VOA标准英语2014--战斗停止并不能消除乌克兰民众的恐惧与不信任

 

In Ukraine, Fear and Distrust Remain Where Fighting has Stopped 战斗停止并不能消除乌克兰民众的恐惧与不信任

KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE—

As the Ukrainian military reclaims¹ control of eastern cities from pro-Russian separatists, residents are getting a chance to rebuild their lives.  In the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk province, a sense of fear is still in the air, and distrust of the government in Kyiv still runs deep.

In a leafy neighborhood of Kramatorsk, residents are cleaning up the debris² of war.

Tolia, a pensioner³, is fixing up his home, damaged as Ukrainian forces battled armed rebels who took over the town in April.

“Everything was destroyed, everything was ruined, these three houses - some of the others," he said.  "And here I know a bus was hit, the driver and passengers were killed.”

The damage tells the story of the fierce shelling and gunfire that rocked Kramatorsk.  People here say they hid in their basements for weeks.

But after government forces retook control in early July, many residents say everyone is being unfairly treated with suspicion.

“We are all being called separatists here," Tolia said.  "I'm 77, and can you imagine I'm a separatist?”

Kramatorsk is an industrial town in largely Russian-speaking Donetsk province.  Factories manufacturing machine parts provided jobs during the era of the Soviet⁴ Union.

The separatist insurgency⁵ took hold here and in neighboring Luhansk province where many maintain strong allegiances to Russia.

Residents here refused to say what happened to the rebels holding this town when Ukrainian forces reclaimed⁶ control.

But red paint recently splashed on a billboard⁷ reading "Kramatorsk is Ukraine" shows separatist sympathizers are still in the area.

Tanya, who works for the city as street cleaner, says times were already tough before the conflict, and now are worse.  

Despite the presence of Ukrainian forces, she says the city has not received enough assistance from Kyiv.

“We are afraid of everything. We wake up in the morning and we are afraid of what will happen today," she said. "I went to the market and returned with nothing.  I don't have money.  My children don't have work.  My children don't have a place to live.”

At a military base on Karuchin mountain, a collapsed⁸ communications tower shows the damage caused by retreating separatists.

Officers here report some continued pockets of rebel activity in Kramatorsk and in neighboring Slovyansk.

The twin cities were once hotbeds of insurgent⁹ activity.  And though Ukraine can claim a military victory here for now, pro-Russian sympathies will be harder to subdue¹⁰.

1 reclaims   

v.开拓( reclaim的第三人称单数 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Society reclaims criminals by teaching them skills. 社会通过教给罪犯技能来改造他们。 来自辞典例句
• When next collecting comes, garbage collector reclaims its memory. 等下一轮回收时，垃圾回收器才会将其回收。 来自互联网

2 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 pensioner   

n.领养老金的人

参考例句：

• The tax threshold for a single pensioner is$ 445.单身领退休年金者的纳税起点为445英镑。
• It was the pensioner's vote late in the day that influenced the election of Mr.Sweet.最后是领取养老金者的选票影响了斯威特先生的当选。

4 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。

5 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

6 reclaimed   

adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

9 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

10 subdue   

vt.制服，使顺从，征服；抑制，克制

参考例句：

• She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
• He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。