On the eve of the Spanish American war a naval squad under Commodore Dewey suddenly appeared (amazing) off the coast of the Philippines.
西班牙和美國之戰前夜,海軍準將杜威帶領的一支海軍隊伍神奇地突然出現在了菲律賓海岸
On may 1st 1898 Dewey's squadron demolished both the Spanish fleet and the shore batteries at Manila
1898年5月1日,杜威的海軍中隊粉碎西班牙艦隊和馬尼拉的海岸炮兵連,
however Dewey had to be careful about capturing Manila, the US did not want the native Filipinos taking the city from the Spanish
但是杜威對于攻破馬尼拉必須要小心謹慎,美國并不想讓當地的菲律賓人從西班牙手下得到城市
because then they might set up their own country instead the Spanish surrendered to the Americans on August 14th 1898.
因為他們可能會建立起自己的國家,1898年8月14日,西班牙向美國人投降

At first the Filipinos were grateful to the US for driving out the hated Spanish
一開始,菲律賓人非常感謝美國驅逐出了可恨的西班牙人
but gratitude turned to resentment as the Filipinos saw that the Americans came not as liberators but as imperialist exploiters.
但是很快他們的感謝就轉變成了憎恨,因為他們看到,美國人并不是來解放他們的而是來剝削他們的帝國主義者
An unfortunate incident between US troops and Filipinos turned into a gun fight, the gun fight turned into a Filipino revolution.
美國軍隊和菲律賓人之間發生的小摩擦演變成了槍戰,槍戰又演變成菲律賓人的革命
Both the Americans and the Filipinos fought hard but the Americans were better equipped and did more of the killing
美國人和菲律賓人都分離抗戰,但是美國人的裝備更先進、菲律賓的傷亡更多
as many as a million Filipinos lost their lives before the revolution was finally put down in 1914.
1914年革命最終被鎮壓的時候已經有一百萬菲律賓人在戰爭中犧牲