英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—14

 I didn’t think they would put us in prison, you know. They told us: the military authorities¹ want to speak to you, to ask you some questions. And I thought they were going to ask us: why did you join the parades? Why did you do this or that? What does this mean? And I, I was, I thought I would be able to answer all, all those questions without having problems because we were…, we joined the parades, but lots of other artists in Brazil did so, very well known with photographs, and they were, you know, hand-in-hand with us, you know, and they were not being put in jail².

 

I was anxious to be out of there, I was little depressed³, I was little concerned about my future, I was, I was little worried. I took it very personally, I, I had no time in prison to sort of think: ok, when we were out of here, we should sort of connect, or we should sort of use this thing as a political background to, to make the movement to grow or something like that. I wasn’t, I was not political at all, I mean, being in prison, I was, I was totally human.

 

The two singers were questioned and told they were considered more dangerous than those involved in straight-forward political activity. After two months in jail, they were taken back to their home state, Bahia.

 

They brought us to Bahia and we stayed here for four months, we could not leave the town and we had to report everyday to a colonel⁴. And after that, they invited us to leave the country, and we decided⁵ to live in London.

 

1 authorities   

n.当局，权力，权威；权威( authority的名词复数 )；权力；学术权威；[复数]当权者

参考例句：

• They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
• At his instigation we conceal the fact from the authorities. 我们受他的怂恿向当局隐瞒了事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 jail   

n.监狱，看守所；vt.监禁，拘留

参考例句：

• The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
• If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西，最终会被抓进监狱的。

3 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

4 colonel   

n.(英国陆军、美国陆空军及海军陆战队)上校

参考例句：

• It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。
• An army major ranks between a captain and a colonel.陆军少校的军阶在上尉与中校之间。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。