VOA标准英语2009-Russia's Ingush Republic President Wounded i

The head of Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was critically wounded in an assassination¹ attempt Monday. President Yunus Bek Yevkurov survived but at least one other person was killed and several others wounded.
　
A 12 June 2009 photo of Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov during a visit to Moscow

Authorities said Ingush President Yevkurov was traveling to work Monday morning near the republic's largest city, Nazran, when the roadside bomb exploded.

Officials said Mr. Yevkurov was hospitalized in serious condition but that his life is not in immediate² danger. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency said he underwent successful surgery and was to be airlifted to Moscow for further treatment.

The news topped Russia's English language television station channel.

"President Yevkurov is the third top official to be wounded or killed in the volatile³ region bordering Chechnya in the past three weeks. He is the fourth in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region this month," read the announcer.
　
Russian police and forensic⁴ experts work at the blast site injuring Russia's Ingushetia region leader Yanus-Bek Yevkurov in Nazran, 22 June 2009

Mr. Yevkurov is backed by the Kremlin and was appointed to the post in October after Moscow forced out the region's longtime leader, Murat Zyazikov. The Kremlin blames Mr. Zyazikov for letting violence escalate⁵ in the region

Mr. Yevkurov spoke⁶ about how important it is to curb⁷ corruption⁸, which is seen as playing a key role in the violence.

Mr. Yevkurov said that he will curb corruption and violence in the region and that his government will be able to do so with the help of the Kremlin.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Mr. Yevkurov has done a lot to curb disorder⁹ and bring peace to the region.

Suicide bombings have been rare in Russia in the past few years. The last attack was in May. Four police officers were killed in the Chechen capital of Grozny when someone detonated explosives outside police headquarters.

President Medvedev met with top security officials after this morning's blast. He linked the attack to federal and local officials massive efforts to calm the violence in Ingushetia.

Ingushetia has proven to be a challenge for the Kremlin and has overtaken its neighbor, Chechnya, as the new center of violence along Russia's southern flank. Much of the violence there is linked to two separatist wars that ravaged¹⁰ Chechnya over the past 15 years.

1 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

4 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

5 escalate   

v.(使)逐步增长(或发展)，(使)逐步升级

参考例句：

• It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
• Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 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。

10 ravaged   

毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫

参考例句：

• a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
• The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。