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Ukraine’s new government says it’s making contingency¹ plans to withdraw its troops and their families from Crimea following Russian moves to annex² the peninsula. The country’s Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsya told the BBC the government was very concerned about the safety of is citizens. The Ukrainian Security Chief Andriy Parubiy said they wanted to be able to move people quickly and efficiently³ to mainland Ukraine.

乌克兰新政府称由于俄罗斯吞并克里米亚，将制定将军队及其家属从该地撤离的应急计划。该国外长Andrii Deshchytsya告诉BBC，政府很担心当地居民的安危。乌克兰安全部长安德里·帕鲁比称他希望能将人们尽快有效撤离到乌克兰大陆上。

“The cabinet of ministers has been ordered to demand without further delay that the UN proclaim Crimea a demilitarised zone and the withdrawal⁴ of Russian troops from the autonomous⁵ Republic of Crimea and to ensure the relocation of Ukrainian troops to continental⁶ Ukraine as well as facilitate evacuation of all civilians⁸ who are unwilling⁹ to remain on the occupied territory.”

“部长内阁已得到命令，要求联合国立即宣布克里米亚为非军事管制区，尽快将乌克兰军队从克里米亚自治共和国撤离，确保将乌克兰军队安置到乌克兰大陆，同时为所有不愿继续呆在这片被占领区的平民撤离提供便利。”

Ukraine has warned the pro-Russian authorities in Crimea that they’ll face a response unless they release the head of its navy, who was led away as armed activists¹⁰ took over Ukraine’s navy headquarters in Sevastopol. Ukraine’s acting¹¹ president Oleksandr Turchynov said that what he called all military and civilian⁷ hostages held by Crimean leaders had to be freed. Our correspondent in Sevastopol Mark Lowen says just a few servicemen are holding out inside the headquarters.

乌克兰警告克里米亚亲俄罗斯当局，除非释放其海军首领，否则将面临后果，在武装活动人士占领塞瓦斯托波尔的乌克兰海军总部时这位将领被带走。乌克兰临时总统图尔奇诺夫称必须释放被克里米亚领导人扣押的全部军事和平民人质。BBC驻塞瓦斯托波尔记者马克·罗文称总部内只有少数军人被扣押。

I have just spoken to one of the few Ukrainian sailors who remain barricaded¹² inside the naval¹³ headquarters here in Sevastopol. He told me earlier in the day that there were about 100 Ukrainian sailors who were holding out inside the building, but now there were just a handful left; most of the others have departed, and just a few remaining had been ordered to stay, ordered to protect Ukrainian equipment. But, he said, he fully¹⁴ expects that there will be an order that will come through tomorrow morning for them to withdraw.

我刚和一位乌克兰水手谈过话，这些数量不多的水手仍在塞瓦斯托波尔的海军总部内设置障碍。他早些时候告诉我，这座大楼内约有100名乌克兰士兵被扣押，但现在有少数人离开了，其他多数已经动身，只有少数被下令留在那里保护乌克兰设备。但他说他相信明天早上就会下令将他们撤走。

Syrian opposition¹⁵ activists say rebel fighters have taken control of a prison outside the city of Gharaz. The UK based Syrian observatory¹⁶ for human rights says the rebels seized the prison after a long battle with government forces. Dozens of inmates¹⁷ are reported to have been released.

叙利亚反对活动人士称叛军武装分子占领了Gharaz市外的监狱，总部在英国的叙利亚人权观察组织称在与政府进行长期战斗后，叛军占领了监狱。据悉数十名囚犯已经获释。

The Japanese car giant Toyota has agreed to pay $1.2bn to resolve a criminal dispute with the United States over safety problems that led to the recall of millions of vehicles. In a statement, Toyota said it took full responsibility for any concerns the company’s actions might have caused its customers. The US Attorney-General Eric Holder¹⁸ described Toyota’s behaviour as shameful¹⁹.

日本汽车巨头丰田同意就与美国的刑事争端支付12亿美元的赔偿，这件案子中涉及的安全问题使得该公司召回数百万辆汽车。丰田在声明中称，对于该公司行为给客户造成的任何担忧，本公司都会承担全部责任。美国总检察长埃里克·霍尔德称丰田的行为是可耻的。

“When car owners get behind the wheel, they have the right to expect that their vehicle is safe. If part of the automobile²⁰ turns out to have safety issues, the car company has a duty upfront to tell customers about them, to fix them quickly and to immediately tell the truth about the problem. Toyota violated this basic compact.”

“当车主开车时，他们有权利期待车辆是安全的。如果部分汽车出现安全问题，那么汽车公司就有责任提前告诉顾客尽快修好，立即告诉问题所在。而丰田违反了这一基本的原则。”

A man once considered to be one of Sweden’s most prolific²¹ sea-whale killers²² has been released after the authorities found that his eight murder convictions were based on false confessions²³. Sture Bergwall, who suffers from a personality disorder²⁴, had been held in psychiatric detention²⁵ for more than 20 years. He retracted²⁶ his confessions six years ago saying that when he made them he was heavily medicated and seeking attention.

曾被视为瑞典捕杀海鲸数量最多的人现已获释，原因是当局发现针对他的8项谋杀指控是基于虚假供述。患有人格障碍的Sture Bergwall已被拘留在精神拘留所20多年，他收回6年前的供述，称当时自己服药过多，并为获得关注而供认。

The Zimbabwe government has slashed²⁷ the wages of the heads of state-run companies following a public outcry. Some of the bosses of the government-owned corporations were reported to be earning more than $0.5m a month. They’ve now been kept at just $6,000 a month. But these people in Harare accuse the government of being slow to act.

由于公众抗议，津巴布韦政府已削减国有企业高管的薪水，据悉部分国有公司的老板月薪曾超过50万美元，现在只有6000美元月薪。但哈拉雷的人们指责政府迟迟才采取行动。

“It was their long offered duty. It was supposed to be done a long way better, because people are suffering, worse, some other people are gaining at the expense of us.”

“他们早就该这么做了，本来就应该做得更好，因为人们在受苦，每况愈下，而其他人却以我们受苦为代价获得高收入。”

“I feel it’s like another way of cheating us. You might let all people see 6,000, yet we don’t know about their benefits. What are they getting behind these state salaries?”

“我感觉这是用另一种方式在欺骗我们，可以告诉公众现在只有6000美元，但我们不知道他们的福利，在这些薪水之外他们的其他收入呢？”

Chile’s new government is to review plans for a big hydroelectric project that will dam rivers in a remote part of Patagonia. The future of the HidroAysen scheme will be decided²⁸ within the next two months. Environmentalists say it will ruin an area renowned²⁹ for its wild beauty.

智利新政府将重审一项大型水利项目，该项目内容是在巴塔哥尼亚一偏远地区河流上修建大坝。HidroAysen水电项目的命运将在未来两月内决定，环保人士称这将毁掉这片有着野性美的地区。

In the latest blow to his reputation, the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has relinquished³⁰ an honorific title, which had become his nickname. Mr Berlusconi was made a Knight³¹ of Labour, an order of merit for entrepreneurs in the 1970s and had become known as the Knight in the Italian press. But some members of the order had called for his expulsion after Italy’s highest court upheld his conviction for tax fraud.

意大利前总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼的名誉再次受损，他现已放弃一个已成为他的别名的荣誉称号。贝卢斯科尼在20世纪70年代被誉为“劳工骑士”，该称号是对企业家的赞誉，贝卢斯科尼被称为意大利媒体界的骑士。但在意大利最高法院判定贝卢斯科尼逃税后，颁布该荣誉的成员就呼吁驱逐他。

1 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

2 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

3 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

4 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

5 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

6 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

7 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

8 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。

9 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

10 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》

11 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。

12 barricaded   

设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守

参考例句：

• The police barricaded the entrance. 警方在入口处设置了路障。
• The doors had been barricaded. 门都被堵住了。

13 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

14 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

15 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。

16 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

17 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

19 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

20 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

21 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

22 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

23 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

24 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

25 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

26 retracted   

v.撤回或撤消( retract的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝执行或遵守；缩回；拉回

参考例句：

• He made a false confession which he later retracted. 他作了假供词，后来又翻供。
• A caddy retracted his statement. 一个球童收回了他的话。 来自辞典例句

27 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

28 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

29 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

30 relinquished   

交出，让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 )； 放弃

参考例句：

• She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward. 她把职位让给了表弟爱德华爵士。
• The small dog relinquished his bone to the big dog. 小狗把它的骨头让给那只大狗。

31 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。