2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(9)
<p> <span word="Patrick">Patrick</span> <span word="Wells">Wells</span> <span word="March">March</span> 21,2014 <span word="DONETSK">DONETSK</span>, <span word="UKRAINE">UKRAINE</span><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Ukraines">Ukraines</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Donetsk">Donetsk</span>, <span word="locals">locals</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Crimeas">Crimeas</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="secede">secede</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span>. <span word="Residents">Residents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="debating">debating</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="referendum">referendum</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="region">region</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Donetsk">Donetsk</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="core">core</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pro">pro</span>-<span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="activists">activists</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="statue">statue</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Lenin">Lenin</span>, <span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="signatures">signatures</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pensioners">pensioners</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nostalgia">nostalgia</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Ukraines">Ukraines</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="worried">worried</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="countrys">countrys</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>-<span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="Arseniy">Arseniy</span> <span word="Yatsenyuk">Yatsenyuk</span>, <span word="might">might</span> <span word="mean">mean</span>. <span word="Everything">Everything</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="anything">anything</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="nostalgia">nostalgia</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="boulevards">boulevards</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="beautiful">beautiful</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="libraries">libraries</span>, <span word="theaters">theaters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opera">opera</span> <span word="houses">houses</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="profoundly">profoundly</span> <span word="shapes">shapes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="here">here</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="generation">generation</span>, <span word="those">those</span> <span word="legacies">legacies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="faded">faded</span>. <span word="Lenins">Lenins</span> <span word="statue">statue</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="McDonalds">McDonalds</span> <span word="fast">fast</span>-<span word="food">food</span> <span word="restaurant">restaurant</span> <span word="packed">packed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="students">students</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="Russias">Russias</span> <span word="stated">stated</span> <span word="motive">motive</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protecting">protecting</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="Russians">Russians</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="choose">choose</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="Yaroslav">Yaroslav</span> <span word="Kosak">Kosak</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="politics">politics</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="regardless">regardless</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="views">views</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span>: <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fortified">fortified</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="headquarters">headquarters</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pro">pro</span>-<span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Front">Front</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lobby">lobby</span> <span word="administrators">administrators</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="referendum">referendum</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="couldnt">couldnt</span> <span word="mask">mask</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="grievances">grievances</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="Voice">Voice</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Radio">Radio</span> <span word="Liberty">Liberty</span> <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="motherland">motherland</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="Union">Union</span>, <span word="complained">complained</span> <span word="Nicolai">Nicolai</span> <span word="Solntsev">Solntsev</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Front">Front</span> <span word="member">member</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="successors">successors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span> <span word="preaching">preaching</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="you">you</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="pro">pro</span>-<span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kyiv">Kyiv</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="convince">convince</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="interests">interests</span>. <span word="Otherwise">Otherwise</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span>. </p>
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