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Outraged, villagers surrounded the municipal government vehicles, threw rocks, and overturned dozens of police vehicles and utility cars.
忿怒的村民包圍了市政府臨時行動中心，拋擲石頭，推翻數十輛警車和公共車輛。

【講解】1.outraged, 憤怒的，=angry = furious = irritated=enraged

2.這句有三個主要動詞，surround（包圍）, threw（拋擲）, overturn（推翻）, 用and連接起來。

3.dozens of: 數十個。Tens of, scores of, 也都是數十個，一個dozen是12，一個score是20。所以dozens of大約是24-48，scores of大約是40-80。

4.utility: 公用的, utility facility: 公共設施。

Since 2001, the chemical industry district has developed more than ten enterprises in the area, and the majority is pollution-producing heavy industry.
從2001年開始至今，在村西頭的整個化工業區共有10多家企業進駐，其中絕大部分是有污染的化工企業。

【講解】1. district: 區域。通常記者用：area, zone, region, district這幾個字表示區域。 2. enterprise: 企業，entrepreneur: 企業家 3.majority: 多數，少數則是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.
據當地村民透露，莊稼枯萎了，溪水變臭了，孕婦因吸入農藥廠洩漏的毒氣而導致胎兒畸形。

【講解】1. wither: 枯萎 2. rancid: 腐臭的 3. leakage: 洩露 4. embryo: 胚胎 5. pregnant women: 孕婦

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.
他們奔走呼號，四處上訪，但目前還沒有一個政府部門幫他們解決問題。

【講解】1. appeal: 呼籲、懇求，vi, appeal to+ somebody + for something. 2. help 使役動詞之後接原形動詞。

Beginning March 23, a group of elderly villagers protested by setting up a bamboo awning to monitor and block a village industry road.

【講解】1.awning: 天篷、雨篷。Bamboo awning: 竹棚。
2. monitor: 監視。一般可用： supervise, oversee, monitor.

（待續）

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