BBC原文：

More than 1,500 climate protesters have been arrested by police in the Netherlands after blocking a major motorway in The Hague. During the protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists walked onto the A12 highway demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Police fired water cannon to try to disperse the crowds - but many came prepared in raincoats and swimsuits. Most arrested protesters were released, but police said 40 would be prosecuted.

1500多名气候抗议者在荷兰海牙封锁一条主要高速公路后被警方逮捕。在这场由“灭绝叛乱”组织的抗议活动中，活动人士走上A12高速公路，要求停止化石燃料的补贴。警察用高压水枪试图驱散人群，但许多人穿着雨衣和泳衣准备好了。大多数被捕的抗议者被释放，但警方表示将起诉40人。

1.climate protesters 气候抗议者

2.be arrested by police 被警方逮捕

3.demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies 要求停止化石燃料的补贴

Extinction Rebellion accused police of using water cannon just 15 minutes after the start of the blockade - but police said they had asked the activists to leave and gave them a chance to do so before using the water cannon. The 1,579 people who refused to leave were then arrested. Many of those people were lifted up and carried onto buses, local news site reported. The Dutch prosecution service said most of them will not be prosecuted because it was a "minor offence" and the main purpose of the arrests was to end the blockade.

“反抗灭绝”组织指责警方在封锁开始15分钟后就使用了水炮——但警方表示，他们已经要求活动人士离开，并在使用水炮之前给了他们离开的机会。1579名抗议者拒绝离开，随后被逮捕。据当地新闻网站报道，其中许多人被抬上了公交车。荷兰检察机关表示，他们中的大多数人不会被起诉，因为这是“轻微罪行”，逮捕他们的主要目的是结束封锁。

4.blockade n.（尤指对港口、道路的）包围，封锁

5.prosecution service 检察机关

6.minor offence 轻微罪行