VOA慢速英语2016 乌克兰政坛再起动荡 总理宣布辞职

AS IT IS 2016-04-11 Ukraine’s Prime Minister Resigns 乌克兰政坛再起动荡 总理宣布辞职

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Sunday he is resigning. His decision may permit a new government to be formed, possibly ending the country’s political crisis.

周日，乌克兰总理亚采尼克表示将辞职。他的这一决定代表着乌克兰将迎来新政府的组阁，也意味着乌克兰可能会结束眼下的政治危机。

Yatsenyuk spoke¹ on television and wrote on the social networking site Twitter. He said he will give his resignation to parliament on Tuesday. He said he hopes his decision to leave office will permit Ukraine to make changes to its constitution and to its electoral and judicial² systems. He said he hopes the country can then join the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

亚采尼克发表了电视讲话并在社交媒体Twitter上发文声明这一消息，他将在周二向议会递交辞呈。他表示，希望自己辞职的决定能让乌克兰对其宪法、选举和司法系统进行改革。他还希望乌克兰可以加入欧盟和北约。

Yatsenyuk has been criticized for not being able to improve the country’s economy and for not moving fast enough to make political changes.

亚采尼克一直被民众指责未能改善国家经济状况，并且政治改革的动作也十分缓慢。

If members of parliament are unable to choose a new prime minister, a new election could be held. But President Petro Poroshenko does not want another election. He believes a new vote could worsen the country’s security situation.

如果议员无法选出新总理，将会举行新一轮的议会选举。但是波罗申科总统不希望再进行议会选举。他认为，进行新一轮议会选举可能会恶化乌克兰的安全局势。

1 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。

2 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。