英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命(11)

The timing¹ was right for a new internationally influenced musical movement.

对于一个产生国际影响的新音乐运动而言时机已经成熟。

1968 was a year of global upheavals² and rock music provided the soundtrack.

1968年的全球剧变和摇滚音乐提供了音乐。

In communist Czechoslovakia, Soviet³ tanks rolled in to end Dubcek's experiment in socialism with a human face.

在共产主义的捷克斯洛伐克,苏联坦克开进以社会主义人类结束杜布切克的实验。

In Britain as in America, there were violent protests against the Vietnam War.

在英国就如同美国一样,发生着暴力抗议越南战争。

In France, student clashes with the police,

在法国的学生与警察发生冲突,

escalated⁴ into serious riots and even fears that the state itself was under threat.

升级为严重的暴乱,甚至担心自己的国家受到威胁。

While in Brazil, there was also increasing chaos⁵.

而在巴西,也有更多的混乱。

1 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

2 upheavals   

突然的巨变( upheaval的名词复数 )； 大动荡； 大变动； 胀起

参考例句：

• the latest upheavals in the education system 最近教育制度上的种种变更
• These political upheavals might well destroy the whole framework of society. 这些政治动乱很可能会破坏整个社会结构。

3 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

4 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。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。