埃及警方向抗议者发出警告

 　　Egyptian police are threatening to use live weapons to protect themselves against anti-government protesters who say they will not give up their fight.

　　The Muslim Brotherhood¹, which demands the reinstatement of ousted² President Momahed Morsi, is defying the interim³ government and calling for another big protest rally on Friday.

　　Egyptian authorities accuse the Brotherhood and Morsi supporters of terrorism and sabotage⁴. The Brotherhood says the country is returning to military tyranny.

　　Egyptian police used guns, armored vehicles and bulldozers to break-up two large Cairo protest camps Wednesday. The official death toll⁵ from that violence stands at 578, but the Brotherhood puts it in the thousands.

　　Journalists and witnesses report seeing makeshift morgues and improvised⁶ hospitals with bloodstained floors loaded with dead bodies.

　　President Barack Obama has canceled next month's scheduled military exercises with Egypt, an event Egypt always eagerly anticipates.

　　Obama says traditional cooperation cannot continue when civilians⁷ are being killed in the streets.

　　Defense⁸ Secretary Charles Hagel telephoned Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel al-Sisi, telling him the violence puts longtime cooperation with Egypt at risk.

　　Also Thursday, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Egypt and urged American citizens to leave.

　　Egypt's interim interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, says police used minimum force against the camps and only fired tear gas. He blamed the Brotherhood for creating what he called a state of mayhem across the country by shooting at police, attacking government buildings and burning churches.

1 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

5 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

6 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。