CNN News：伊朗抗議活動(dòng)

Persian is the official language of what nation?

波斯語(yǔ)是什么國(guó)家的官方語(yǔ)言?

Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia or Pakistan?

伊拉克，伊朗，沙特阿拉伯還是巴基斯坦?

Persian is the official language of Iran, a country that used to be known as Persia.

波斯語(yǔ)是伊朗的官方語(yǔ)言，而伊朗就是曾經(jīng)的波斯。

AZUZ: Over the past week, demonstrations against Iran`s government, a theocratic republic, that led to the deaths of 21 people and the arrest of hundreds. And though an Iranian military official says the protests are officially over, they were seen as the strongest challenge to the nation`s government since massive demonstrations were held in 2009 over controversial elections. Social media video appears to show unrest in several Iranian cities, including the capital of Tehran.

在過(guò)去的一周里，伊朗政府的示威游行導(dǎo)致21人死亡，數(shù)百人被捕。盡管一名伊朗軍方官員說(shuō)，抗議活動(dòng)已經(jīng)正式結(jié)束，但此次示威游行是自2009年在有爭(zhēng)議的選舉中舉行大規(guī)模示威活動(dòng)以來(lái)對(duì)該國(guó)政府的最大挑戰(zhàn)。社交媒體視頻記錄了伊朗幾個(gè)城市的動(dòng)蕩，包括德黑蘭的首都。

This started last Thursday. Reasons included a downturn in Iran`s economy, corruption that spread throughout the country, rising food and gas prices and the cost of living that stayed relatively high.

上周四開(kāi)始。示威游行的原因有伊朗經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷、全國(guó)的腐敗、食品和天然氣價(jià)格上漲以及生活成本相對(duì)較高。

U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted his support of the protesters, saying he had respect for those trying to, quote, take back their corrupt government. Some Iranian officials had blamed the United States and its allies for provoking the rallies against the Iranian government. There was a counterprotest held this week with thousands marching in support of Iran`s government. Some of the people there chanted "death to America".

美國(guó)總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普在推特上表示支持抗議者，稱他尊重那些試圖收回他們腐敗政府的人。一些伊朗官員指責(zé)美國(guó)及其盟友挑起了反對(duì)伊朗政府的集會(huì)。本周舉行了一場(chǎng)反抗議活動(dòng)，數(shù)千人游行支持伊朗政府。那里的一些人高呼“美國(guó)之死”。

Observers around the world will be watching what happens in Iran this Friday, when protests are held in the Middle Eastern nation, they often start after Friday prayers.

中東國(guó)家舉行抗議活動(dòng)時(shí)，世界各地的觀察人士將關(guān)注周五伊朗發(fā)生的事件，抗議通常在周五祈禱之后開(kāi)始。