The crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in Myanmar, the nation once known as Burma, drew global condemnation today. Britain’s prime minister said the loss of life was far greater than the ten deaths Myanmar has acknowledged. Britain and the US agreed to keep up pressure on Myanmar, even so, for today at least, the country’s rulers gained ground against the protestors. Our senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto managed to cross inside Myanmar today.
Yangon is a city on lockdown, the streets emptied by force. Today, armed police sealed tens of thousands of monks inside their monasteries and charged the hundreds of protesters still braving the gunfire. Military barricades and patrols kept many from joining the fray.
-- The extreme violence of the past two days has made everyone very cautious. The fear of being beaten or killed is on everyone’s minds. In graphic new evidence of the regime’sbrutality, amateur video caught a soldier apparently shooting a Japanese cameraman point blank. The government claimed he’d been caught in the crossfire.
Defiant Myanmar cut itself off from the outside world, blocking public access to the Internet -- the main way images like these have been getting out. So, posing as tourists, we crossed into southern Myanmar ourselves this morning. Police immediately confiscated our video camera. We filmed in secret on our cell phones.
-- Wherever we’ve gone since we crossed the border, we’ve been followed by two security officers both plainclothes. one of them over here with the hat on, the other behind us. They’re friendly but they make sure to be with us wherever we go.
The streets were busy but the main monastery nearly deserted. “I’m sad to see what’s happening,” one monk told us, “but I’m not afraid.” Today the government appears to have seized control, but its crackdown has driven even more people here to support the protests. A UN envoy arrives here tomorrow. What happens next depends largely on whether the international community can have any influence on Myanmar’s generals. Jim Sciutto, ABC News, Myawaddy, Myanmar.
crackdown : 탄압 , 진압 , 단속 * crack down (on~ ) : (~ 을 ) 엄하게 다스리다 , 탄압하다 , 단속하다 , 진압하다 condemnation : 비난 , 규탄 , 유죄판결 * condemn : ~ 을 ( 강하게 ) 비난하다 , 책망하다 , 유죄 판결을 하다 , < 에 게 형을 > 선고하다 (sentence), 운명지우다 ex. condemn a person for his error[idleness] 의 잘못 [ 게으름 ] 을 책망 하다 ex. condemn a person to imprisonment 에게 금고형을 선고하다 ex. He was condemned to be killed in the war. 그는 전쟁에서 죽을 운명 이었다 keep up : ~을 계속하다, 유지하다 ground : 비행기 의 이륙을 금지시키다 , ~ 의 비행 근무를 해제하다 , 벌로 아이의 외출을 금지시키다 , 땅 , 근거 , 이유 ex. All of their planes have been grounded. / ex. His parents grounded him for two weeks for smoking. * gain/ lose ground : 전진하다 , 진보하다 , 지지 [ 인기 , 힘 , 진지 ] 를 얻 다 / 후퇴 [ 퇴각 ] 하다 , 지지 [ 인기 , 세력 , 진지 ] 를 잃다 , 약세를 보이 다 , ( …에게 ) 지다 , 패배하다 [to] ( used to indicate that someone gets or loses an advantage. ) ex. There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls. / ex. The Republicans are gaining ground in the southern states. * make up ground : 만회하다 ex. We are two games behind Edinburgh and Glasgow now, so we have to make up ground. lockdown : 엄중한 감금 seal : ~ 에 봉인을 하다 , ~ 을 밀폐하다 , ~ 을 봉쇄하다 / To establish or determine irrevocably * seal off : 봉쇄하다 ex. During the war Germany was sealed off from news of the outside world. 전쟁 중에 독일은 외부 세계의 뉴스로부터 단절되어 있었다 . monk : 수도사 , ( 수도 ) 승 monastery : ( 남자의 ) 수도원 (convent 수녀원 ) brave : 용감한, 용맹한, vt. <위험·죽음에> 용 감히 맞서다 * brave it out (반대·비난에) 꺾이지 않고 맞서다 gunfire : 포화, 포격, 발포 fray : 싸움, 소동, 난투, 경쟁 / 1. a fight or argument 2. an exciting activity or situation in which someone competes with other people ex. Other bidders are now likely to enter the fray. on one's mind : 마음에 걸려 / If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot. ex. I just forgot. I've had a lot on my mind. / ex. You seem quiet today. Do you have something on your mind? ex. At school I was always in trouble -- my mind was never on my work. graphic : 도식으로 나타낸 , 그래프식의 , 생생하게 묘사된 (described giving a lot of detail so you have a clear idea of something, especially something unpleasant) ex. He described the accident in graphic detail. point blank : <사격 등이> 직사(直射)의(with the gun held very close to the person who is shot), 정면으로의, 노골적인(in a very firm and direct way), 직사로, 드러내놓고, 딱 잘라 ex. The thieves shot the store clerk point-blank. / ex. a point-blank shot 직사 / ex. a point-blank range 직접 탄도 거리 / ex. a point-blank refusal 퉁명스런 거절 ex. When I asked him point-blank how much money was left, he wouldn't answer me. be caught in ~ : ( 사건 ) 에 휘말리다 . 휩싸이다 . ex. We were caught in an unpleasant situation. crossfire : 십자 포화, 서로 발포하는 상황 / A confrontational situation in which opposing factions, forces, views, or opinions converge defiant : 도전적인 , 반항적인 / refusing to obey a person or rule ex. be defiant of ~ ~ 을 무시하다 * defy : 반항하다 , 무시하다 / to refuse to obey; to act against a person, decision, law, situation, etc ex. children openly defying their teachers ex. defy sb to do sth : I defy you to do this. / I defy you to prove your accusations. pose : 포즈를 취하다 , ~ 인 체하다 ex. police officers posing as customers 고객으로 가장한 경찰관들 * pose as a detective 형사인체 하다 , 형사로 가장하다 * pose a problem/difficulty/risk/threat : ex. We are being told that the accident poses no threat to the environment. ex. pose a serious threat to the security of the state 국가의 안전을 몹시 위협하다 . * pose a challenge: ex. They had been expected to pose a serious challenge to the main parties. confiscate : 몰수 [ 압수 ] 하다 , 징발하다 plain clothes : 평복, 사복 <경찰 등> * plainclothes 사복의 <경찰 등>/ * plainclothesman 사복 경찰관, 사복 형사 desert : 버리다 , 유기하다 , 저버리다 , < 선원 군인 등이 > 탈 주 [ 탈영 ] 하다 * deserted : <사람 등이> 버림받은, 유기된, <장소가> 인기 척이 없는, 사람이 살지 않는 ex. a deserted street 인적 없는 거리. seize control : 장악하다 drive + 목 + to do : ~를…하게 내몰다 ex. Hunger drives one to steal. 배가 고프면 도둑질을 하게 된 다. ex. I was driven to resign. 사직해야 할 처지에 몰렸다. envoy : 외교 사절, 외교관, 사자, 대표