Councilor（语境补充词）/ˈkaʊnsɪlər/ Ravi opened a hearing on a statute（法令、法规）/'stætju:t/ extending the East Parish（教区、堂区）/'pæriʃ/ curfew. A partisan（党羽、虔诚信徒）/'pɑ:tizn/ faction（小派系、内讧）/'fækʃәn/ endorsed（支持、赞同）/in'dɒ:s/ the crackdown（制裁、镇压）/'krækdaun/ after a casino（卡西诺赌场、卡西诺牌戏）/kә'si:nәu/ syndicate（企业联合、辛迪加）/'sindikit/ fight, while an electoral（选举人的、选举的）/i'lektәrәl/ youth group organized（有组织的、组织起来的）/'ɔ:^әnaizd/ dissent（异议）/di'sent/. The bill would entail（限定继承）/in'teil/ a midnight stop for every teenager. Critics（批评家、鉴定家）/'kritik/ called that crude（天然的、未成熟的）/kru:d/ design absurd（荒诞）/әb'sә:d/; supporters（支持者、后盾）/sә'pɒ:tә/ said only a sinister（不吉利的、凶恶的）/'sinistә/ adversary（敌手、对手）/'ædvәsәri/ would oppose it. Ravi asked everyone to abide by evidence（遵循证据）/əˈbaɪd baɪ ˈɛvədəns/ rather than spectacle（引人羡慕的东西、景象）/'spektәkl/.

Captain Bell displayed an intricate（复杂的、错综的）/'intrikit/ chart of arrests, but the data mixed a petrochemical（石化产品）/.petrәu'kemikәl/ protest, a jolly（愉快的、高兴的）/'dʒɒli/ street festival, and one vicious（缺点的、恶的）/'viʃәs/ assault. The apparent rise could baffle（迷惑、挡板）/'bæfl/ even an expert. Bell said officers needed free rein（不受限制的权力）/fri reɪn/ to suppress（镇压、使止住）/sә'pres/ an uprising（起义、暴动）/'ʌpraiziŋ/; Mina argued that such power could repress（镇压、抑制）/ri'pres/ ordinary students and paralyze（使瘫痪、使麻痹）/'pærәlaiz/ evening work. “I affirm（断言、确认）/ә'fә:m/ that the optimum（最适条件、最佳效果）/'ɒptimәm/ policy is a six-month（语境补充词）/six-month/ extension.” “Then extract the youth-only figures（提取仅涉及青年的数据）/ˈɛkˌstrækt ðə youth-only ˈfɪgjərz/ before asking us to concede（要求我们让步）/ˈæskɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kənˈsid/.”

A bald（变秃）/bɒ:ld/ bureaucrat（官僚作风的人、官僚）/'bjuәrәukræt/ began to preoccupy（抢先占领、使全神贯注）/pri:'ɒkjupai/ the room with rumors that rival groups conspire（阴谋、协力）/kәn'spaiә/ behind a partition（分割、隔离物）/pɑ:'tiʃәn/. Ravi cut off the claim. A parish nurse described a timid（胆小的、羞怯的）/'timid/ patient struck（语境补充词）/strək/ during a police sweep; a shopkeeper（零售商、店主）/'ʃɒp.ki:pә/ said broken（坏掉的、打破的）/'brәukәn/ glass had saturated（使渗透、浸透）/'sætʃәreit/ a cork（软木塞、软木树）/kɒ:k/ display. Neither anecdote proved destiny（命运、定数）/'destini/. A democratic（语境补充词）/ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk/ regime（制度、生活制度）/rei'ʒi:m/ must tolerate challenge, not retaliate against（报复）/rɪˈtæliˌeɪt əˈgɛnst/ it. “Will targeted patrols surpass（超越、凌驾）/sә'pɑ:s/ a blanket curfew（一刀切的宵禁）/ə ˈblæŋkɪt ˈkərfju/ without limiting lawful（法律许可的、守法的）/'lɒ:ful/ movement?” “They may, if the council funds trained teams and a faster response tempo（速度、节奏）/'tempәu/.”

Mina proposed an amend（修改、改善）/ә'mend/ package: trim（整齐、情形）/trim/ the curfew to two weekends, publish stop data, and nominate（提名、任命）/'nɒmineit/ an independent reviewer. The room did not erupt into an uprising. Instead, speakers used symmetry（对称、匀称）/'simitri/ in weighing safety and liberty（权衡安全与自由）/weɪɪŋ ˈseɪfti ənd ˈlɪbərˌti/. One former adversary gave Mina a salute（招呼、敬礼）/sә'lu:t/; another warned that gangs might snap（猛咬、猛扑）/snæp/ restraints（抑制、克制）/ri'streint/ and retaliate（报复、回敬）/ri'tælieit/. Ravi asked whether anyone could uphold（支撑、赞成）/ʌp'hәuld/ the original bill unchanged（无变化的）/.ʌn'tʃeindʒd/. “A narrow trial lets us measure harm before we surrender rights.” “I will put the amendment to a recorded vote（把修正案提交记名表决）/pʊt ðə əˈmɛndmənt tɪ ə rɪˈkɔrdɪd voʊt/.”

Turnout（聚集的人群、出席者）/'tә:naut/ filled the chamber and terrace. A medical diagram of a fractured skull（头盖骨、头脑）/skʌl/ clarified the assault's seriousness（严肃、认真）/'siәriәsnis/. Ravi asked everyone to abide by evidence not spectacle. Such power could repress students and paralyze evening work. A democratic regime must tolerate challenge not retaliate against it. A narrow trial lets us measure harm before surrendering rights. Policy can remain firm without becoming a vicious instrument. The amended measure passed by unanimous vote（一致表决通过）/pæst baɪ juˈnænəməs voʊt/; nobody treated the result as a trophy（战利品、奖品）/'trәufi/. Police would focus on violent hotspots（语境补充词）/hotspots/, while monitors could reel（卷轴、一卷）/ri:l/ back any discriminatory（有辨识力的、有差别的）/di'skriminәtәri; (?@) -tɔ:ri/ practice. Ravi rejected the notion that public order requires citizens to stroll（闲逛、漫步）/strәul/ at a government-set（语境补充词）/government-set/ tempo. The process would isolate a real threat, test a limited response, and keep authority answerable to the people（对人民负责）/ˈænsərəbəl tɪ ðə ˈpipəl/.