环保少女将威尼斯大运河染绿

近日，瑞典“环保少女”格蕾塔·通贝里（Greta Thunberg）因与环保组织“反抗灭绝”共同将意大利威尼斯大运河染成绿色，而被禁止进入威尼斯48小时并被处以172美元罚款。

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1. Which trend regarding climate activism is illustrated in the article?

A. Activists increasingly use high-tech devices to monitor climate.

B. Activists are shifting towards artistic collaborations with museums.

C. Activists have increasingly used vandalism.

D. Activists mostly avoid attracting media attention to maintain secrecy.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after Grand Canal dyed green

From: ABC NEWS

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was temporarily banned from Venice after the Italian city's Grand Canal was dyed green in an act of protest.

Thunberg, 22, joined environmental group Extinction Rebellion over the weekend when they poured dye into the iconic water corridors that outline the historic city, The Telegraph reported.

The dye, a non-toxic tracer often used in environmental studies, transformed the waters of the Grand Canal into a bright green color.

The group, in an effort to highlight "the massive effects of climate collapse," hung a banner that read "stop ecocide" from the Rialto Bridge and sent protesters dressed in red veils to walk through crowds of tourists.

Dye was also thrown into waterways and fountains in several other Italian cities, including Milan, Palermo and Bologna, according to Extinction Rebellion.

The Veneto region's governor, Luca Zaia, condemned the demonstration, characterizing it as an act that "wounds" the city of Venice.

"Vandalism doesn't protect the environment," Zaia wrote on Instagram in Italian. "These acts damage Venice, require restoration work, and -- paradoxically --generate pollution."

Demonstrators have increasingly engaged in vandalism as a form of climate protest in recent years.

During the summer of 2022, several incidents in which protesters defaced historic pieces of art took place, including tomato soup being thrown onto Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London and mashed potatoes being flung onto a Monet painting at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

Climate activists also glued their hands to the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at the Mauritshuis museum in The Netherlands.

The demonstrations continued into 2023, when two members of climate activist group Declare Emergency were charged after red and black paint was thrown onto the case of the Edgar Degas sculpture "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Thunberg's ban was in effect for 48 hours. She, along with dozens of other protesters, were also fined $172, according to reports.

Last month, Thunberg was detained in Israel and later deported to her native Sweden after she participated in a humanitarian aid flotilla in an attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

Neither Thunberg's representative nor the city of Venice immediately responded to ABC News' requests for comment.

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after Grand Canal dyed green

From: ABC NEWS

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was temporarily banned from Venice after the Italian city's Grand Canal was dyed green in an act of protest.

气候活动人士格蕾塔·通贝里（Greta Thunberg）因参与威尼斯大运河染绿行动而被暂时禁止进入该城市。

canal /kəˈnæl/ 表示“运河；渠”，英文解释为“a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another如：The Panama Canal 巴拿马运河。

dye /daɪ/ 作动词，表示“给…染色”，英文解释为“to change the colour of something using a special liquid”举个🌰：For a change, why not dye your T-shirts? 为什么不变一变，把T恤染成别的颜色？

作名词，表示“染料”，英文解释为“a substance used to change the colour of something”举个🌰：She dipped the material into the dye. 她把布料浸在染料中。

Thunberg, 22, joined environmental group Extinction Rebellion over the weekend when they poured dye into the iconic water corridors that outline the historic city, The Telegraph reported.

据《电讯报》（The Telegraph）报道，上周末，22岁的通贝里与环保组织“反抗灭绝”一起将染料倒入历史名城威尼斯的标志性水道中。

rebellion /rɪˈbel.i.ən/ 表示“叛逆；抗争；反抗”，英文解释为“action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving”如：her teenage rebellion 她青春期的叛逆行为。

iconic /aɪˈkɒn.ɪk/ 表示“偶像的；图符的；象征性的；非常出名的，受欢迎的”，英文解释为“An iconic image or thing is important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something.”举个🌰：He gained iconic status following his death. 他死后成了偶像级人物。

corridor /ˈkɒr.ɪ.dɔːr/ 1）表示“（尤指两边是房间的）走廊，通道，过道”，英文解释为“a long passage in a building or train, especially with rooms on either side”举个🌰：Her office is at the end of the corridor. 她的办公室在走廊尽头。

2）表示“走廊（指一国领土通过他国境内的狭长地带）”，英文解释为“a long piece of one country's land that goes through another country”如：the Polish corridor 波兰走廊。

The dye, a non-toxic tracer often used in environmental studies, transformed the waters of the Grand Canal into a bright green color.

该染料为环保研究常用的无毒追踪剂，使大运河水域呈现出鲜亮的绿色。

non-toxic /ˌnɒnˈtɒk.sɪk/ 表示“非毒性的”，英文解释为“not poisonous or not containing poisonous substances”如：non-toxic paint 无毒油漆。

The group, in an effort to highlight "the massive effects of climate collapse," hung a banner that read "stop ecocide" from the Rialto Bridge and sent protesters dressed in red veils to walk through crowds of tourists.

该组织为凸显“气候崩溃的深远影响”，在里亚托桥悬挂写有“停止生态灭绝”标语，并派身穿红色面纱的活动人士在人群中穿行。

ecocide /ˈiː.kəʊ.saɪd/ 表示“（蓄意的）生态破坏，生态灭绝”，英文解释为“destruction of the natural environment of an area, or very great damage to it”举个🌰：We all know that carbon emissions are contributing to global warming and ecocide. 我们都知道，碳排放会造成全球变暖和生态灭绝。

veil /veɪl/ 表示“面纱；面罩”，英文解释为“a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head”举个🌰：After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her veil to kiss her husband. 仪式过后，新娘撩起面纱亲吻她的丈夫。

Dye was also thrown into waterways and fountains in several other Italian cities, including Milan, Palermo and Bologna, according to Extinction Rebellion.

该组织称，除了威尼斯，染料还被倒入米兰、巴勒莫和博洛尼亚等多个意大利城市的水道和喷泉。

fountain /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ 表示“泉水；（尤指具有装饰效果的）喷泉”，英文解释为“a stream of water that is forced up into the air through a small hole, especially for decorative effect, or the structure in a lake or pool from which this flows”

The Veneto region's governor, Luca Zaia, condemned the demonstration, characterizing it as an act that "wounds" the city of Venice.

威尼托大区州长卢卡·扎亚（Luca Zaia）谴责此行为，认为其是对威尼斯的“伤害”。

condemn /kənˈdem/ 表示“（通常指出于道义而）谴责，指责”，英文解释为“to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons”举个🌰：The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice. 人们谴责这一恐怖行径是野蛮和懦弱的行为。

🎬电影《英伦对决》（The Foreigner）中的台词提到：And I condemn these acts of violence, but I can't help you. 对这些暴力行为我表示谴责，但我帮不了你。

wound /wuːnd/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“（身体上的）伤，伤口”，英文解释为“to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin”举个🌰：Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck. 飞溅的玻璃划伤了她的脸和颈部。

"Vandalism doesn't protect the environment," Zaia wrote on Instagram in Italian. "These acts damage Venice, require restoration work, and -- paradoxically --generate pollution."

扎亚在Instagram上用意大利语写道：“破坏行为并不能保护环境。这些行为不仅损害了威尼斯，需要修复，而且，讽刺的是，还会造成污染。”

vandalism /ˈvæn.dəl.ɪ.zəm/ 1）表示“恣意毁坏他人财产罪”，英文解释为“the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people”举个🌰：Beset by violence and vandalism, this is one of the most unpleasant areas in the city. 这里充斥着暴力和蓄意破坏公共财物行为，是本市最乱的地区之一。

2）表示“（对好事物的）糟蹋”，英文解释为“any activity that is considered to be damaging or destroying something that was good”举个🌰：Cutting down the old forest was an act of vandalism. 砍伐那片老林子是一种暴殄天物的行为。

paradoxically /ˌpær.əˈdɒk.sɪ.kəl.i/ 表示“似乎互相抵触地，看似互为矛盾地”，英文解释为“in a way that seems impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics”举个🌰：The big thing in video equipment is, paradoxically, sound. 矛盾的是，视频设备中最重要的是声音。

Demonstrators have increasingly engaged in vandalism as a form of climate protest in recent years.

近年来，破坏行为已成为气候活动人士表达诉求的常见手段。

During the summer of 2022, several incidents in which protesters defaced historic pieces of art took place, including tomato soup being thrown onto Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London and mashed potatoes being flung onto a Monet painting at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

2022年夏天，发生了多起活动人士破坏历史艺术作品事件，包括在伦敦国家美术馆向梵高的《向日葵》泼番茄汤，以及在德国波茨坦巴贝里尼美术馆向莫奈作品投掷土豆泥等。

deface /dɪˈfeɪs/ 表示“损坏…的外观；涂污”，英文解释为“to damage and spoil the appearance of something by writing or drawing on it”举个🌰：He was fined for defacing library books. 他因在从图书馆借来的书上乱写乱画而被罚款。

mashed potatoes /ˌmæʃt pəˈteɪ.təʊz/ 表示“土豆泥”，英文解释为“potatoes that have been boiled and crushed until they are smooth”

mashed /mæʃt/ 表示“捣成泥状的，捣烂的”，英文解释为“crushed”如：mashed carrots 胡萝卜泥。

1）表示“迅猛移动；猛地做…”，英文解释为“to move or do something quickly and energetically”举个🌰：He flung himself down on the sofa. 他猛地扑倒在沙发上。

2）表示“猛扔，猛投，猛掷”，英文解释为“to throw something or someone suddenly and with a lot of force”举个🌰：He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire. 他把信揉成一团，猛地扔进火中。

Climate activists also glued their hands to the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at the Mauritshuis museum in The Netherlands.

气候活动人士还曾在荷兰毛里茨宫博物馆将手粘在《戴珍珠耳环的少女》画作上。

The demonstrations continued into 2023, when two members of climate activist group Declare Emergency were charged after red and black paint was thrown onto the case of the Edgar Degas sculpture "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

2023年，气候组织“宣布紧急状态”的两名成员因在华盛顿特区国家艺术馆向德加雕塑《十四岁的芭蕾少女》展柜投掷红黑油漆而被起诉。

sculpture /ˈskʌlp.tʃər/ 表示“雕塑，雕刻；塑像，雕塑品，雕刻品”，英文解释为“the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way”

Thunberg's ban was in effect for 48 hours. She, along with dozens of other protesters, were also fined $172, according to reports.

据报道，通贝里的禁令为期48小时，她与数十名活动人士均被处以172美元罚款。

Last month, Thunberg was detained in Israel and later deported to her native Sweden after she participated in a humanitarian aid flotilla in an attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

上个月，通贝里因参与试图突破以色列对加沙海上封锁的人道主义援助船队而在以色列被拘留，随后被遣返回瑞典。

detain /dɪˈteɪn/ 1）表示“拘留；扣押”，英文解释为“When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.”举个🌰：Police have detained two suspects in connection with the attack. 警方拘留了2名与该袭击事件有关的嫌疑人。

2）表示“耽搁；留住；阻留”，英文解释为“To detain someone means to delay them, for example, by talking to them.”举个🌰："Thank you. We won't detain you any further." “谢谢您。我们不再耽搁您了。”

📍词根“tain-”来自拉丁语“tenere”，意味着“持有，保留”，前缀“de-”表示“向下”，整体表示“向下持有”，即“拘留”或“扣留”。近义词：arrest（逮捕），同根词：detention（拘留），常用短语：be detained for questioning（被拘留接受询问）

deport /dɪˈpɔːt/ 表示“把…驱逐出境，把…遣送出境”，英文解释为“to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken the law”举个🌰：Thousands of illegal immigrants are caught and deported every year. 每年都有数千名非法移民被捕并被驱逐出境。

📺美剧《破产姐妹》（2 Broke Girls）中的台词提到：If you two work for me, I deport you. 如果你俩是我的佣人 我早驱逐你们出境了。

humanitarian /hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən/ 表示“人道主义的；人道主义者”，英文解释为“(a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people's lives and reducing suffering”举个🌰：The prisoner has been released for humanitarian reasons. 出于人道主义原因那名囚犯被释放了。

flotilla /fləˈtɪl.ə/ 表示“船队；小型舰队”，英文解释为“a large group of boats or small ships”

naval /ˈneɪ.vəl/ 表示“海军的；军舰的”，英文解释为“belonging to a country's navy, or relating to military ships”如：a naval officer 海军军官。

Neither Thunberg's representative nor the city of Venice immediately responded to ABC News' requests for comment.

通贝里的发言人和威尼斯市方面均未立即回应ABC新闻的置评请求。

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