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The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has admitted, for the first time, that he ordered the annexation of the Ukrainian province of Crimea weeks before paramilitaries took power there. His comments featured in a trailer for a documentary to be shown on state-run television. Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.

Crimea, the path to the motherland, coming soon on Russian State Television. It sounds and looks like the trailer for an action film, a hero here on screen is Vladimir Putin. Revealing the truth now seems like defiance, but it does cast even stronger doubt than ever over his claims that the fighting in eastern Ukraine is a popular uprising and Russia is not involved. Here, at home, though, Mr. Putin's comments are likely to play well.

The Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, says pro-Russian rebels have withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine in accordance with the ceasefire deal agreed three weeks ago. In a televised interview, Mr. Poroshenko said Ukraine had managed, as he put it, to halt the offensive and drive off the aggressors.

Republican Senators in the U.S. have warned Iran that any deal on its nuclear program could be revoked once President Obama leaves office. 47 Republican Senators have signed an open letter in which they say that without Congressional approval, any deal would be nothing more than an agreement between Mr. Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. The White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, condemned the move.

I would describe this letter as the continuation of a partisan strategy to undermine the President's ability to conduct foreign policy and advance our national security interests around the globe. The fact is we have heard Republicans now for quite some time, including the principal author of this letter, make clear that their goal was to undermine these negotiations.

A French journalist held hostage for ten months by Islamic State militants in Syria has described how he secretly wrote a children's book in captivity. Nicolas Henin told the BBC that his story, called Will Daddy Hedgehog Ever Come Home, was written on scraps of paper at night with a fellow French journalist. It grew out of a game to relieve the boredom of captivity devised by a British aid worker, David Haines, who was later killed by his captors. Mr. Henin said he was struck by how much cultural background the detainees shared with their captors.

These jihadists have little to do with the local culture, Arab or Muslim. They are children of our societies. They speak our language. They have the very same cultural reference that we have. They watch the same movies we watch. They play the same video games our kids play. They are products of our culture.

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Sources in Mosul, the biggest city held by the Islamic State group in Iraq, have told the BBC there are noticeably fewer militants on its streets. IS has sent reinforcement south to defend Tikirt against a major government offensive.

President Obama has ordered a fresh wave of sanctions against a number of senior Venezuelan officials. They'll have their assets frozen and their visas suspended. Those targeted include the Venezuelan Intelligence Service Chief and the National Police Director. President Obama said the seven officials had been chosen because they had committed human rights abuses during opposition protests last year.

A German professor has apologised for refusing an internship to a male Indian student on the grounds that his country had a rape problem. Annette Beck-Sickinger of Leipzig University had originally told the man she did not accept any Indian male students, and that it was unbelievable that Indian society could not solve the rape issue. But Germany's own Ambassador to India was horrified. He said on Twitter that her attitude was an offence to millions of law-abiding tolerant Indians. The professor has now apologised for hurting anyone's feelings.

Apple has unveiled its latest product to the media in San Francisco. It's a smart watch that can be used to make phone calls, receive emails, play music and track health and fitness. Apple's boss is Tim Cook.

Right from your wrist, you can receive messages, and a tactic engine alerts you by tapping your wrist, so that you can read and respond that message instantly if you want. You can also, with a built-in speaker and microphone, you can receive calls on your watch. I have been wanting to do this since I was five years old. The device will go on sale next month, its price's ranging from about 350 to 10,000 dollars.

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詞匯解析

directly

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adv.直接地；立即；正好地；完全

conj.<英>一...就...

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用作副詞 (adv.)

They bought the machine directly from the manufacturer.

他們直接從廠商那里購買了這臺機器。

His private actions are in direct contradiction with his publicly expressed opinions.

他私下的行為跟公開的言論完全是兩碼事。

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rural

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.農(nóng)村的，鄉(xiāng)村的，田園的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The rural scenery was so beautiful that he decided to stay one more week.

鄉(xiāng)村風光太美了，以致于他決定再多呆一星期。

In rural Nepal, owning a book is something many women and children only dream about.

在尼泊爾的鄉(xiāng)下,擁有一本書是許多婦女兒童只能夢想的事情。

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committee

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.委員會

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用作名詞 (n.)

The committee meets at three today.

委員會今天三點開會。

Some members of the committee expressed reservations about the proposal.

委員會一些成員對這項提議持保留態(tài)度。

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limit

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.限度；限制；界限

vt.限制；限定

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用作名詞 (n.)

Her ambition knows no limit.

她的野心沒有限度。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

We must limit our spending.

我們必須限制我們的開支。

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deadly

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.致命的；如死一樣的

adv.非常地；如死一般地

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

His face had a deadly paleness after the accident.

事故發(fā)生以后，他的臉死一般蒼白。

用作副詞 (adv.)

The good knub will not hurt you deadly.

良性腫瘤不會對你有致命的傷害。

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release

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.釋放；讓渡；發(fā)行

vt.釋放；讓與；準予發(fā)表；發(fā)射

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用作名詞 (n.)

The prisoner was questioned before his release.

囚犯被釋放之前受到了審問。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

Boeing is also developing a special carriage release system for the weapon.

波音為此也開發(fā)了特殊的對該武器的運送發(fā)射系統(tǒng)。

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cooperate

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

vi.合作；協(xié)力；配合

參考例句

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

I advise you not to cooperate with that deceitful businessman.

我建議你不要和那個不誠實的商人合作。

If they can cooperate with each other, everything should run smoothly.

如果你們能互相配合，一切都會順利的。

 

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