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Tensions Escalate¹ As Police Clear Protesters Near Dakota Access Pipeline²

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Well, now to a protest in North Dakota. Police and National Guard troops yesterday arrested more than 140 people who had been demonstrating against the construction of a 1,200-mile oil pipeline. The Standing⁴ Rock Sioux tribe has sued to stop the pipeline from crossing under the Missouri River next to its reservation, saying the project would destroy sacred sites and threaten its water supply. Here's Amy Sisk, who saw what happened yesterday.

AMY SISK, BYLINE⁵: What started months ago as a dispute between a tribe and the federal government has escalated⁶ into clashes between protesters and police. Hundreds of law enforcement in riot gear formed a line Thursday across the prairie and moved in on an encampment of tents and teepees. The protest camp was set up over the weekend along the pipeline route on land owned by the Dakota Access pipeline company. Officers were backed up by dozens of police cars, armored vehicles and aircraft.

Surveillance helicopters are circling above as I stand next to a makeshift roadblock of beat-up cars, tires and wooden pallets. Protesters lit it on fire, and you can still see and smell the smoke. They were trying to keep police out. The police have since pushed protesters back and are trying to get them to move further down the highway.

ROBERT EDER: We won't have it any more. This is our stand. We'll stand, and we'll stop this pipeline.

SISK: That's Robert Eder, who's from Cannonball, the first town downstream from the pipeline's proposed river crossing. He's joined by hundreds of Native Americans from tribes across the country and by activists⁷ camped nearby since August. The project is slated⁸ to carry Bakken crude to Illinois.

Pipeline supporters and state officials assure it's safer than transporting crude by the trains that carry it across the very same river every day. Protesters knew when they moved to private land last weekend that it would provoke a confrontation⁹.

And that came yesterday, with law enforcement barking orders over a speaker. Highway Patrol Lieutenant¹⁰ Tom Iverson says he was hoping not to arrest anyone.

TOM IVERSON: If we could have come out here today and not made any arrests, that would have been great. But they've forced us into - into arresting them.

(SOUNDBITE OF DEMONSTRATION)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Chanting) Black snake killers¹¹.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Black snake killers.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Chanting) Black snake killers.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Black snake killers.

SISK: Demonstrators remain adamant¹² that the pipeline not cross under the water, and they unite in prayers as well as with chants.

(SOUNDBITE OF DEMONSTRATION)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Chanting) Black snake killers.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Black snake killers.

SISK: Black snake killers - that's how some describe their purpose here - to kill the pipeline they have dubbed¹³ the black snake. Jeff Chavis of South Carolina's Pee Dee tribe says they won't back down until...

JEFF CHAVIS: They stop the pipeline. They stop the pipeline. They get their pipes, they get their machine, they get their people, and they leave. There's no negotiation¹⁴.

SISK: Yesterday the Republican Governors of Iowa and the Dakotas urged the Army Corps¹⁵ of Engineers to issue the easement for construction to continue. This river crossing has been on hold since the federal government decided¹⁶ to review the permit. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has argued in courts that the Corps failed to adequately consult them. If construction is approved, they'll do everything they can to block it. For NPR News, I'm Amy Sisk.

1 escalate   

v.(使)逐步增长(或发展)，(使)逐步升级

参考例句：

• It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
• Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

2 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

9 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

10 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

11 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

12 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

13 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

15 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

16 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。