地道美語聽力播客683：政府對抗議者的反應(yīng)（雙語）

Tom: Have you seen the news?

湯姆：你看新聞沒有?

Marianne: No, what’s happening?

瑪麗安：沒有，發(fā)生什么事了?

Tom: People in McQuillanland are rising up against the dictator and rallying against his government.

湯姆：麥克奎藍的人們起義對抗獨裁者，人們聚集起來反對政府。

Marianne: Wow, this is big. I thought the dictator would order a media blackout and we wouldn’t hear any news out of McQuillanland.

瑪麗安：哇，這是件大事。我想獨裁者會命令媒體對消息封鎖，我們將看不到有關(guān)麥克奎藍的任何新聞。

Tom: There is a media blackout, but people are using social media to tell the world what’s going on. Hundreds of thousands of protesters are clashing with police, and the government is having no success putting down the protests.

湯姆：會有媒體封鎖消息，但人們會用社會媒體向世界傳播到底發(fā)生什么了事兒。成千上萬的抗議者與警察發(fā)生沖突，政府沒辦法成功鎮(zhèn)壓抗議者。

Marianne: Has it been violent?

瑪麗安：發(fā)生暴力活動了嗎?

Tom: It’s early days yet, but the government has already used tear gas and fired into the crowd. It’s hard to say how many people have been hurt.

湯姆：早些時候發(fā)生過暴力活動，但是政府已經(jīng)向人群發(fā)射催淚彈和射擊。很難說有多少人受傷了。

Marianne: So this may be the end of tyranny in McQuillanland.

瑪麗安：那么這有可能是麥克奎藍專制的結(jié)束。

Tom: Don’t bet on it. The dictator has ruled with an iron fist and won’t hesitate to use any means necessary to stay in power.

湯姆：別那么肯定，獨裁者實行鐵腕統(tǒng)治，他們?yōu)榱死^續(xù)執(zhí)政，會毫不猶豫采取任何手段。

Marianne: Well, the protesters have a fighting chance and I’m betting that they’ll topple the government and that ruthless tyrant!

瑪麗安：嗯，抗議者有這樣一個反抗的機會，我肯定他們將會推翻政府和殘忍的暴君。