The first thing I learned on the streets of Paris this weekend is that there is no arguing with(无法与……争辩；对……无可奈何) teargas. I arrived at Place de la République(巴黎共和国广场，法国抗议文化的标志性场所) just after 1pm yesterday. The mood was festive until police started firing volley(（枪炮、催泪弹等的）齐射，连发)s of teargas into the square from Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple.
这个周末在巴黎街头，我学到的第一件事就是：跟催泪瓦斯没得商量。昨天下午刚过一点，我抵达共和国广场。气氛原本像过节一样，直到警察从圣殿郊区街向广场发射了一轮又一轮催泪瓦斯。
I didn’t see the inciting(煽动性的，引发（事件）的) incident – if there even was one – and tried walking into the cloud of CS gas(CS催泪瓦斯（一种防暴化学剂）) hanging in the air. It was impossible. The gas clings to your nose and burns your eyes, and you quickly start struggling to breathe(呼吸困难，挣扎着喘气). I retreat(撤退，退却)ed towards the Boulevard de Magenta, blinking furiously to stop the stinging.
我没有看到引发冲突的起因——如果真有什么起因的话——我试着走进弥漫在空气中的CS瓦斯烟雾里。根本不可能。瓦斯黏在鼻子上，灼烧眼睛，你很快就会呼吸困难。我朝马真塔大道退去，拼命眨眼以缓解刺痛。
This approach to the crowd had been adopted by the authorities early in the day, causing chaos across the city and setting the tone for what would follow. A friend had to return to her home with her elderly parents because police had fired teargas “at random(随机地，任意地)” at a crowd of young people in Strasbourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement(巴黎的行政区划单位（区）).
当局当天早些时候就采取了这种对付人群的方式，导致全城混乱，也为后续事态定下了基调。一位朋友不得不带着年迈的父母回家，因为警察在第十区的斯特拉斯堡-圣但尼向一群年轻人“随意”发射了催泪瓦斯。