地道美语听力播客683：政府对抗议者的反应（双语）

Tom: Have you seen the news?

汤姆：你看新闻没有?

Marianne: No, what’s happening?

玛丽安：没有，发生什么事了?

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

汤姆：麦克奎蓝的人们起义对抗独裁者，人们聚集起来反对政府。

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

玛丽安：哇，这是件大事。我想独裁者会命令媒体对消息封锁，我们将看不到有关麦克奎蓝的任何新闻。

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.

汤姆：会有媒体封锁消息，但人们会用社会媒体向世界传播到底发生什么了事儿。成千上万的抗议者与警察发生冲突，政府没办法成功镇压抗议者。

Marianne: Has it been violent?

玛丽安：发生暴力活动了吗?

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.

汤姆：早些时候发生过暴力活动，但是政府已经向人群发射催泪弹和射击。很难说有多少人受伤了。

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

玛丽安：那么这有可能是麦克奎蓝专制的结束。

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.

汤姆：别那么肯定，独裁者实行铁腕统治，他们为了继续执政，会毫不犹豫采取任何手段。

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

玛丽安：嗯，抗议者有这样一个反抗的机会，我肯定他们将会推翻政府和残忍的暴君。