VOA慢速英語: 烏克蘭記者在首都基輔被槍殺

Ukrainian Reporter Shot Dead in Kyiv

烏克蘭記者在首都基輔被槍殺。

Two gunmen shot and killed a leading Ukrainian reporter Thursday. Ukraine's interior ministry reported that Oles Buzina, chief editor of the newspaper Segodnya, was killed near his home in Kyiv.

周四兩名槍擊者打死一名烏克蘭記者。烏克蘭內(nèi)政部報道稱Oles Buzina是今日報的主編，他死于基輔他的家附近。

Mr. Buzina was known for his pro-Russia positions.

Buzina先生因為親俄而被人們熟知。

On Wednesday, a former Ukrainian lawmaker also known as pro-Russian, was killed in a similar attack. That shooting also happened near his home inUkraine's capital.

周三，一位前烏克蘭立法者，也是一位親俄派，在一場類似的襲擊中喪生。同樣也發(fā)生在首都他的家附近。

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Mr. Buzina was killed for political reasons.

俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京表示，Buzina先生是死于政治原因。

Putin says Russian economy could improve in two years

普京說俄羅斯經(jīng)濟在兩年內(nèi)會有所提高。

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a live nationwide call-in show Thursday. The televised show is a yearly event in which Putin takes questions from Russian citizens.

普京總統(tǒng)參加了周四一場全國范圍內(nèi)的現(xiàn)場直播秀，這是一個年度大事，在這次電視秀上普京會回答俄羅斯市民的提問。

Thursday’s callers discussed the country’s economy, U.S.-Russia relations, the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.

周四的節(jié)目討論了國家經(jīng)濟問題、美俄關(guān)系、烏克蘭東部沖突、以及克里姆林宮的那場對評論家Boris Nemtsov的暗殺。

Russia’s central bank has predicted the country’s economy will shrink by as much as 5 percent this year. But on Thursday, Mr. Putin said he believesRussia’s economy could increase again in less than two years.

俄羅斯央行預(yù)測該國經(jīng)濟今年將萎縮5%。但是周四，普京先生表示他相信俄羅斯經(jīng)濟在兩年內(nèi)會再次增長。

Al-Qaida captures major airport in southern Yemen

基地組織在也門南部捕獲主要機場

Al-Qaida militants have taken control of a major airport in Yemen's southernport of Mukalla. Officials say the al-Qaida fighters faced little military resistance.

基地組織激進(jìn)分子已經(jīng)控制的一個位于也門南部馬卡拉的主要機場。官員稱，基地組織分子幾乎沒有遇到軍事反抗。

Mukalla is the capital of Yemen's largest province, Hadramawt.

馬卡拉是也門最大的省哈德拉毛的首府。

The militants also won control of a major oil center and sea port in southern Yemen.

武裝分子還控制了也門南部海港的一個主要的石油中心。

US CEO cuts own pay to increase employees’ pay

美國一位首席執(zhí)行官縮減自己的收入來增加其雇員的收入。

The leader of a credit card payments company in the western U.S. city ofSeattle is reducing his own yearly earnings to increase employee pay.

位于美國西部西雅圖的一家信用卡支付中心的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)縮減了自己的年薪，以此來增加他的雇員的工資。

Dan Price, the owner of Gravity Payments, told his employees this week that he will cut his $1 million per year salary to $70,000. He will use that savingsas well as company profits to make it possible for every employee to earn asalary of $70,000.

Dan Price是Gravity Payments的所有人，他這周告訴他的職員們將他的100萬年薪降低到7萬。他會用省下來的錢以及公司的收益盡可能的使每一位員工都能掙到7萬年薪。

The company currently pays an average of $48,000 a year to its 120 employees.

這家公司目前120位員工的平均收入為48000美元的年薪。