VOA慢速英语2011.08.29
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/voa/voa20110829.mp3[/audio]This week, Britain faced its worst riots since the nineteen eighties. The unrest began in London and spread to other cities, including Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.
本周，英国遭受了自20世纪80年代起最严重的骚乱。骚乱首次出现在伦敦，之后蔓延到包括曼彻斯特、伯明翰及利物浦的其他城市。
Police have been launching raids, making arrests and studying images from security cameras. Officials charged hundreds of people with disorder, violence and stealing from looted stores.
警方一直在突袭逮捕暴徒并研究监控摄像画面。官员以骚乱、暴力及洗劫商店向数百人提起诉讼。
Police said a sixty-eight-year-old man became the fifth person to die as a result of the violence. He was attacked during the riots.
警方称一名68岁的老人成为暴力事件的第五名牺牲者，他是在骚乱中遭到袭击。
The rioting began last Saturday after a peaceful demonstration over the deadly police shooting of a twenty-nine-year-old man. The shooting happened last week in a poor neighborhood in north London.
上周六，和平游行抗议警方射杀了一名29岁男子后，骚乱爆发了。而射杀发生在上周伦敦北部附近的贫民窟。
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Britain had its first calm night on Wednesday. Sixteen thousand police officers will remain on duty in London through the coming days. This is the most ever during peacetime.
周三晚上是骚乱后的第一个平静夜。16000名警察官员在接下来的数天，在伦敦坚守岗位。这是和平期人数最多的。
**** Hidden Message ***** he deadly police shooting of a twenty-nine-year-old man Riots burden into buildings and cars, broken into hundreds of stores and fought with police.
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