VOA常速英语2021--美国著名导演彼得·博格达诺维奇去世

At least two Sudanese protesters were killed on Thursday while taking part in the latest mass demonstrations¹ as thousands took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities, demanding a transition to civilian² rule after October's military coup³.

周四，至少两名苏丹抗议者在参加最新的大规模示威活动时丧生，数千人走上喀土穆和其他城市的街头，要求过渡到文官统治，此前10月份发生了军事政变。

Security forces fired tear gas to disperse⁴ the crowd.

安全部队发射了催泪瓦斯驱散人群。

The Sudanese Professionals Association, which spearheaded many rallies since the October 25 coup, called earlier on protesters to march to the republican palace, the seat of the ruling military government in Khartoum.

自10月25日政变以来，苏丹专业人士协会带头举行了多次集会。该协会早些时候号召抗议者游行至位于喀土穆的军政府所在地共和国宫。

Since the October 25 coup, at least 60 people have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in clashes with security forces as they sought to thwart⁵ protests.

自10月25日政变以来，在与安全部队发生的冲突中，已有至少60人死亡，数百人受伤，安全部队试图阻挠这些抗议活动。

Film director Peter Bogdanovich has died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles.

电影导演彼得·博格达诺维奇在洛杉矶的家中自然死亡。

He was 82.

享年82岁。

AP's Margie Szaroleta reports.

美联社记者玛吉·莎罗莱塔带来报道。

"You boys can get on outa here. I don't want to have no more to do with you."

“你们可以从这儿出去了。我不想再和你们有任何关系。”

Peter Bogdanovich became a big name in Hollywood after the success of the 1971 film "The Last Picture Show."

彼得·博格达诺维奇在1971年的电影《最后一场电影》获得成功后，在好莱坞成名。

He was 32 at the time.

当时他32岁。

It earned eight Oscar nominations⁶ and won two.

该片获得了8项奥斯卡提名，并赢得了其中2项。

He followed that with the comedy "What's Up, Doc?" and the road trip film "Paper Moon."

之后，他又拍了一部喜剧《医生，你好吗？》，还有公路旅行电影《纸月亮》。

But Bogdanovich said in a 2002 AP interview, despite his success he got a new found fame for playing Elliott on "The Sopranos."

但博格达诺维奇在2002年的一次美联社采访中说，尽管他已经取得了成功，但他还是因在《黑道家族》中扮演艾略特而重新被众人所知。

"People wouldn't normally recognize me as a film director suddenly recognized me as a guy on 'The Sopranos' so he has begun as fan."

“通常人们不会认出我是一个电影导演，但他们突然认出我是《黑道家族》里的那个人，于是成为了我的影迷。”

I'm Margie Szaroleta.

我是玛吉·萨罗莱塔。

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained at historically low levels, suggesting that the job market remains⁷ strong.

美国上周申请失业救济人数有所上升，但仍处于历史低位，这表明就业市场依然强劲。

The Labor⁸ Department said U.S. jobless claims rose by 7,000 to 207,000.

劳工部表示，美国申领失业救济金人数增加了7000人，达到20.7万人。

The four-week average of claims rose by nearly 4,800 to just below 205,000.

四周内平均申领失业救济金的人数增加了近4800人，略低于20.5万人。

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

4 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

5 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

6 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。