(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
This is the VOA Learning English Economics Report.
Protests in Ukraine let parliament to remove president Viktor Yanukovych last week. Parliament also voted for him to face trial in the International Criminal Court for crimes during the demonstrations that led to his ouster.
The political crisis has hurt Ukraine's economy, which is struggled since 2009. Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says the economy is weak, although the world economy is improving.
Ukraine's finance minister said in late February that the country needs $35 billion to survive this year and in 2015. Ukraine's economic problems increased during the huge street protests that led to the ouster of the pro-Russian president.
The United States and the European Union have expressed concern and a willingness to help. The EU says it would be ready for talks after Ukraine holds elections planned for May. Western nations have suggested Ukraine seek loans from the International Monetary Fund(IMF).
Art Durnev is a professor of Finance at the University of Iowa. He has closely followed the problems in the Ukraine. He tells VOA that the country is in financial trouble because of corruption under former president Yanukovych.
Representatives of the G20 group of major world economies met in Sydney, Australia at the end of February. At the meeting, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said there was widespread support from G20 leaders for IMF aid to Ukraine, he also stressed the importance of Ukraine carrying out reforms.
Ukraine's economy has depended on low cost natural gas supplies imported from Russia, now those supplies are threatened. Former president Yanukovych rejected a free trade and association agreement with the European Union, instead, Ukraine accepted a promise of $15 billion in aid from Russia. But since the ouster of Mr. Yanukovych, Russia has announced it would withhold payments.
Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said Ukraine "must return to the family of European countries," however, he also noted, in his words, "the importance of our relations with Russia."
Ukraine is a large country with a population of 44 million people, but the country's economic production is relatively low.
And that is the Economics Report from VOA Learning English. For more programs, visit our webite, learningenglish.voanews.com. We are also on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, iTunes and Twitter. I'm Mario Ritter.
文本来自51voa，译文属可可原创，仅供学习交流使用，未经许可请勿转载
词汇解释
1.ouster n. 驱逐；剥夺；罢黜
He have to apply for an ouster order.
他不得不申请驱逐令。
2.reject vt. 拒绝；排斥；抵制；丢弃 n. 被弃之物或人；次品
The government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high-speed railway.
预期该政府不会同意向一条新建高速铁路提供国家补助的意见。
3.withhold vt. 保留，不给；隐瞒；抑制 vi. 忍住；克制
It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.
他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
内容解析
1.Parliament also voted for him to face trial in the International Criminal Court for crimes during the demonstrations that led to his ouster.
face trial 接受审判
And they argue that the only way he should be allowed back is to face trial.
他们认为允许他回来的唯一途径就是面临审判。
It meant Nixon never had face trial.
这就意味着尼克松不会面对审判了。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
乌克兰的抗议使得上周议会将总统维克多·亚努科维奇赶下台，议会还表决让他就导致他下台的游行中的罪行在国际刑事法庭接受审判。
乌克兰经济自2009年开始就开始苦苦挣扎，而政治危机也使之进一步受到损害。乌克兰临时总统图尔奇诺夫说尽管全球经济在好转，但本国经济仍很脆弱。
乌克兰财长2月份称该国需要350亿美元才能熬过今年和2015年，在导致亲俄罗斯总统下台的大规模街头抗议发生期间，乌克兰的经济问题增加了。
美国和欧盟对此表示担忧，并表示愿意提供帮助。欧盟称准备在乌克兰5月份选举后进行谈判，西方各国还建议乌克兰从国际货币基金组织寻求贷款。
Art Durnev是爱荷华大学的财务教授，他密切关注了乌克兰的问题。他告诉美国之音，由于前总统亚努科维奇执政下的腐败，该国已处于财政困境。
由世界大国组成的20国集团代表与2月份与会澳大利亚悉尼，在会议上，美国财长雅各布·卢称20国集团普遍支持国际货币基金组织向乌克兰提供援助，他还强调了乌克兰进行改革的重要性。
乌克兰的经济依赖于从俄罗斯进口的廉价天然气，现在这一供应已被切断。前总统亚努科维奇放弃与欧盟签署自由贸易和联盟协议，而是接受了俄罗斯承诺的150亿美元的援助。但自从亚努科维奇被赶下台后，俄罗斯宣布将暂停支付。
临时总统图尔奇诺夫称乌克兰“必须回到欧洲国家的大家庭”，然而，他指出了“与俄罗斯关系的重要意义”。
乌克兰是有着4400万人口的大国，但该国的经济产出相对较低。
这就是美国之音慢速英语经济报道，登陆网站learningenglish.voanews.com获得更多节目，我是马里奥·利特。
