Washington (AFP) - The United States celebrated Independence Day with a long weekend of barbecues and fireworks but in violence-plagued Chicago more than 101 were hit by gunfire with 14 dying of their wounds the Chicago Tribune said on Wednesday.
华盛顿（法新社）：美国以一个充满烧烤和烟火的长假来庆祝独立日，但是芝加哥论坛在周三时称，在暴力肆虐的芝加哥，有101人被枪击，其中14人重伤不治。
The youngest of the victims was just 13 years old and the eldest 60 the newspaper said noting that the shootings were concentrated in the south and west of the country's third largest city.
受害者中最年轻的仅有13岁，最大的有60岁，报纸上说此次枪击发生在这个美国第三大城市的南部和西部地区。
The heavy toll came after President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would be sending federal reinforcements to tackle chronic violence in Chicago where local police forces were slammed for abuse in a federal report put out last January.
就在特朗普总统周五刚刚宣布他要往芝加哥增加力量来治理当地的慢性暴力活动后不久就发生了这场重大伤亡，而就在今年一月份在一分联邦报告中，当地警方因滥用权力被猛烈批评。
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The long bout of holiday violence began on Friday and ended in the early hours of Wednesday July 5. The holiday started off relatively peacefully but violence quickly escalated on Tuesday afternoon when 41 people were shot in just 12 hours.
这次假日暴力开始于上周五，结束于本周三也就是7月5号。这个假期开始时还相对平静，但是很快周二下午暴力很快升级并且在12小时内有41人遭枪击。
Violence in the city has drawn a great deal of media attention because it is where former president Barack Obama worked as a civil rights attorney and law professor and where he still maintains a high profile.
芝加哥的暴力活动引起了很多媒体的关注，因为前总统奥巴马曾在此地做过民权律师和法律教授，直到现在他仍很高调。
The rate of violence relative to the size of the population is however lower than other US cities such as St Louis or Baltimore.
然而芝加哥人均暴力发生率却比美国其他城市要小，比如圣路易斯或者巴尔的摩。
华盛顿（法新社）：美国以一个充满烧烤和烟火的长假来庆祝独立日，但是芝加哥论坛在周三时称，在暴力肆虐的芝加哥，有101人被枪击，其中14人重伤不治。
The youngest of the victims was just 13 years old and the eldest 60 the newspaper said noting that the shootings were concentrated in the south and west of the country's third largest city.
受害者中最年轻的仅有13岁，最大的有60岁，报纸上说此次枪击发生在这个美国第三大城市的南部和西部地区。
The heavy toll came after President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would be sending federal reinforcements to tackle chronic violence in Chicago where local police forces were slammed for abuse in a federal report put out last January.
就在特朗普总统周五刚刚宣布他要往芝加哥增加力量来治理当地的慢性暴力活动后不久就发生了这场重大伤亡，而就在今年一月份在一分联邦报告中，当地警方因滥用权力被猛烈批评。
-------------译者：自从居士-
The long bout of holiday violence began on Friday and ended in the early hours of Wednesday July 5. The holiday started off relatively peacefully but violence quickly escalated on Tuesday afternoon when 41 people were shot in just 12 hours.
这次假日暴力开始于上周五，结束于本周三也就是7月5号。这个假期开始时还相对平静，但是很快周二下午暴力很快升级并且在12小时内有41人遭枪击。
Violence in the city has drawn a great deal of media attention because it is where former president Barack Obama worked as a civil rights attorney and law professor and where he still maintains a high profile.
芝加哥的暴力活动引起了很多媒体的关注，因为前总统奥巴马曾在此地做过民权律师和法律教授，直到现在他仍很高调。
The rate of violence relative to the size of the population is however lower than other US cities such as St Louis or Baltimore.
然而芝加哥人均暴力发生率却比美国其他城市要小，比如圣路易斯或者巴尔的摩。
