美国：不承认乌克兰的东部地区公投结果

 　　美国：不承认乌克兰的东部地区公投结果

       WASHINGTON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Sunday rejected the referendums being held in two regions of eastern Ukraine over their future status, saying it would not recognize the results.

　　"As the United States has said, the referendums being planned for May 11 in portions of eastern Ukraine by armed separatist groups are illegal under Ukrainian law and are an attempt to create further division and disorder," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said in a written statement.

　　"If these referendums go forward, they will violate international law and the territorial¹ integrity of Ukraine," she added. "The United States will not recognize the results of these illegal referendums."

　　Earlier in the day, local residents in Ukraine's states of Donetsk and Lugansk went to the polls over whether they want to remain part of Ukraine, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for delayed votes on Wednesday.

　　Polling started at 8:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and will last till 10:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).

　　The referendums came after Crimea joined Russia on March 18 following an independence vote on the peninsula that was not recognized by Kiev and the West.

　　"In addition, we are disappointed that the Russian government has not used its influence to forestall² these referenda since President Putin's suggestion on May 7 that they be postponed³, when he also claimed that Russian forces were pulling back from the Ukrainian border," Psaki said.

　　She reiterated⁴ that the U.S. had not seen "Russian military movement away from the border."

　　Washington and its European allies are focusing their efforts on the presidential polls in Ukraine slated⁵ for May 25, and have warned Moscow against disrupting the vote.

　　"The Russian leadership must know that if it continues to destabilize eastern Ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we will move quickly to impose greater costs on Russia," Psaki said.

　　"The Russian government can still choose to implement⁶ its Geneva commitments, as well as follow through on President Putin's statement of May 7," she added. "We call on them to do so."

　　Armed activists⁷ have moved to occupy cities and towns in eastern Ukraine since early April, and the U.S., the European Union (EU), Russia and Ukraine met in Geneva on April 17 over how to de-escalate the tension there.

　　Kiev has repeatedly blamed Moscow for inciting⁸ the unrest and splitting Ukraine. Russia denies the charges, with Putin saying his country will do whatever it can to resolve the crisis and has a positive attitude toward the international community's peace effort.

　　The U.S. and EU have slapped two rounds of sanctions on Russia over what they called its destabilization moves in eastern Ukraine, targeting individuals and entities⁹ with close ties to Putin.

　　They have threatened tougher sanctions against Moscow by hitting its key sectors¹⁰ of economy including energy, banking¹¹ and mining.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

2 forestall   

vt.抢在…之前采取行动；预先阻止

参考例句：

• I left the room to forestall involvements.我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
• He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。

3 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

4 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

5 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

6 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

9 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

10 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。