【英音模仿秀】种姓之殇

❤ 模仿文本：But first, Meena Kandasamy is a poet, writer and activist¹ from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She's written many controversial articles about violence against women, religious intolerance and the caste system. Now Meena's published her first novel, The Gyspsy Goddess, based on a true event which took place in 1968. The novel tells the story of landless villagers and Communist activists² who clashed with landowners. The struggle led to the massacre³ in Kilvenmani of more than 40 old men, women and children from the Dalit caste, also known as the "untouchables". When Meena Kandasamy came to the Outlook studio, I asked her more about the events which led up to the killings⁴.

 

❤ 译文：来自印度南部泰米尔纳德邦的米娜·康达美是诗人、作家，也是位激进分子。她写过很多关于妇女暴力、宗教偏执以及种姓制度的具有争议的文章。米娜出版的第一部小说《吉普赛女神》就是根据1968年发生的真实事件所著。这部小说描述了失去土地的村民和共产主义分子与地主之间的斗争冲突。但是抗争最终引发克文马尼大屠杀，造成40名被称作是贱民的老人、妇女和儿童死亡。米娜·康达美来到Outlook演播室的时候，我向她问起造成杀戮事件的详细经过。

 

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。