Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words.
欢迎收看美国之音“新闻词汇”。
Listen to this story about how the European Union is handling the crisis in Ukraine. See if you can pick out this word: assets.
请听这则关于欧盟处理乌克兰危机的报道，看你是否能听出这个词：资产。
European Union has frozen the assets of some former Ukraine officials, while at the same time offering the country billions of dollars in aid.
欧盟冻结了一些前乌克兰官员的资产，同时给这个国家提供了数十亿美元的援助资金。
Assets are valuable things, or even people. Some examples include property or investments.
资产是贵重的物品，甚至是人员。在一些例子中也包括不动产和投资。
The owner of “frozen” assets cannot use them or sell them.
冻结资产的持有人不能使用或转卖其资产。

Countries freeze the assets of people, or companies, they suspect of doing something wrong.
国家如冻结个人或者公司的资产，则这些人有犯错的嫌疑。
Now, when you hear the word assets, you will know what this News Word means.
现在，当你听到资产这个词的时候，你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了。