CGTN原文:
Tens of thousands in Belgrade attended an anti-government protest on Saturday over two mass shootings that killed 18 people. On May 3, a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard in Belgrade in the first school mass shooting in Serbia, and a day later a 21-year-old man killed eight outside the city.
上周六,贝尔格莱德数万人参加了反政府抗议活动,抗议两起导致18人死亡的大规模枪击事件。5月3日,一名十几岁的男孩在贝尔格莱德枪杀了9名学生和一名保安,这是塞尔维亚发生的第一起校园大规模枪击事件。一天后,又有一名21岁的男子在贝尔格莱德外枪杀了8人。
1.Belgrade 贝尔格莱德
2.anti-government protest 反政府抗议
3.mass shooting 大规模枪击案
4.Serbia 塞尔维亚
Opposition parties, which organized the rally, have blamed the government led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) for failing to act against criminal elements in society. It was the fourth such protest in as many weeks, with demonstrators turning up in similar numbers to the previous three rallies despite bad weather.
组织这次集会的反对党指责塞尔维亚进步党(SNS)领导的政府未能对社会中的犯罪分子采取行动。这是近几周以来的第四次此类抗议活动,尽管天气恶劣,但参加示威的人数与前三次集会的人数相似。
5.Serbian Progressive Party 塞尔维亚前进党
6.act against criminal elements 对犯罪分子采取行动(criminal elements 犯罪构成要件;为非作歹的人)
【拓展】
6.stage protests for 为了……而举行抗议活动(stage v.举行)
例句:The government has denied opposition parties' allegations, and accused them of staging protests for political gain.
政府否认反对党的指控,并指责他们是为了政治利益而举行的抗议活动。
7.clashes between ……之间的冲突
例句:The country's situation worsened on Friday due to clashes between police and protesters in northern Kosovo as protesters tried to prevent a newly-elected ethnic Albanian mayor from entering his office in the Kosovo town of Zvecan.
该国的局势星期五恶化,原因是警察和抗议者在科索沃北部发生冲突,抗议者试图阻止新当选的阿族市长进入他在科索沃兹维坎镇的办公室。