VOA慢速英语附字幕美俄关系降至冰点.pdf
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1、 VOA 慢速英语附字幕:美俄关系降至冰点 US,Russia Relations Hit a New Low From VOA Learning English,this is In The News.The crisis in Ukraine has hurt relations between the United States and Russia.Evidence of this came recently when U.S.and Russian officials spoke at the United Nations.President Barack Obama said th
2、e international community must urgently face what he called“Russian aggression in Europe.“He was talking about Russia”s occupation of Crimea and support for Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.The Russian government denies providing such support.Mr.Obama compared Russia”s moves in Ukraine to two
3、other issues:the spread of the Ebola virus,and what he called“the brutality of terrorists in Syria and Iraq.“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke at the UN.He accused the United States of seeking what he called an“arrogant“policy in Ukraine.And he accused U.S.officials of attempting to“
4、distort the truth“failing to say what is really happening there.John Parker studies Russia for the National Defense University in Washington,D.C.He believes relations between the two countries are at their lowest level in more than 30 years.“The worst they”ve been for the last 30,35 years.I think we
5、 have to go back to the period right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979 and also the Soviet shoot-down of the Korean airliner in 1983 to find a period where relations have been so bad.“The relationship was very different at the beginning of the Obama administration.The improved ti
6、es resulted in a major arms control agreement.Under the treaty,the two sides agreed to reduce long-range nuclear weapons.Other examples of cooperation included Russia taking a firm position with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.Russia also agreed to let the U.S.military pass through R
7、ussian territory on its way to and from Afghanistan.This is an important step as the military reduces its force in the country.But observers say relations have worsened over the past few years.One reason is Russia”s strong support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.Another is Russia”s decision to let
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