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In May, a witness in the U.S. city of Minneapolis recorded a video
今年5月,一名目击者在美国明尼阿波利斯市录制了一段
of a black man dying as he is being arrested by police.
一个黑人在被警察逮捕时死去的视频。
Upheaval. One police officer was charged with murder
剧变。一名警察被控谋杀乔治·弗洛伊德,
and three other officers were charged in connection with the death of George Floyd.
另外三名警察被控与乔治·弗洛伊德的死亡有关。
His death caused an upheaval in the city
弗洛伊德的死亡导致该市发生了剧变,
as protesters burned a police station.
抗议者烧毁了一个警察局。
Protests against police aggression grow around the world.
世界各地反对警察侵犯的抗议活动不断增加。
Upheaval is a violent or sudden change that can cause trouble, insecurity and worry.
剧变是一种暴力或突然的变化,它会引起麻烦、不安和担忧。
In science, upheaval is the rise of part of the earth's outer shell during an earthquake.
在科学上,“upheaval”是指地震时地球外壳的一部分隆起。