美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-10

 Today, December 5th, 2013. There is no such thing as Soviet¹ Union. When your parents were going up, the US ? was huge, literaly, huge, when it existed from 1922 to 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialists² Republic was by area the world largest country. That was one nation made up of 15 republics. As Soviet Union broke up, those republics all became independent countries. Ukraine was one of them. Right now, it's in the middle of political crisis. Protests are in the streets demanding changing their government.

 

This isn't the first time, Ukrainians occupied independent square. Backing 2004, it was filled with people trying to overturn a Presidential election result they didn't trust to became known as the origin revolution and it was successful. It triggered whole not just here, but across Europe and United States.  That this former Soviet Republic was firmly on the pass to the democratic future. But that optimism didn't last. 

 

The man whose initial election victory was overturn by the origin revolution was this man, Viktor Yanukovych. But his opponents went very effective while in power, so in 2010, he made a striking political combat winning the presidential election. Since then, he is criticized he is done little to fix the economy or corruption³. Well, using the courts to punish political rivals most notably⁴ the former prime minister Uxx, was in jail, convicted of using power while in office.Yanukovych's support base is largely in the Eastern Ukraine while people identify themselves more closely with Russia both ethnically⁵ and culturaly. 

 

The people on the streets calling Yanukovych to go are mostly from the center and western country. Mostly see themselves more distictly as Ukrainian and European, they were deeply disappointed when Yanukovych annonced he will not be signing an agreement that would large Ukraine instead with the European Union. Or these people want, are European status in the economy rule of law and politics. Many think Ukraine is a long way behind the other Eastern European countries that was once dominated by the Soviet Union as well. They believe, a European future will bring greater prosperity and demoracy, modernized⁶ the country and ultimately, improve everyone's quality of life. 

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 socialists   

社会主义者( socialist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment. 社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者。
• The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982. 社会党人1982年上台执政后，就把其政治信条弃之不顾。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

5 ethnically   

adv.人种上，民族上

参考例句：

• Ethnically, the Yuan Empire comprised most of modern China's ethnic groups. 元朝的民族成分包括现今中国绝大多数民族。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• Russia is ethnically relatively homogeneous. 俄罗斯是个民族成分相对单一的国家。 来自辞典例句

6 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。