美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-03-06

 Hey, I'm ?. Welcome to the 360 broadcast. Complete coverage¹ live from Ukraine. Let's get started.

 

? Cooper is reporting live from ? in Ukraine, a country on the brink² as the new Prime Minister has said Russian forces in the ? the fear they would make move further into eastern Ukraine. I'm reporting from independent square where a little bit more than a week and a half ago people were fighting and dying for change here in Ukraine. They got the change. The former president fled but nobody could have predicted what happened next. Russian forces on the ground in ?. It is the start of a new day here. It's a little bit before dawn on Tuesday morning. The start of a day that nobody can predict what will occur over the next 12 hours. People here are certainly hoping in praying that it does not end in bloodshed. There has been far too much bloodshed already. In this area here people died a little bit more than a week and a half ago. Right now it is considered holy ground, a place of ? there. A flower. They make sure memorial all around. The barricades³, the sandbags are all still up, all still a sign of what happened here just a short time ago. The protesters are remained because they want to make sure that the changes that the new government here Ukraine has promised will actually take route. Well, the promise is made will actually be followed up on. The new government here, a ? government ?, interim⁴ president and new prime minister that they are certainly hoping now that diplomacy⁵ will work in order to alter the situation on the ground in ?. The government here is looking to the West, looking to the United States aid in that diplomacy. At the same time they are calling out the military reserves here in Ukraine if it does come to an all ?, but that is something all sides say they won't avoid at all cost. There had been a lot of developments just in the last 5 or 6 hours. 

 

We want to bring you up to date on. We have our complete coverage with our correspondents all throughout the region and all across the globe tonight. First I want to bring you just up to speed just what happened today and over the last 72 hours. Take a look.

 

It is a fact that Russia has surrounded or taken over practically all Ukrainian military facilities in ?. It is a fact that today Russian jets entered Ukrainian air space.

 

US Ambassador to the UN ? today making clear in words with the people of ? now see on the streets. Its heavily armed troops have tightened⁶ their grape in the ? region of Ukraine. A blunt answer to warning from the West and President Obama. It all unraveled quickly over the last 72 hours.

 

Its action by the Russian for the Ration⁷ Constitute and Act of Aggression⁸. They are against the State of Ukraine.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

3 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

5 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

6 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

7 ration   

n.定量(pl.)给养，口粮；vt.定量供应

参考例句：

• The country cut the bread ration last year.那个国家去年削减面包配给量。
• We have to ration the water.我们必须限量用水。

8 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。