新西兰英语 24 Waihopai Protesters

　　On Wednesday, 3 protesters entered the Waihopai spy base and caused damage to a large globe covering a satellite dish. The director says that the damage could be as much as $1 million.
Waihopai is near Blenheim in the north of the South Island. It has been the scene of many demonstrations¹ in the past 30 years. Protesters say that it is a military base to help Americans in the war against Iraq. It is a New Zealand base. It uses spy satellites to listen to telephone conversations, read email and fax messages in the Pacific and is part of a bigger network involving the US, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. These countries share information. It is helpful for New Zealand to be part of this global security² which it could not do on its own.
These 3 protesters belong to a Christian³ group called ANZAC Ploughshares. They are a peace group. They believe that New Zealand is being dragged into America’s War on Terror⁴ through sharing spy information.
Security at Waihopai is very tight and it is very embarrassing⁵ that protesters were able to enter the base. It was foggy early on Wednesday morning and the security guards did not see the protesters cutting fences or entering the base. The protesters had planned this attack for a long time, using emails and text messages to contact each other but surprisingly, the Waihopai base had not used their electronic spy methods to discover the plan.
The protesters were arrested and are now in jail⁶, waiting for their case to be heard next week. They will possibly be charged under the Terrorism Act.

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

3 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 terror   

n.恐怖；可怖的人(事)

参考例句：

• We were in mortal terror of being found out. 我们非常害怕被发现。
• That guy is a proper terror. 那家伙真是讨厌。

5 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 jail   

n.监狱，看守所；vt.监禁，拘留

参考例句：

• The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
• If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西，最终会被抓进监狱的。