位

参考例句：

• You will be penalized for poor spelling. 你拼写不好将会受到处罚。
• Team members will be penalized for lateness. 队员迟到要受处罚。

5 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

7 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

8 hacks   

黑客

参考例句：

• But there are hacks who take advantage of people like Teddy. 但有些无赖会占类似泰迪的人的便宜。 来自电影对白
• I want those two hacks back here, right now. 我要那两个雇工回到这儿，现在就回。 来自互联网

9 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

10 abstained   

v.戒（尤指酒），戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 )；弃权（不投票）

参考例句：

• Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
• They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

12 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。