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Controversy¹ Grows In Rio Over Political Protests During Olympics

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Brazil's former president is facing impeachment², its interim³ president is just as unpopular, and political protest is making an appearance at the Olympics. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro tells us the organizers are doing what they can to silence it.

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, BYLINE⁴: As is traditional for the host country head of state, Interim President Michel Temer declared the games open.

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INTERIM PRES MICHEL TEMER: (Speaking Portuguese).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: But instead of cheers, the crowd erupted into boos. Music quickly swelled⁵ to mask the crowd's dislike of Temer. It turned out it was only the first of several protests inside Olympic venues⁶. Posts on social media like this one...

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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Speaking Portuguese).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: ...Show people with tickets being forcibly removed by security, some for simply wearing shirts calling for Temer's ouster.

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ALEXANDRE DE MORAES: (Speaking Portuguese).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: "Freedom of speech is enshrined in the constitution, but these kinds of political protests cannot disturb the games," Brazil's justice minister said in a press conference yesterday. "These events require extreme concentration and to have someone shouting is putting the games at risk." Of course, in most venues, people are shouting and chanting throughout the competition. And activists⁷ were also quick to note most of the protests were silent with people simply wearing shirts or holding up placards with slogans. Eloisa Machado de Almeida is a professor of human rights law at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.

ELOISA MACHADO DE ALMEIDA: (Speaking Portuguese).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: She says, "the federal government and the Olympic Committee are acting⁸ unconstitutionally." A judge now agrees with her and ruled late last night that it's illegal for the IOC to remove protesters from its venues. The federal government is expected to appeal. So this matters for a bunch of reasons. First, this is a country with a long history of dictatorship where dissent⁹ was criminalized. Freedom of speech is a cherished right. And there's a wider context - every two years, there are Olympic Games.

VIDA BAJC: What we do know is that just about every Olympics has some kind of protest.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Vida Bajc is a sociologist¹⁰ and author of the book "Surveilling And Securing The Olympics: From Tokyo 1964 To London 2012 And Beyond." She says even if what prompts the protests is different, the reaction to them is almost always the same. I spoke¹¹ to her via Skype.

BAJC: The organizers will do what it takes to prevent disruption because the disruption tends to take away from the legacy¹² that the event is supposed to have. And so everything is done - whatever it takes.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: She says Brazil is turning out to be no exception. At protests outside the venues right before the games, the Brazilian police brutally¹³ cracked down on demonstrators, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. But she says Brazil isn't acting alone. Foreign intelligence services, international military advisers¹⁴ and trainers are all involved in securing the games, and their long-term impact is enormous.

BAJC: These people train local agents in particular strategies, using particular kinds of equipment.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: They are here to help prevent a terrorist attack, for example, but those tactics, inevitably¹⁵, she says, changed the way local law enforcement does its job.

BAJC: They may change the surveillance technologies that they've been using. They may change their approach to how they deal with the local population.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: And she says that ends up being the more insidious¹⁶ legacy of securing the games, which could determine how protests are handled in Brazil long after the Olympic spotlight¹⁷ is gone. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

1 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

2 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 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。

5 swelled   

增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
• After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。

6 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

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 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

10 sociologist   

n.研究社会学的人，社会学家

参考例句：

• His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
• Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

13 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

14 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

15 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

16 insidious   

adj.阴险的，隐匿的，暗中为害的，（疾病）不知不觉之间加剧

参考例句：

• That insidious man bad-mouthed me to almost everyone else.那个阴险的家伙几乎见人便说我的坏话。
• Organized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.所有和集团犯罪有关的人都会不知不觉地受坏影响。

17 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。