BBC在线收听下载:普京与默克尔通电话讨论乌克兰局势

短语讲解：

1. The head of the Ukrainian navy Denys Berezovsky has been removed from his post after he pledged allegiance to the new pro-Russian authorities in Crimea.

remove from 从…中移开[拿走， 除掉];
例句：Crawl errorsto remove from your webmaster tools account.
从你的网站管理员工具账户中删除抓取错误。

2. I vow to strictly follow orders from the commander-in-chief of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as well as orders by military commanders appointed by them, and will obey by the military code of practice.
 
as well as 也，又
例句：That means pay as well as payrolls.
这意味着工资和就业人数的同时增长。

3. So, in effect Kiev has lost control of its most senior naval official and that is a huge challenge to Kiev, and yet another sign that actually Crimea is slipping out of the control of the Ukrainian government.

in effect 有效; 实际上
例句：In effect he's always revising himself.
实际上他一直在修正着自己。

4. A German government spokesman said Mr. Putin had agreed to establish a fact-finding mission and contact group to start a political dialogue between Russia and Ukraine, whose new administration Moscow refuses to recognize.

agree to  同意
例句：Truthfully I don` t agree with you.
如实说，我不同意你的意见。

5. NATO’s General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for the deployment of international observers to Ukraine to defuse tensions there.

call for 去接（某人）; 去取（某物）
例句：Chinese companies call for fairer treatment from foreigners.
中国公司要求更公平的对待外国人。

6. The US Secretary of State John Kerry has described Russia's military operation in Ukraine as an incredible act of aggression. He spoke of possible visa bans, asset freezes and trade isolation in response.

in response 作为答复
例句：That would force the central bank to raise rates in response.
这会迫使中央银行上调利息率来应对通货。

7. A number of organizations that support the Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, are calling for an independent state there in response to months of anti-government protest in Bangkok. Jonathan Head reports.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：This suggests a number of things.
这说明了几件事。

8. The Culture Minister asked officials to explain why a wall of the tomb and part of the arch of a temple of Venus had fallen down after days of heavy rain.

fall down 倒塌，跌倒
例句：We did fall down, but we were determined not to stay down!
我们是跌倒了，但我们绝不会停在一直往下跌！