美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-02-21

 360 podcast one of the eastern Europe’s biggest countries erupting, protesters and flames. Also tonight revealing jail house phone calls of a man who shot and killed a young black man after an argument over loud music. Let’s get start it.

Tonight a city of size of Chicago is in flame. it is been all night, a political inferno¹ is spreading. Look at Kiev, capital of Ukraine, a country once was a big part of the old Soviet² Union; is now erupting over the government decision to align³ itself more closely with … Putin’s Russia. The people down in that Square right now, Independent Square is called, they don’t want that, they’ve been protesting for three months now. Tonight government forces moved on them with force inflicting⁴ heavy causalities and apparently⁵ paying heavy prices as well. The numbers vary. The best we can determine right now 11 protesters, 9 police officers, and one other person had been killed. Expect those numbers to change. They’ve been rising all night. Our Phil Black is in Kiev right now. He joins us by phone.

1 inferno   

n.火海；地狱般的场所

参考例句：

• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。

2 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。

3 align   

vt.使成一线，结盟，调节；vi.成一线，结盟

参考例句：

• Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
• There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。

4 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。