欧美文化博览 希特勒的黑暗魅力—崛起的魅力(22)

To begin with, the concentration camps were under the control of the Nazi¹ Stormtroopers.

起初,集中营由纳粹冲锋队控制。

Here they are parading in triumph through Berlin.

他们趾高气扬穿过柏林大街。

But their ordered marching hid a chaotic² and violent reality.

但工整的游行背后暗藏混乱暴力。

Everyone is arresting everyone else and avoiding the prescribed official channels.

人人都通过非官方渠道逮捕其他人。

Everyone is threatening everyone else with protective custody³.

人人都以保护式拘留而威胁别人。

Everyone is threatening everyone else with Dachau.

人人都以达豪集中营来威胁别人。

These concentration camps were not yet places of mass killing,but they were brutal⁴ in the extreme.

这些集中营,此时还未进行大屠杀，但已残忍至极。

A number of prisoners were murdered, and torture,often psychological torture, was commonplace.

谋杀囚犯,酷刑折磨，包括心理折磨,都是家常便饭。

I was thrown into the bunker and kept in chains.

我被扔到床上,戴着铁链。

We only got something to eat every fourth day.

我们4天才能吃到一点东西。

Other than that, there was just a jug⁵ of water and bread.

除此之外,只有水和面包。

After four days, he said, You're getting out tomorrow，but he was just messing around with me.

4天后他说,你们明天就能出去，其实是耍弄我们而已。

They kept saying, "You'll be getting out...Nothing.

他们不断说,你们马上能走...只是空话。

Throughout Germany, the reality was obvious,Hitler led a movement of violent revolutionaries and was brutally⁶ suppressing any opposition⁷.

整个德国的现实日趋明朗希特勒领导了一场暴力革命，残酷镇压所有反对派。

1 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

2 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

5 jug   

n.(有柄，小口，可盛水等的)大壶，罐，盂

参考例句：

• He walked along with a jug poised on his head.他头上顶着一个水罐，保持着平衡往前走。
• She filled the jug with fresh water.她将水壶注满了清水。

6 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

7 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。