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A journalist with the biggest story of his life.

还是一名记者 身负自己一生中最重磅的消息

New technologies will harness the power of mass communication.

新技术利用了大众传媒的巨大力量

Information will travel further and faster than ever before.

消息将比以往传播得更快更远

A three-minute warning to disperse and go home.

抗议者被命令在三分钟内解散 各回各家

But the protestors won't back down.

但他们没有后退

90 seconds later, the police attack.

九十秒后 警方动手了

40 cans of tear gas, 8 cans of nausea gas.

动用了四十罐催泪瓦斯 八罐催吐瓦斯

On the receiving end, activist Amelia Boynton.

受害的一方 是激进分子阿米莉亚·博因顿

Imagine the courage and the fear that they have to confront

想象一下 警方以警棍抽打 拳脚相加 一直把他们打趴在地上

as club and foot and hand is smashed upon them,until they're driven into the ground.

他们所面对的是自己的勇气 以及恐惧

Boynton, left for dead.

博因顿被打倒在地 奄奄一息

She'll be unconscious for two days.

她将有两天不省人事

But the world is watching.

但世界正在关注

Selma, Alabama.Police attack a non-violent protest.

阿拉巴马州的塞尔玛 警方袭击了一群非暴力的抗议示威人员

Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Is one of 50 who are injured.

民权激进分子阿米莉亚·博因顿 是五十名伤员中的一名

But key to any protest movement in the modern age:Television.

但是在现代 任何一起抗议运动的关键则是 电视

重点讲解

1、confront

(问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临

She was confronted with severe money problems.

她面临严峻的资金问题。

Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.

部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。

勇敢地面对;正视

We are learning how to confront death.

我们正在学习如何直面死亡。

NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.

北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。

与…对峙;与…对抗

She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face.

她挤过骚动的人群，与他当面对峙。

They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police.

他们遭遇警察时毫不犹豫地开火。

2、protest

抗议；提出异议；反对

Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests.

成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。

The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.

学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。

抗议；反对

The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government.

反对党现在似乎势力非常弱小，无法针对政府发起真正的抗议。

The unions called a two-hour strike in protest at the railway authority's announcement.

各工会号召罢工两小时，以对铁路当局所发通告表示抗议。

申辩；申明

When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us.

我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打，他们却不相信我们。

'I never said any of that to her,' he protested.

“我从来没有对她那么说过，”他申辩道。