VOA常速英语2023 乌克兰呼吁安理会召开紧急会议

乌克兰呼吁安理会召开紧急会议

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这里是美国之音新闻，乔·拉姆齐报道。

Ukraine's government is calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to counter

乌克兰政府呼吁联合国安理会召开紧急会议，

what it calls the Kremlin's nuclear "blackmail¹" by announcing plans to store tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.

反击克里姆林宫宣布计划在白俄罗斯储存战术原子武器的核“讹诈”。

AP correspondent Sarah Naffa reports.

美联社记者萨拉·纳法报道。

One Ukrainian official said that Russia has taken "Belarus as a nuclear hostage."

一名乌克兰官员说，俄罗斯已经把“白俄罗斯作为核人质”。

But Moscow said that it was making the move in response to the West's increasing military support for Ukraine.

但莫斯科表示，此举是为了回应西方对乌克兰日益增加的军事支持。

Putin announced the plan in a television interview that aired on Saturday,

普京在周六播出的电视采访中宣布了这一计划。

saying it was triggered by a U.K. decision this past week to provide Ukraine

他说，这一计划是由英国上周决定向乌克兰提供

with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted² uranium.

含贫铀的穿甲弹引发的。

Putin argued that by deploying³ its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus,

普京认为，俄罗斯在白俄罗斯部署

Russia was following the lead of the United States.

战术核武器是在效仿美国。

He noted⁴ that Washington has nuclear weapons based in Belgium,

他指出，华盛顿在比利时、

Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

德国、意大利、荷兰和土耳其拥有核武器。

In response, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry⁵ condemned⁶ the move, stating that

作为回应，乌克兰外交部谴责了这一举动，

"The world must be united against someone who endangers the future of human civilization."

称“世界必须团结起来，反对危及人类文明未来的人。”

I'm Sarah Naffa.

我是莎拉·娜法。

Tens of thousands of Israelis have poured into the streets across the country

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡因国防部长挑战

in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

其司法改革计划而突然解雇了他，

abruptly⁷ fired his defense⁸ minister for challenging the Israeli leader's judicial⁹ overhaul¹⁰ plan.

全国数万以色列人涌上街头发泄愤怒。

Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit large bonfires Sunday

特拉维夫的抗议者星期天封锁了一条主要高速公路，并点燃了大型篝火。

while police scuffled with protesters outside Netanyahu's private home in Jerusalem.

与此同时，警方在耶路撒冷内塔尼亚胡的私人住宅外与抗议者发生扭打。

The unrest is deepening a month-long crisis over Netanyahu's overhaul plan of the judiciary.

这场骚乱加剧了内塔尼亚胡司法改革计划长达一个月的危机。

South Korea's military says it detected North Korea firing at least one ballistic missile

韩国军方说，他们探测到朝鲜向其东海岸外的海域

toward the sea off its eastern course, oh eastern coast, adding to a recent flurry and weapons test

发射了至少一枚弹道导弹，在美国加强与韩国的军事演习

as the United States steps up its military exercises with the South to counter the North's growing threat.

以应对朝鲜日益增长的威胁之际，朝鲜最近也增加许多武器试验。

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1 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

2 depleted   

adj. 枯竭的, 废弃的 动词deplete的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供应已严重不足。
• Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. 两个队都因队员受伤而实力大减。

3 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 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。

6 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。

7 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

10 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。