
Wielding(手持,挥舞) a broom and dustpan, Marta García, 60, darted(飞奔,急冲) past the edges of tents, sweeping up bits of litter as she passed a poster that read: “What kind of times are these, when we need to defend the obvious(显而易见的事)?”
60岁的玛尔塔·加西亚手持扫帚和簸箕,在帐篷边缘穿梭,一边清扫垃圾,一边经过一张海报,上面写着:“这是什么世道,连显而易见的事都要我们去捍卫?”
On Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid to protest against the country’s deepening housing crisis, the retired schoolteacher was among a small group who had sought to take the protest one step further.(周六,成千上万人走上马德里街头,抗议该国日益加深的住房危机,这位退休教师属于一个小群体,他们试图将抗议推进一步。)
周六,成千上万人走上马德里街头,抗议该国日益加深的住房危机,这位退休教师属于一个小群体,他们试图将抗议推进一步。
“At first we were 10 tents,” she said, gesturing to the sprawling encampment set up in the central Puerta del Sol plaza behind her.(“一开始我们只有10顶帐篷,”她说着,指了指身后位于市中心太阳门广场上不断扩张的营地。) “Now, we’re more than 300 tents, and it keeps growing.”
“一开始我们只有10顶帐篷,”她说着,指了指身后位于市中心太阳门广场上不断扩张的营地。“现在,我们已经有300多顶帐篷,而且还在不断增加。”