Who Was Anne Frank 安妮·弗兰克 Chapter 4 Occupied!

The Netherlands was now an occupied country. That meant the Germans were in control. Up went Nazi¹ flags. Right away, life began to change for everyone. But it changed most of all for the Jews.
Now all Jews—even children like Anne and her sister—had to register with the Germans. Nobody else had to do this. But the Germans wanted to keep track of all Jews. They wanted to know who each person was and where he or she lived. Jews had to turn over nearly all their money to the Nazis². Their businesses were taken away. (Otto handed his over to two good friends who weren’t Jewish and who already worked there.) If Jews worked in companies owned by non-Jews, their jobs were taken away.
Books by Jewish authors were banned. So were movies made by Jews. Jewish people couldn’t even attend movies. That must have upset Anne a great deal. Her parents did all they could. They rented movies and projectors³ to show at home. Anne and her friend Jackie made tickets and led people to their seats. Anne’s mother provided refreshments⁴.
There were random⁵ attacks against Jewish people. One Saturday afternoon a group led by German soldiers beat up and arrested four hundred Jewish men. Otto Frank was lucky enough to stay out of harm’s way. The arrested men were sent to concentration camps. Only one of the men ever returned to the city.
The Dutch people were outraged⁶. They staged a strike. At ten thirty one morning in February, work stopped all over the Netherlands. Streetcars came to a halt. Shops closed. Restaurants didn’t serve food. Factories shut down. It was a countrywide strike. In this way, the Dutch people showed Hitler what they thought of him. His treatment of the Jews was wrong, unfair, and not human.
Did this stop the Germans? No.
By now there was no way for Anne’s mother and father to keep what was happening from their children. Signs went up on park benches. The signs said: “Forbidden to Jews.” The Jews of Amsterdam were no longer allowed in libraries, museums, concert halls, restaurants, or even the zoo.
That summer Jews were forbidden to use public beaches and pools. They could not visit public parks or hotels. How awful for everyone, but most of all children like Anne. Here it was summer and there was nowhere they could go for fun.
Each time something was taken away from them, Jewish people hoped that nothing worse would happen. And indeed there were still happy times for the Franks. Anne spent part of her vacation with her friend Sanne’s family in the country. It was while she was at Sanne’s house that Anne first started noticing boys.
There was also a wedding. Everyone in the Frank family was very close to a young Dutch woman named Miep. Miep worked at the pectin company. She was not Jewish, nor was her new husband, Jan Gies. But Miep had known and respected Otto Frank for many years. Miep was especially close to Anne. Anne did not know it then, but soon this young couple was going to play a very important part in her life.

1 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

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》

3 projectors   

电影放映机，幻灯机( projector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Energy projectors fired and peeled off the ships' armor in a flash. 能量投射器开火然后在一阵闪光后剥离了飞船的装甲。
• All classrooms equipped with computers, projectors, video and audio booth, broadcasting equipment. 全部教室配备电脑、投影仪、视频展台和音响、广播设备。

4 refreshments   

n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待

参考例句：

• We have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
• Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。

5 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

6 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。