(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
After several minutes, the protesters pushed into the barricade toward the police,
几分钟后，抗议民众冲过路障冲向警察，
prompting the officers to fire the irritant again, as protesters yelled, "Why? Why?"
警察再次发射刺激物，抗议者大喊，“为什么？为什么？”
The back and forth continued for 45 minutes or so,
双方的拉锯战持续了45分钟左右，
with neither side showing any sign of giving in and the police firing irritant at the protesters around 10 more times.
均未表现出任何让步的迹象，警方又向抗议者发射了大约10次刺激物。
Just before turning 11:30, the protester rushed the barricade and dismantled it.
就在11:30之前，抗议者再次冲向路障将路障捣毁。
The police responded by retreating into the public safety building.
见此情形，警方便到了公共安全大楼内。
A short time later, they came back outside, firing again and moving into the protesters, some of whom fell to the ground.
不久之后，他们再次回到大楼外并再次开火，冲入抗议人群，部分抗议人士被撞倒在地。
A heavy rain began to fall several minutes later.
又过了几分钟，天空开始下起大雨。
The disciplinary action against the seven officers was the first in response to Mr. Prude's death.
对七名警官做出的纪律处分是警方对普鲁德之死的首次回应。
In a news conference on Thursday afternoon, Mayor Lovely Warren apologized to the Prude family,
市长拉夫利·沃伦在周四下午的新闻发布会上向普鲁德一家致歉，
saying that Mr. Prude had been failed "by our police department, our mental health care system, our society.
声称“我们的警察部门、我们的精神卫生保健系统，还有我们的社会”都辜负了普鲁德。
And he was failed by me."
我也辜负了他。”
Ms. Warren did not offer other details on why the investigations into the March 23 encounter had taken so long,
沃伦女士没有提供其他细节，解释为何对3月23日案的调查耗费了如此漫长的时间，
but suggested that she had been misled by the police chief, La'Ron D. Singletary.
但弦外之音是她受到了警察局长拉伦·D.辛格塔里的误导。
"Experiencing and ultimately dying from the drug overdose in police custody, as I was told by the chief,
“局长对我说的是，被警察拘捕时他已经吸毒过量了，最终的死因也是吸毒过量，
is entirely different than what I ultimately witnessed, on the video," the mayor said.
与我最终在视频中看到的情形截然相反。“市长说。
Chief Singletary bristled on Wednesday at the suggestion that his department had been trying to keep Mr. Prude's death away from public attention.
辛格塔里局长周三表示，他对其部门一直努力避免普鲁德死亡一事引起公众知晓的做法十分愤怒。
"This is not a cover-up," he said, adding that he ordered criminal and internal investigations hours after the encounter.
“我并不是想掩饰什么，”他说，为此，他还补充说，自己在冲突发生的几小时后就已下令展开刑事调查和内部调查。
He stood by the officers' response to what had initially been a mental-health related call:
至于警官们对最初接到的有关心理健康的电话的处理，辛格塔里局长持支持态度：
"Our job is to try to get some sort of medical intervention, and that's exactly what happened that night."
“我们的工作就是设法寻求医疗干预，当晚也是一样。”
On Wednesday, the state attorney general, Letitia James, made her first statement on the case,
周三，州总检察长利蒂夏·詹姆斯首次就此案发表了声明，
offering condolences to Mr. Prude's family and promising "a fair and independent investigation."
她向普鲁德的家人表示哀悼，承诺“进行公正独立的调查”。
"We will work tirelessly to provide the transparency and accountability that all our communities deserve," she said.
“我们将不懈努力，保证调查透明并问责到底，保障所有社区享有的这一权利， ”她说。
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重点讲解
1.back and forth 来来回回
She rocks back and forth on her chair like a mischievous child.
她在椅子上来回晃动，像个调皮的孩子。
2.give in 让步
He refused to give in to bullying and threats.
他拒不向恐吓威逼势力让步。
3.failed by 被……辜负
My children have been failed by me, I should have spent more time with them.
我没能多陪陪我的孩子，我辜负了他们。
4.stand by 支持
I wouldn't break the law for a friend, but I would stand by her if she did.
我不会为朋友违法，但如果她犯了法我还是会继续支持她。
