About this time, a new sense of glasnost, or openness, was beginning in the Soviet Union. It was also a time of perestroika, or restructuring.

大约在此时，一种新的开放意识开始在苏联出现，这也是一个改革或重组的时。

Oh, you mean your cute little attempt at perestroika?

你是说你那实验中的可怜的改革吗？

Despite the best efforts of the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, at introducing reform (perestroika) and greater openness (glasnost), the economic troubles of the Soviet empire were mounting.

尽管苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫 （Mikhail Gorbachev） 尽最大努力引入改革 （perestroika） 和更大的开放 （glasnost），但苏联帝国的经济困境仍在增加。