【英音模仿秀】卢旺达种族大屠杀

模仿文本：

The scale of the killings¹ in Rwanda was almost unimaginable. In total some 800,000 people were killed in three months. That's an average of 8,000 a day, every day. The vast majority of the them were ethnic² Tutsis killed by the forces of an extremist ethnic Hutu regime. This is the story of a truly remarkable³ man, a soldier who in the midst of this carnage, saved hundreds of lives. 

 

The scale of the killings in Rwanda was almost unimaginable. In total some 800,000 people were killed in three months. That's an average of 8,000 a day, every day. The vast majority of the them were ethnic Tutsis killed by the forces of an extremist ethnic Hutu regime. This is the story of a truly remarkable man, a soldier who in the midst of this carnage, saved hundreds of lives. 

译文：卢旺达大屠杀的规模几乎不可想象。在三个月的时间里，总共约80万人死亡，平均每天就有8000人遭到杀害 ，死者绝大多数是人口占少数的图西族。当时的政府由胡图族民族极端分子控制，他们的军队屠杀了大量的图西族人。接下来的故事有关一位英雄士兵的事迹，他在这场大屠杀之中拯救了数百条生命。

 

1 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。