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 Ukrainian lawmakers are giving presidential powers to the speaker of the parliament, seemingly ousting¹ president Viktor Yanukovych, though he has not seeded power. NPR's Nathan Rott reports the US is pledging its support to the Ukrainian people. 

 

Speaking on ABC's Meet the Press, Sunday, national secretary advisor², Susan Rice made it very clear what the Obama administration supports Ukraine's fast moving political changes. 

 

The United States's on the side of the Ukrainian people. 

 

Rice says the agreement Ukraine's parliament is planning to follow should be a positive step for the country. 

 

We are gonna have a unity³ government, we are gonna have new turn elections, we are gonna have constitutional reform, and that reflex the will of Ukrainian people and the interest of the United States in Europe. 

 

Rice also said the US will help provide financial aid to Ukrainian economy with the international monetary⁴ fund. Nathan Rott NPR News. 

 

Federal prosecutors⁵ in New York say they are going to seek the extradition⁶ of drug cartel Kingpin Joaquin Guzman. He was captured this weekend by Mexican and US authorities in a Mexican resort town. As head of the notorious  Sinaloa Cartel, Guzman was the world's most wanted drug lord. He evaded⁷ capture for 13 years. He's facing a variety of charges in the US. 

 

Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to make assure its customers get better access to its programming. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the deal could set a president in the cable business. 

 

Some Netflix customers have complained that they entered buffering⁸ when they tried to watch programs like house of cards, through their local internet service providers. Netflix said the deal with Comcast will give customers a better user experience. A source from no year with the deal, said Netflix will pay Comcast to connect more directly to its customers by passing some of the internet companies that now access middlemen for digital traffic. For Comcast, the deal results what had threatened to become a big public relations problems. At a time, when it's seeking government of approval of its proposed merger⁹ with Time Warner Cable. Jim Zarroli NPR News, New York. 

 

The 2014 winter Olympics have come to a close. The international Olympic committee chairman held the games a success and thanked Russian president Vladimir Putin for his personal commitment to the event. During the closing ceremony, US short track speed skater  Jon Eley said he really believes in the Olympic spirit. 

 

The Olympics hosts the world and brings all nations together, and you know, you study as basically being your nation, and competing as your nation, and you ended with relationships started with the entire world, you konw, a connection of bond, with the restive¹⁰, with the rest of world. 

 

Russia came on the top of the games, winning the most models, 33 overall. The US's been the second with 28. This is NPR News. 

 

The UN human rights office reports and alarming upsurging executions in Iran since the beginning of last year. Lisa Schlein  in Geneva reports ABP won't have executed by some reports that put the figure as high as 95. 

 

The UN office say most people in Iran have been executed for drug related offenses¹¹. Spokeswoman RovinaShampDisonixx, says her office's particularly concerned by the secret executions last month of two members of minority group on ill-defined charges of enmity against god. 

 

They were allegedly denied to access to a lawyer and their families for the first nine months of their detention¹², and reportedly subjected to torture and force confessions¹³. 

 

The UN reports Teheran executed between 500 and 625 last year including 57 in public. They included political prisoners and ethnic¹⁴ minorities. The most common met the execution is by hanging. For NPR News, I'm Lisa Schlein  in Geneva. 

 

The price of gas has gone up over the last two weeks. The latest Lundberg survey says the average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline rose $0.12 to $3.41 per gallon, and few analyst¹⁵ told the Lundberg, says it's likely prices will keep rising. 

 

Since retailers¹⁶ have not finished passing through to moderate the hacks¹⁷. They are paying at wholesale¹⁸ by the few more cents to go. 

 

The current price is still $0.38 per gallon lower than last year. 

 

The superme court will hear arguements tomorrow over the government's plan to cut carbon emissions¹⁹ and its straight groups are challenging the environmental protection agency over plans to require new power plants and factories to find ways to reduce heat trapping emissions. 

 

This is NPR.

1 ousting   

驱逐( oust的现在分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。
• The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

6 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

7 evaded   

逃避( evade的过去式和过去分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• For two weeks they evaded the press. 他们有两周一直避而不见记者。
• The lion evaded the hunter. 那狮子躲开了猎人。

8 buffering   

缓冲（作用）； 减震； 阻尼； 隔离

参考例句：

• Fig. 3-13 gives a suggested buffering arrangement for the data lines. 图3―13示出了一种缓冲数据线的方案。
• It requires buffering for most applications. 在大多数使用场合，它都需要缓冲。

9 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

10 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

11 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

12 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

13 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

15 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

16 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

17 hacks   

黑客

参考例句：

• But there are hacks who take advantage of people like Teddy. 但有些无赖会占类似泰迪的人的便宜。 来自电影对白
• I want those two hacks back here, right now. 我要那两个雇工回到这儿，现在就回。 来自互联网

18 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

19 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。