欧美文化博览 希特勒的黑暗魅力—崛起的魅力(18)

In the wake of the Wall Street Crash of 1929,the German economy all but collapsed¹.

1929年华尔街股灾爆发，德国经济随之崩溃。

The Weimar government had borrowed money to pay the Allies war reparations and now the debt became too great to service.

魏玛共和国曾贷款向协约国支付战败赔款，现债务过于沉重,无法承受。

Banks crashed, and unemployment soared.

银行破产,失业率高企。

The Nazis² gained support, but so did the Communists.

纳粹党获得支持,但共产主义者亦得到支持。

It was a ray of hope that Socialism would be coming,that unemployment would be vanquished,that you would have a right to a job and you'd be paid more.

当时有一线希望,社会主义会实现，不会再有人失业，人人有工作权利,获更高薪酬。

In the beer halls,fights between the Nazis and the Communists became almost commonplace.

啤酒馆里纳粹党和共产主义者的打斗已司空见惯。

Stormtroopers all had a big glass in front of them,practically a missile.

引自啤酒馆目击者记述 纳粹冲锋队员拿起大玻璃杯砸向对方。

The battle was pretty fierce,several people were hospitalized, some Stormtroopers too,they had face wounds.

打斗相当激烈，送进医院的人中,有纳粹冲锋队员，他们脸上挂了彩。

I had a head wound, I was bleeding.

我头部被击中,血流不止。

Hitler thrived in this atmosphere of violence and political crisis.

暴力和政治危机助长了希特勒。

At election rallies, he openly called for the destruction of democracy.

他开始当众呼吁推翻民主政体。

1 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

2 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》