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The new interim¹ President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said that Ukraine wants toreturn to the path of closer integration² with European Union. The former speaker of parliamentwas appointed interim president a day after parliament voted to remove Viktor Yanukovychfrom office in the face of mass protests. David Stern reports from Kiev on Mr. Turchynov'stelevision address.

Mr. Turchynov said that Ukraine was ready for a relationship based on a new equal andgood-neighborly footing with Russia, but also wanted it took into account his country'sEuropean choice. He also said Euro-Ukraine's path of European integration would beconfirmed in the country's early presidential election set from May 25. Russian officials havecalled the Ukrainian opposition³'s assumption of power illegal and said it would delay a $2bnloan to the country. On Sunday, Susan Rice, the US National Security adviser⁴, said it would bea grave mistake if Russia would send troops into Ukraine to defend its interest.

President Putin of Russia and the German Chancellor⁵ Angela Mergel have discussed the situationin Ukraine. Protests against the ousted⁶ President Yanukovych began in November after heabandoned a partnership⁷ deal with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. FromBerlin Steve Evans reports.

Chancellor Merkel spoke⁸ to President Putin on the phone. And her spokesman said afterwards,that the two had agreed that what they called the territorial⁹ integrity of Ukraine should bemaintained. The spokesman in Berlin said that the two leaders wanted an effective governmentfor the whole country in place quickly. Germany's trying to act a broker¹⁰ in the conflicts, to tryto assuage¹¹ Russian fears that it wouldn't be threatened if Ukraine moves closer to theEuropean Union.

Human rights groups in Syria say that Abu Kahled al-Suri a senior rebel commander linked toal-Qaeda has been killed in a suicide attack. Here's Jim Muir.

According to rebel and activists¹² sources, Abu Kahled al-Suri was among several people whodied when a suicide bomber¹³, possibly two penetrated¹⁴ its headquarters in Aleppo, and detonateda deadly explosion. He was a leader and cofounder of one of the biggest and most effectiveIslamist rebel groups Ahara al-Sham. But he was also believed to be the main representativein Syria of the global al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri who took over after Osama Bin¹⁵ Ladenwas killed. Abu Kahled al-Suri, whose real name is believed to be Muhammad Bahaiah, was aveteran al-Qaeda operative who's reported to have fought the Americans in both Afghanistanand Iraq, and to have worked closely with Osama Bin Laden¹⁶.

Prosecutors¹⁷ in Egypt have accused the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi of leakingstate secrets to Iran's Revolution Guards. The charge was made during the second hearing ofhis trial for espionage¹⁸. His supporters say the accusations¹⁹ are politically motivated.

World News from the BBC.

The American Secretary of States John Kerry has condemned²⁰ recent attacks in Nigeria by theIslamist group Boko Haram. In a statement, Mr. Kerry said such violence was horrific, wrongand had no place in the world. He pledged American support for the Nigerian authorities againstthe group which the US has designated as a terrorist organization.

The Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has condemned attacks on opposition protestersover the weekend, which have left three people dead, two of them children. She described thekillings as terrorist acts with no regard for human life. A four-year-old boy was one of thosewho died when a grenade exploded outside a shopping centre in Bangkok.

The Winter Olympics have ended in the Russian resort of Sochi with a glittering closingceremony. The costliest²¹ Olympics ever ended with the spectacular display of fireworks.Russian came top of the medal table with 13 golds. Richard Colven was there to watch.

Sixteen days of sporting glory for Russia have drawn²² to a close in spectacular style. Despitethe national shame of losing in the quarter-final stage of the ice hockey, 13 golds and 30medals in total meant Russia finished the top of the medal table. At the closing ceremony forthe Game, the host nation basked²³ and reflected glory of its athletes when the final medals wereawarded to the three Russian skiers who dominated the men's 50km cross-country event,emblems of the country's winter sports resurgence²⁴. The President of International OlympicCommittee Thomas Bach has hailed Sochi as a special experience.

The oldest known survival of the Nazi²⁵ holocaust²⁶ Alice Herz-Sommer has died in London. Shewas 110. Originally from Prague, Mrs. Herz-Sommer who was Jewish, spent two years in a Naziconcentration camp. Recently, a film was made about her life which is being nominated for bestshort documentary at next month's Academy Awards.

1 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

2 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

5 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

6 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

7 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

10 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

11 assuage   

v.缓和，减轻，镇定

参考例句：

• The medicine is used to assuage pain.这种药用来止痛。
• Your messages of cheer should assuage her suffering.你带来的这些振奋人心的消息一定能减轻她的痛苦。

12 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

14 penetrated   

adj. 击穿的，鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。
• They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。

15 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

16 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

17 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

18 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

19 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

20 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

21 costliest   

adj.昂贵的( costly的最高级 )；代价高的；引起困难的；造成损失的

参考例句：

• At 81 billion dollars, Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in American history. “卡特里娜”飓风造成了近810亿美圆的损失，是美国历史上最严重的自然灾难之一。 来自互联网
• Senator John Kerry has proposed a tax on the costliest health plans sold by insurance companies. 参议员约翰？克里(JohnKerry)已经提议对保险公司销售的高价值的保险计划征税。 来自互联网

22 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

23 basked   

v.晒太阳，取暖( bask的过去式和过去分词 )；对…感到乐趣；因他人的功绩而出名；仰仗…的余泽

参考例句：

• She basked in the reflected glory of her daughter's success. 她尽情地享受她女儿的成功带给她的荣耀。
• She basked in the reflected glory of her daughter's success. 她享受着女儿的成功所带给她的荣耀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

25 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

26 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。