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And they had traveled from near, they had traveled from far,because they wanted to make their voices heard.
有些住在附近，有些遠(yuǎn)道而來,但他們都想表達(dá)自己的聲音
And I asked one of the voters, I said, Whom are you going to vote for?
我問一個(gè)選民：你打算投誰的票？
And he said, I'm sorry, I can't tell you.
他說：不好意思不能告訴你。
He said that his vote was in his heart.
他說他心中有打算。
And I understood, this was their election,and they weren't going to let anyone take it away from them.
我非常理解，這是他們的選舉，他們不會(huì)讓任何人奪走這個(gè)權(quán)利。
Now the first round of the voting didn't bring forth a clear winner,so nobody had achieved the absolute majority,so voting went into a second round three weeks later.
第一輪選舉沒有誕生一個(gè)明晰的獲選人,還沒有人完全占上風(fēng),所以3周后進(jìn)行第二輪選舉。
The candidates were back on the road; they were campaigning.
候選人重新開始競(jìng)選活動(dòng)。
The rhetoric of the candidates, of course, changed.
他們收起了文縐縐的措辭。
The heat was on.
氣氛變得激烈。
And then the cliche came to haunt us.
然后就出現(xiàn)了意料之中的狀況。
There were claims of intimidation at the polling stations,of ballot boxes being stolen.
投票站收到舉報(bào)，聲稱投票箱被竊取。
Inflated results started coming in and the mob was starting to get out of control.
隨之而來一系列的麻煩人群開始失去控制。
We witnessed the eruption of violence in the streets.
我們目睹了大街上大量的暴力事件。
People were being beaten brutally.
很多人慘遭毒打。
The army started firing their guns. People were scrambling.
軍隊(duì)開始開火。人群混亂不堪。
It was complete chaos.
完全一片混亂。
And my heart sank,because I thought, here we are again.
我的心漸漸往下沉，因?yàn)槲蚁耄僖淮巍?/div>
Here is another proof that the African is not capable of governing himself.
非洲再一次證明我們非洲人沒有能力自治。
And not only that, I am documenting it documenting my own cultural shortcomings.
不僅如此，我正在記錄，記錄著我自己的文化的短處。
So when the echo of the gunshots had lingered,it was soon drowned by the chanting of the mob,and I didn't believe what I was hearing.
然而當(dāng)槍聲逐漸散去，人群開始呼喊，我無法相信我所聽到的。
They were chanting, We want peace.
他們?cè)诤艉拔覀兛释推健?/div>
We want peace.
我們渴望和平。
| 重點(diǎn)單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| capable | ['keipəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 有能力的，足以勝任的，有 ... 傾向的 |
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| majority | [mə'dʒɔriti] |
想一想再看 n. 多數(shù)，大多數(shù)，多數(shù)黨，多數(shù)派 |
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| voting | ['vəutiŋ] |
想一想再看 n. 投票 動(dòng)詞vote的現(xiàn)在分詞形式 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| chaos | ['keiɔs] |
想一想再看 n. 混亂，無秩序，混沌 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| rhetoric | ['retərik] |
想一想再看 n. 修辭，華麗虛飾的語言，修辭學(xué) |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| election | [i'lekʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 選舉 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| eruption | [i'rʌpʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 爆發(fā)，噴發(fā)，出疹，長牙 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| violence | ['vaiələns] |
想一想再看 n. 暴力，猛烈，強(qiáng)暴，暴行 |
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| haunt | [hɔ:nt] |
想一想再看 n. 常到的地方 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| control | [kən'trəul] |
想一想再看 n. 克制，控制，管制，操作裝置 |
