Yushchenko: Regime in Ukraine in its Last Days

 

By Marlene Smith

Ukrainian opposition¹ leader Victor Yushchenko says the people of Ukraine have already made the choice for a new country, as he prepares to resume campaigning for a re-run of presidential elections later this month. 

A choir² from the Crimea greeted the Ukrainian opposition leader in the hospital where he was treated.

Mr. Yushchenko, whose wife, Katya, translated his remarks into English, said a new Ukraine is emerging.

"I want to tell you, over the last three weeks, you have seen a different country, a different nation," he said.  "The regime that was in place for 14 years in the Ukraine is now living its last days."

Mr. Yushchenko compared the recent events in the Ukraine with the scenes that accompanied the collapse³ of the Soviet⁴ Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall.  He said the country had not seen such protests in more than 100 years.

Mr. Yushchenko said, during the demonstrations⁵, old and young had shown that the choice had already been made for a new country, in which the people would stand up to defend their rights.

On Saturday, doctors at the Vienna clinic confirmed the politician's lingering illness was the result of dioxin poisoning.

Dr. Michael Zimpfer told reporters that Mr. Yushchenko was physically⁶ fit enough to fight his election campaign, and that his condition is not contagious⁷.  He said it was a complicated illness to track down, because routine forensic⁸ tests at first showed no evidence of poisoning.

But Dr. Zimpfer said new research had made it possible to confirm without any doubt that the illness was caused by dioxin poisoning.

The case will now be treated as a criminal matter by the authorities in the Ukraine.
注释：
event 事件，大事
clinic 诊所
lingering 延迟的, 逗留不去的
dioxin [化] 二氧（杂）芑
contagious 有传染性的
track down 追捕到
forensic 法院的, 适于法庭的

 

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 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。

5 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

8 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。