西班牙人抗议新对象:银行

短语讲解：

1. Europe is suffering from its worst ever real-estate market.

suffer from因…而受罚〔苦, 损〕
例句：Other middle-income oil importers would suffer from continued low commodity prices. 
其它中等收入石油进口国将受到持续的产品价格低的害处。
real-estate market房地产市场

2. And one country that seems to be pushing back hard at its government is Spain.

push back使撤退, 使回到原处
例句：The invaders were pushed back beyond their own country eventually.
入侵者最终被赶回到自己的国境内。

3. More than two months after Spain's so-called "indignados" began occupying city squares to protest high unemployment and perceived government corruption, they have turned to a new target: Spanish banks.

turn to (把注意力等)转向
例句：More and more people turn to computer science.
愈来愈多的人从事计算机科学研究。

4. The Spanish protesters who first took over Madrid's central square in May are back again, this time with a new target: Spain's banking laws, which are some of the strictest in Europe, particularly when it comes to mortgages.

take over接管; 接替
例句：The government took over the railways in 1948.
政府于1948年接管了铁路。
when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……
例句：When it comes to German, I know nothing.
谈到德语,我一窍不通。

5. That means people who have lost their homes are saddled with mountains of debt as well.

saddle with强迫(某人)承担
例句：At his father's death he was saddled with heavy debts.
他父亲的死使他负起很重的债务。

6. It is a predicament that has happened to more than 300,000 Spaniards since the housing bubble burst in 2008.

happen to发生在…身上
例句：An odd thing happened to him this morning.
他今天早晨遇到一件怪事。

7. Garcia and other protesters find out where the next housing eviction will be, and go to the house.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。

8. The protesters are also circulating a petition calling on the Spanish government to change local mortgage laws.

call on要求, 请求, 号召
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

9. At a time when more than one in five Spaniards is out of work, these laws make people angry.

out of work失业
例句：My husband is out of work.
我的丈夫失业了。

10. "We're just asking, erase those debts and at least stop, for the moment, the evictions. We, all of us, are affected - in all the world," Garcia added.

for the moment 暂时, 目前
例句：I have nothing to do for the moment.
我暂时无事可干。

11. While some of the protesters are focusing on Spain's banking system, others say the whole European economic system is the problem.

focus on集中于，致力于
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。