VOA常速英语2014--Kenya Police Break Up Protest, Accuse US of Funding Activists 肯尼亚警方指责美国资助活动人士

 

Kenya Police Break Up Protest, Accuse US of Funding Activists² 肯尼亚警方指责美国资助活动人士

NAIROBI — Kenya police cracked down on an anti-corruption³ protest in the streets of Nairobi Thursday after accusing the U.S. government of funding political activists.

Hoisting⁴ giant foam⁵ babies, protesters demonstrated against leaders they say behave like children - a state they refer to as Kenya's “diaper mentality⁶.”

抗议者手持巨型泡沫婴儿，游行反对那些在他们看来行为举止像孩子一样的领导人，称这是肯尼亚的“尿布心态”。

Kenyan authorities had earlier banned the protest, citing security concerns and the “threat of terrorism.”

肯尼亚当局此前禁止了抗议活动，称出于安全和“恐怖主义威胁”的考虑。

Kenyan officials also accused the U.S. Aid agency USAID of funding political activists in an effort to topple the Kenyan government -- and called for the foreign ministry⁷ to summon USAID officials to answer to the claims.

肯尼亚官方还指责美国国际开发署给政治活动人士提供资金，目的是推翻肯尼亚政府，并呼吁外交部召唤国际开发署官员来回答该问题。

Protest leader and political activist¹ Boniface Mwangi deflected⁸ the accusations⁹. What are they afraid of? The government has the intelligence, the military, they have control over the state apparatus¹⁰.  So if they want to claim that I'm being funded, then they should say who's funding me.  Name names.  I can't topple the government on my own.  But they're afraid of what is actually a popular uprising by the people who are disadvantaged,” he explained.

抗议领袖兼政治活动人士Boniface Mwangi反驳了这一指控。他们害怕什么呢？政府有情报部门、军队，他们控制了国家机构。所以如果他们想声称我得到资助，那么他们应该说出是谁在资助我。指名道姓，我不会一个人推翻政府的。但他们真正害怕的是弱势群体站起来发动人民起义。

Soon after protesters arrived at Nairobi's Uhuru Park, police launched a first volley of tear gas, dispersing¹¹ the crowd.

在抗议者抵达内罗毕的乌呼鲁公园后不久，警察就发射第一发催泪弹，驱散了人群。

At least five protesters were arrested as police officers maintained their position, barring access to the park.

至少5名抗议者被捕，警察驻守在自己的位置上，禁止人员进入公园。

The same activist group has made a scene in Nairobi before, protesting high salaries paid to lawmakers by smearing¹² pigs' blood outside parliament.

这个活动组织之前也在内罗毕制造过事件，他们在议会外涂上猪血，抗议议员的高薪水。

This time they had planned an address by a well-known rights activist, the Reverend Timothy Njoya. “So we came here to make a statement on the state of the nation.  To assess how much we've been able to accomplish, but it seems that the police have made the statement for us, and they've made it very loudly and clearly,” he said.

这次他们原计划由一位著名的权利人士牧师蒂莫西·恩乔亚发表演讲，“我们来这里是想发表国情咨文声明，评估我们做了多少成绩，但似乎警察帮助我们做了声明，他们响亮清楚地做了声明。”

Kenyan activists have loudly criticized the government for high levels of corruption, a restrictive media bill and for fostering a culture of impunity¹³.

肯尼亚活动人士强烈指责政府腐败严重、限制媒体，还培养了不受惩罚的文化。

 

While silenced for now, demonstrators say they will not stay quiet for long.

尽管游行者眼下安静了，他们说不会沉默太久。

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 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》

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 hoisting   

起重，提升

参考例句：

• The hoisting capacity of that gin pole (girder pole, guy derrick) is sixty tons. 那个起重抱杆（格状抱杆、转盘抱杆）的起重能力为60吨。 来自口语例句
• We must use mechanical hoisting to load the goods. 我们必须用起重机来装载货物。

5 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

6 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

9 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

10 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

11 dispersing   

adj. 分散的 动词disperse的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• Whereas gasoline fumes linger close to the ground before dispersing. 而汽油烟气却靠近地面迟迟不散。
• Earthworms may be instrumental in dispersing fungi or bacteria. 蚯蚓可能是散布真菌及细菌的工具。

12 smearing   

污点，拖尾效应

参考例句：

• The small boy spoilt the picture by smearing it with ink. 那孩子往画上抹墨水把画给毁了。
• Remove the screen carefully so as to avoid smearing the paste print. 小心的移开丝网，以避免它弄脏膏印。

13 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。