【英音模仿秀】印度铁娘子——人杰鬼雄

模仿文本： It's October, 1984, and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is facing some of the worst political turmoil¹ of her career. Long-running conflicts between Sikhs and Hindus have come to a head over the summer after Mrs Gandhi sent in the army to remove militants² sheltering in the Golden Temple, one of the holiest of Sikh shrines³.

 

译文：那是1984年十月，印度总理英迪拉·甘地正面临着她职业生涯中最糟糕的政治动乱。此前甘地夫人派军队进入锡克教最神圣的圣地之一金庙，清扫以之为庇护所的武装势力，经过这个夏天，锡克教徒和印度教徒之间旷日持久的冲突已经达到顶点。

 

1 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 shrines   

圣地，圣坛，神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。
• Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。