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要求： ① 听两段音频（VOA & BBC），将下文中缺失的词组或单词补齐 ② 补齐信息后，将文中红色字体的句子翻译成中文。 ③ 答案写在纸上上交，或发至我邮箱：madaimx@163.com VOA news

WASHINGTON —

As Russian forces mass along Ukraine’s (1)_southern and ___eastern_____borders____________________, the U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to give Congress’ (2)final ______approval________ to $1 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine and economic penalties against Russian officials. House Speaker John Boehner.

“Our goal is to work together and to (3)__get_this__bill____done______ as quickly as possible,” said Boehner.

Debate in both houses of Congress has featured some of the (4)___fiercest____rhetoric_____aimed___at_________ Russia since the Cold War. Republican Senator John McCain compared Russia's territorial expansion under President Vladimir Putin to that of Germany under Adolph Hitler.（在辩论中，国会的两院用了自从二战以来最强烈的语言来针对俄罗斯，共和党参议员John McCain 比较了在普金任总统期间俄罗斯的领土扩张，认为就像希特勒统治下的德国。）

“It is obvious, with his troops massed on the borders of eastern Ukraine, he is (5)_comtempleting____further_____action__. Whether he does so or not, I am not sure. But I think his calculation has got to do with the (6)___cost_benefit____ratio____of __fuether___agression____against___ a sovereign nation

Although it has taken lawmakers several weeks to settle on exact measures to back Kyiv and punish Moscow, their desire to act was never in doubt. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez.

“The world is watching, and the world's superpower cannot be seen as incapable of rising to Russia's challenge,” said Menendez.

Russia has both (7)___ condemned________and______downplayed____the_____signficance_________ of international sanctions. (8)_while ____pursuing_____a_______ diplomatic___track_________ to contain the crisis, the Obama administration says Moscow must pay a price for its actions. “(9)________the___sanctions__that__United States___and____the ______European____Union______imposed______________will continue to grow if Russia does not change course. But as I said yesterday in Brussels , we are continually hopeful that Russia wants to walk through the door of diplomacy and works with all of us to try to (10) __ __resolve_this__issue______ in a peaceful way,” said Obama.

But Russia rejects calls for Crimea to be returned to Ukraine. Russia’s ambassador in Washington, Sergey Kislyak, “Crimea is part of the Russian Federation.

Asked if Russia will seize more Ukrainian territory , the ambassador said, “We are not planning to.”

BBC News with Jerry Smit Nato foreign ministers (1)_have__unanimously________agreed___a___set___of_____measures_______ in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, including the (2)_formal______suspension____________ of all practical civilian and military cooperation with Moscow. Jonathan Marcus is at the meeting in Brussels.

The view here at Nato is that the (3)_seizure___of_____the____crimea_______ by Russian troops has changed the whole security landscape in Europe. (4)_the_alliance’s______secretary_____general___________ Anders Fogh Rasmussen described Russia’s annexation of Crimea as the (5)_greast__ _threat_______ to European security for a generation. Accordingly, Nato is (6)_set__to_____reinforce__its___defences_______. In the coming days and weeks, we could see existing operations like (7)_the__air___patrols____over________the______baltic___countries____reinforced__________ and in some cases entirely new (8)__deployments__________ to reassure worried allies （因此，北大西洋公约组织打算加强它的防御，在接下来几天和几周内，我们可以看见切实的措施，例如加强波罗的海周边国家的空中巡逻，在一些情况下采取整个新的部署以此消除联盟国家的忧虑）

Parliament in Ukraine has meanwhile approved a series of bilateral and multi-lateral military exercises with Nato countries. But the Russian foreign ministry has warned Ukraine against any further (9)__integration___with____the____alliance________, saying (10)_ _previous__attempts_______________ to do say have produced what it called unwelcome consequences.