2007年VOA标准英语-As Rioting Erupts in Indian City of Agra, Forei
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（八月）
New Delhi
29 August 2007
Indian authorities have imposed a curfew in the northern city of Agra after one person was killed and several others injured in violent clashes triggered by a road accident. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, police have closed the famous Taj Mahal monument to tourists.
Trucks set ablaze by angry residents go up in flames in Agra, India, early Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007
The violence in Agra - home to the world famous Taj Mahal - erupted after four Muslim men were hit by a truck and killed before dawn Wednesday.
The victims were returning home from a religious festival in which Muslims visit graveyards 2 and pray for the dead.
The angry crowd set fire to at least 20 trucks, including the one involved in the road accident. Television footage showed smoke billowing from the vehicles.
Rampaging mobs also blocked the highway and threw stones at police called in to quell 3 the violence. A shoe factory was set on fire. Several policemen and firefighters were among those injured in the violence. The rioting paralyzed the town for many hours.
Agra is located in Uttar Pradesh state. Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary J.N. Chamber 4 explained how the mayhem began.
He says traffic restrictions 5 had been imposed to allow a big crowd of Muslims to return from the religious observances, but some trucks were apparently 6 still allowed to use the road, leading to the fatal accident.
Authorities clamped a curfew on several areas of the town, and shut down schools and colleges as tensions intensified 7.
Tourists stand in front of Taj Mahal in Agra, 08 Jul 2007
They also closed down the city's most famous landmark 8 - the Taj Mahal - and advised tourists not to leave their hotels.
Agra was once the seat of the Mughal emperors who ruled the Indian subcontinent from the mid-16th to the mid-19th centuries. Hundreds of foreign tourists visit the city every day to see the 17th century monument built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for the love of his life, Mumtaz Mahal.
- The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
- Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。
- He takes a macabre interest in graveyards. 他那么留意墓地，令人毛骨悚然。
- "And northward there lie, in five graveyards, Calm forever under dewy green grass," 五陵北原上，万古青蒙蒙。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
- The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》