美国有线新闻 CNN 俄罗斯吞并克里米亚加剧与乌克兰的紧张局势

Which of these nations borders the Black Sea? Poland, Moldova, Ukraine or Greece.

下列国家中哪个与黑海接壤？波兰、摩尔多瓦、乌克兰还是希腊？

Of these options only Ukraine borders the Black Sea.

上述国家中只有乌克兰与黑海接壤。

Crimea is a peninsula in the Black Sea. Officially, it used to be part of Ukraine but Russia annexed¹ it,

克里米亚是位于黑海的一个半岛。官方上，克里米亚曾是乌克兰的一部分，但之后被俄罗斯吞并，

meaning Russia took it over in 2014 after Crimeans voted to be part of Russia.

也就是说，2014年克里米亚投票决定成为俄罗斯的一部分后，俄罗斯接管了这个地区。

At that time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Crimea's government followed international law by holding the vote

当时，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京表示，克里米亚地区政府遵循国际法举行了投票，

but critics say it was not a fair election.

但批评者认为，这场投票不公平。

The Obama Administration, which led the U.S. in 2014, said Russia's annexation² of Crimea broke international law and that the U.S. wouldn't recognize it.

2014年，领导美国的奥巴马政府表示，俄罗斯吞并克里米亚违反了国际法，美国不会承认这次吞并。

Most other nations have also refused to recognize Crimea as being part of Russia

大多数其他国家也拒绝承认克里米亚是俄罗斯的一部分，

but the peninsula has functioned as a Russian Republic since 2014 and it gives Russia a strategically important warm water port in the Black Sea.

但自2014年以来，克里米亚半岛一直作为俄罗斯共和国的一部分而存在，该地区为俄罗斯在黑海提供了具有重要战略意义的不冻港。

What's happened in Crimea is one example of a deep divide in Ukraine, the country used to be part of the Soviet³ Union which was dominated by Russia.

克里米亚发生的事情是乌克兰严重分裂的一个例证，乌克兰曾是俄罗斯统治的苏联的一部分。

Today, many Ukrainians identify themselves as Russian while many others do not and want to have closer ties with Europe.

如今，许多乌克兰人自称是俄罗斯人，而其他许多人则不这么认为，这些人希望与欧洲建立更密切的关系。

There's been an armed conflict in Ukraine since 2014 with Russia supporting the side that wants independence from the Ukrainian government.

2014年以来，乌克兰发生了武装冲突，俄罗斯支持希望脱离乌克兰政府独立的一方。

Tensions have spilled from land to sea.

紧张局势已从陆地蔓延到海洋。

1 annexed   

[法] 附加的，附属的

参考例句：

• Germany annexed Austria in 1938. 1938年德国吞并了奥地利。
• The outlying villages were formally annexed by the town last year. 那些偏远的村庄于去年正式被并入该镇。

2 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

3 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。