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Ukraine and Russia will be in focus as Biden speaks to U.N. General Assembly

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President Biden addresses the U.N. General Assembly with Russia's war in Ukraine — and the impact on world food supplies — in sharp focus.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

President Biden is currently giving a big speech in New York today. He's there meeting world leaders who have gathered for the United Nations General Assembly. And he has spent quite a bit of time in his speech talking about the actions of one leader who was not at the U.N., and that's Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden said what Putin is doing in Ukraine goes against what the United Nations is all about.

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Let us speak plainly. A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase² the sovereign state from the map. Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations charter.

MART?NEZ: NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordo?ez is in New York.

Franco, we saw that unusual speech from President Biden (ph) in Russia earlier today, where he announced that he's calling up more troops. What did President Biden have to say in response?

FRANCO ORDO?EZ, BYLINE⁴: Yeah. President Biden did not waste any time. He immediately slammed Putin's announcement in that speech to call for more soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine, as well as the decision to hold a series of votes to try and take control of parts of Ukraine. You know, he said Putin's actions should, quote, "make your blood run cold."

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BIDEN: Just today, President Putin has made overt⁵ nuclear threats against Europe and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. Now Russia's calling up more soldiers to join the fight. And the Kremlin is organizing a sham³ referenda to try to annex⁶ parts of Ukraine - an extremely significant violation⁷ of the U.N. charter.

ORDO?EZ: You know, and he said the world should see these, quote, "outrageous⁸ acts for what they are." You know, he said that Putin has shamelessly violated those core tenets by trying to, quote, "extinguish Ukraine's right to exist as a state."

MART?NEZ: All right. So it sounds like a full-throated defense⁹ of the principles of the U.N. What else did Biden have to say during his remarks?

ORDO?EZ: Right. He also announced $2.9 billion in food aid. The war in Ukraine has been a factor in hiking food prices in some of the poorest areas of the world. And he talked a lot about his commitment to curb¹⁰ climate change and took a bit of a victory lap as well on the new bill that includes incentives¹¹ for clean energy, calling it a global game-changer.

MART?NEZ: You know, this speech sounds and feels a little different from the one that he gave last year to the U.N. How different was it?

ORDO?EZ: It's really different. You know, it's a really different environment for Biden this time around. You know, last year he spent part of his speech defending his decision to leave Afghanistan. That chaotic¹² exit was still fresh on the minds of many leaders. And European leaders had been upset that they weren't consulted more about that. You know, this year we saw Biden and the administration be very deliberate on Ukraine to include allies in all of its decisions and discussions about sanctions and such. But European leaders are still nervous about the long-term commitments of the U.S. to this pushback against Russia.

You know, I spoke¹³ about this with Constanze Stelzenmuller, a European security expert at the Brookings Institution.

CONSTANZE STELZENMULLER: Europeans are watching political debates in America, are seeing how divided the country remains¹⁴, how the hard right in America, the MAGA right, has been critical of the administration's war effort.

ORDO?EZ: You know, she says there's real fear that more Americans will not want to get entangled¹⁵ in the fight on the other side of the Atlantic.

MART?NEZ: That's NPR's Franco Ordo?ez in New York.

Franco, thanks.

ORDO?EZ: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

3 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 overt   

adj.公开的，明显的，公然的

参考例句：

• His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。

6 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

7 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

8 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 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。

11 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

12 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

13 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。

14 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

15 entangled   

adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》