2006年VOA标准英语-Nepali Police Use Tear Gas to Keep Protest

By Patricia Nunan
Kathmandu
22 April 2006

Nepalese protesters throng¹ a street as smoke billows from a roadblock made of burning tires, set up by protesters in defiance² of a curfew called by the government in Katmandu  
  
An alliance of political parties in Nepal Saturday rejected an offer by King Gyanendra to form an interim³ government, and said the movement for full democracy will continue. Tens of thousands of protesters poured into the center of the capital, Kathmandu, trying to reach the heavily guarded royal palace. VOA's Patricia Nunan was there as security forces drove the crowd back with volleys of tear gas.

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The police just made a charge up these narrow streets in central Kathmandu to push back protesters who have been trying to approach the palace. The protesters are extra-angry at the moment because two people have been injured - either being shot by a teargas canister or being hit by a stick. In this particular area, it doesn't look like the police have been firing live rounds.

These violent protests come a day after King Gyanendra tried to appease⁴ the parties by announcing the formation of an interim government, but they aren't buying it and neither are the protesters on the street.

As I look around, there are dozens of sandal left, and flip-flops, where the protesters literally⁵ ran out of their shoes as they were trying to get away from the police.

This could carry on for a few more hours yet, if the protesters continue to try to surround the royal palace.

1 throng   

n.人群，群众；v.拥挤，群集

参考例句：

• A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
• The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。

2 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 appease   

v.安抚，缓和，平息，满足

参考例句：

• He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
• The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。