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The Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appointed a new head of the armed forces. His spokeperson gave no reason, but earlier the Defence Ministry¹ announced that the armed forces might be deployed² in a nationwide anti-terrorist operation. In central Kiev, fires continued to burn around the Independence Square with anti-government protesters and the riot police locked in tense standoff. Our correspondent Duncan Crawford is there.

乌克兰总统维克多·亚努科维奇任命了新的军队领袖，他的发言人没有给出原因，但早些时候，国防部宣布军队可能要部署一项全国性的反恐行动。在基辅中心，独立广场周围仍在燃烧大火，反政府抗议者和防暴警察仍在僵持中。记者邓肯·克劳福德报道。

The Ukirian security service says they are planning this counter-terrorism operation they blamed the violence on what they described as radical³ extremist and they say that over the last 24 hours that protesters have stolen ammunition⁴ and weapons. A further revelation today while President Yanukovych has dismissed the army chief. Now, no reason was given but reportedly last month, the Colonel General did warn against the military getting involved in this crisis. So potentially there is conflict in the top levels of the military as the how they should proceeds.

乌克兰安全部队称正在计划反恐行动，他们将这场暴力归咎于所谓的种族极端主义，他们称过去24小时里抗议者偷走了枪支和火药。今天透露的消息还有，总统亚努科维奇辞掉军队领袖。目前尚未给出理由，但据悉上月大将确实警告反对军队参与这场危机，所以目前军队高层可能存在一场危机，正如现在表现的那样。

President Obama has warned Ukraine to ensure that the military doesn't step into issues that he said can be resolved by civilians⁵. Mr. Obama said the United States and its European allies would be watching the situation closely and that could be consequences if as he put it: people step over the line.

总统奥巴马警告乌克兰要确保军队不参与到可以由平民解决的事件中。奥巴马说美国及其欧洲同盟都会密切观察事态，如果如他所说“有人越过线”，那么就要承担后果了。

We're going to be watching very carefully, and we expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence in dealing⁶ with peaceful protesters. We've said that we also expect peaceful protesters to remain peaceful, and we will be monitoring very carefully the situation.

我们将非常密切观察事态，我们希望乌克兰政府表现出克制，不要用暴力手段来对付和平抗议者。我们说过希望和平抗议者能保持和平，我们将非常密切观察这一事态。

NATO's top military commander also pressed Ukrainian leaders to avoid using military force and called for a dialogue with the new military leadership.

北约最高军事领袖也施压乌克兰总统，要求避免使用武力，并呼吁与新的军事领袖进行对话。

Greece has posed a current account surplus for the first time since records began. Mark Lowen reports from Athens.

希腊出现有记录以来首次国际收支经常项目顺差，马克·罗文在雅典报道。

It is the balance of trade and investment, the difference between how much money flows into the country and what goes out called the economic terms the current account. Now, Greece for the first time since records began in 1948 has posed a surplus, meaning it no longer spending more on imports than it raises through goods and services. The 1.24bn euro surplus last year was helped by a 16 % rise in tourism receipts, the country's biggest industry and marks a big change from 2012, when the current account was in deficit⁷ of 4.6bn euros.

这是贸易和投资项目余额，流入本国的资金和流出的资金之间的差额就叫做经常项目。现在，希腊出现自1948年有记录以来的首次顺差，意味着希腊不再在进口上支出很多，而是通过商品和服务获得收入。这12.4亿欧元的顺差中有16%是由旅游收入增长做的贡献，旅游业是该国最大的产业，从2012年开始出现重大变化，2012年时希腊经常项目的赤字为46亿欧元。

Member of the Russian protest band Pussy⁸ Riot has been attacked in Sochi by Cossacks militia⁹ acting¹⁰ as security guards in the Olympic host city. The Cossacks whipped and punched members of the group as they tried to perform by a sign advertising¹¹ the Winter Olympics.

俄罗斯抗议的暴动小猫乐队成员在冬奥会举办城市索契遭到哥萨克人安全警卫袭击，该乐队成员准备在一块冬奥会广告牌旁边表演时遭到哥萨克人的抽打和拳击。

A leading rights group says that Syrian government forces have started using a more powerful type of cluster munitions¹² rocket. Cluster bombs have been banned in many countries because they are indiscriminate and leave unexploded ordnance¹³ that can be a danger, long after the original attack. Sebastian Usher¹⁴ reports.

一个著名权利组织称叙利亚政府开始使用更强力的集束炸弹火箭，集束弹具有不分青红皂白的破坏力，而且在最初袭击后很久未爆炸的弹药仍会造成危险，因此在很多国家都遭到禁止。塞巴斯蒂安·亚瑟报道。

The New York based Human Rights Watch says it has been given photos of an attack on the town of Keferzita last week that showed traces of cluster munitions that contained more than 70 bomblets. It says this is much more powerful than similar weapons that Syrian forces have so far used. The town which is near the central city of Hama has repeatedly come under attack since rebels took control of it more than a year ago. It's been subjected to air strikes and shelling as well as for crudely made barrel bombs that has become a key weapon in the government's armory¹⁵.

总部在纽约的人权观察组织称得到有关上周Keferzita袭击的图片，显示有集束炸弹使用的痕迹，这种炸弹含有70个小炸弹。该组织称这种炸弹比叙利亚到目前为止使用的类似武器威力更大。该镇临近中心城市哈马，据悉自一年多前叛军控制该镇以来已多次遭受袭击，遭受了空袭、轰炸，以及已成为政府军关键武器的粗制桶爆弹的袭击。

Sri Lanka Central Bank has urged Buddhists¹⁶ and Hindu temples to accept electronic payments from worshippers because of a coin shortage. This report from Charles Haviland.

由于硬币短缺，斯里兰卡央行敦促佛教和印度教寺庙接受信众的电子支付。查尔斯·哈维兰德报道。

Public transport users in many countries can now pay their way with electronic cards enabling a cash-free commute¹⁷. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka now hopes Buddhists and Hindu temples here can install similar devices to accept money electronically. Its governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said this was necessary because there is a shortage of coins nationwide, something he blamed on the offering of prayer money. He's already in the negotiating with temples to get back their loose change.

在很多国家，公交乘客可以使用电子卡片支付，而无需现金。斯里兰卡央行现在希望佛教和印度教寺庙能安装类似设备来接受电子货币，行长Ajith Nivard Cabraal说这是必要的，因为全国硬币短缺，他称这归咎于上香者给香火钱的方式。他已经与寺庙协商来收回零钱。

The Taliban in Afghanistan have dismissed peace talks in Dubai between representatives of President Karzai's government and some Taliban members. The militant¹⁸ group said those representing the Taliban at the meeting in Dubai were not authorized¹⁹ to negotiate on its behalf. The talks between the government-backed high peace council and some Taliban members begun in Dubai on Tuesday.

阿富汗塔利班否认总统卡尔扎伊政府代表和一些塔利班成员在迪拜的和谈，该武装组织称代表塔利班在迪拜参加会议的代表们并没有得到授权来进行协商。政府支持的高级和谈委员会和一些塔利班成员的和谈于周二在迪拜开始。

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 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。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

8 pussy   

n.(儿语)小猫，猫咪

参考例句：

• Why can't they leave my pussy alone?为什么他们就不能离我小猫咪远一点？
• The baby was playing with his pussy.孩子正和他的猫嬉戏。

9 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

10 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

11 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

12 munitions   

n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品

参考例句：

• The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
• He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。

13 ordnance   

n.大炮，军械

参考例句：

• She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.战争期间她在一家兵工厂工作。
• Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce,ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.军队很缺鞋和衣服，武器供应和药品就更少了。

14 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

15 armory   

n.纹章，兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Nuclear weapons will play a less prominent part in NATO's armory in the future.核武器将来在北约的军械中会起较次要的作用。
• Every March the Armory Show sets up shop in New York.每年三月，军械博览会都会在纽约设置展场。

16 Buddhists   

n.佛教徒( Buddhist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony. 处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The return of Saivite rule to central Java had brought no antagonism between Buddhists and Hindus. 湿婆教在中爪哇恢复统治后，并没有导致佛教徒与印度教徒之间的对立。 来自辞典例句

17 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

18 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

19 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。