〈接上集新闻讲解〉
新闻出处：http://eng.soundofhope.org/makeArticle.asp?catID=544&id=18919
Outraged, villagers surrounded the municipal government vehicles, threw rocks, and overturned dozens of police vehicles and utility cars.
忿怒的村民包围了市政府临时行动中心，抛掷石头，推翻数十辆警车和公共车辆。
【讲解】1.outraged, 愤怒的，=angry = furious = irritated=enraged
2.这句有三个主要动词，surround（包围）, threw（抛掷）, overturn（推翻）, 用and连接起来。
3.dozens of: 数十个。Tens of, scores of, 也都是数十个，一个dozen是12，一个score是20。所以dozens of大约是24-48，scores of大约是40-80。
4.utility: 公用的, utility facility: 公共设施。
Since 2001, the chemical industry district has developed more than ten enterprises in the area, and the majority is pollution-producing heavy industry.
从2001年开始至今，在村西头的整个化工业区共有10多家企业进驻，其中绝大部分是有污染的化工企业。
【讲解】1. district: 区域。通常记者用：area, zone, region, district这几个字表示区域。 2. enterprise: 企业，entrepreneur: 企业家 3.majority: 多数，少数则是minority.
According to local villagers, crops have withered, streams have gone rancid, and leakage of poisonous industrial gases, have caused embryos of pregnant women to become abnormal.
据当地村民透露，庄稼枯萎了，溪水变臭了，孕妇因吸入农药厂泄漏的毒气而导致胎儿畸形。
【讲解】1. wither: 枯萎 2. rancid: 腐臭的 3. leakage: 泄露 4. embryo: 胚胎 5. pregnant women: 孕妇
句型分解：
– According to local villagers,
• crops have withered, streams have gone rancid,
• and
• leakage of poisonous industrial gases, have caused embryos of pregnant women
– to become abnormal.
The villagers have appealed for help everywhere, but until now, no government department has helped them solve their problems.
他们奔走呼号，四处上访，但目前还没有一个政府部门帮他们解决问题。
【讲解】1. appeal: 呼吁、恳求，vi, appeal to+ somebody + for something. 2. help 使役动词之后接原形动词。
Beginning March 23, a group of elderly villagers protested by setting up a bamboo awning to monitor and block a village industry road.
【讲解】1.awning: 天篷、雨篷。Bamboo awning: 竹棚。
2. monitor: 监视。一般可用： supervise, oversee, monitor.
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