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 　　Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in protest again today. Two demonstrators were killed, as a political crisis in this failing state deepens.

　　Our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Margaret Warner, reports.

　　Organizers dubbed¹ it the Mother of All Marches. Hundreds of thousands of opponents to socialist² President Nicolas Maduro flooded Caracas.

　　Today, people are in the street demonstrating peacefully, seeking a democratic exit to a situation that is already overflowing³.

　　Here, the president of the republic is playing with fire.

　　The peace was broken almost immediately, as protesters clashed with police and government supporters.

　　National Guard troops fired tear gas, and a teenage boy died after being shot in the head.

　　Demonstrators have tried repeatedly in recent days to reach the capital city's downtown.

　　Each time, they were turned back by riot police. At least five people were killed, and hundreds arrested.

　　Brian Ellsworth of Reuters, speaking to us by Skype from Caracas, said tensions have been building.

　　This has been sort of the culmination⁴ of that, about two-and-a-half weeks of all these demonstrations⁶.

　　The opposition⁷ called this big demonstration⁵ and said, all over the country, we need to be protesting against the government.

　　These latest protests erupted last month, after the pro-government Supreme⁸ Court took over the powers of the national legislature controlled by the opposition.

　　After an international outcry, the court reversed itself. But the criticism continued.

　　They haven't done anything. The Supreme Court has installed a coup⁹ d'etat it cannot correct.

　　The oil-rich nation is also mired¹⁰ in an economic crisis, with skyrocketing, triple-digit inflation, rampant¹¹ crime and food shortages.

　　The opposition wants Maduro's removed, new elections and the release of political prisoners, including opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who was jailed in early 2014.

　　In February, Lopez's wife went to the White House with Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

　　President Trump¹² tweeted a photo with her, saying: "Venezuela should allow Leopoldo Lopez, a political prisoner, out of prison immediately."

　　That same month, the U.S. Treasury¹³ Department designated Venezuelan Vice¹⁴ President Tareck El Aissami for sanctions on drug trafficking charges.

　　Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today:

　　We are concerned that the government of Maduro is violating its own Constitution and is not allowing the opposition to have their voices heard.

　　Maduro has blamed the U.S. for trying to foment¹⁵ a coup.

　　The time for combat has arrived, my fellow patriots¹⁶. The hour has arrived to decide the future and the destiny of our country.

　　Maduro came to power four years ago, upon the death of his charismatic predecessor¹⁷, Hugo Chavez. Maduro has struggled ever since.

　　Chavez himself survived a brief coup in 2002, and accused the United States of trying to subvert¹⁸ him.

　　Riding on high world oil prices, Chavez had created subsidies¹⁹ and price controls, raising living standards for the poor, but no longer.

　　Again, Brian Ellsworth: Once oil prices collapsed²⁰ in 2014, the country basically hadn't saved money during the oil boom.

　　Private enterprise has a really hard time producing goods and services, which means we basically don't have them.

　　The Maduro regime is also under pressure from its Latin American neighbors. Eleven countries called this week for a time frame to hold elections.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Margaret Warner. undefined

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

3 overflowing   

n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
• The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

4 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。

5 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

6 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。

7 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

8 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

9 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。

10 mired   

abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
• The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

12 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

13 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

14 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

15 foment   

v.煽动，助长

参考例句：

• The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.那些叛乱者知道真相，并且想办法来挑起革命。
• That's an attempt to foment discord.这是挑拨。

16 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

17 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

18 subvert   

v.推翻；暗中破坏；搅乱

参考例句：

• The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.反叛军队企图颠覆政府统治。
• They tried to subvert our state and our Party. This is the crux of the matter.他们是要颠覆我们的国家，颠覆我们的党，这是问题的实质。

19 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。