Ten Minute History - The Unification of Italy (Short Documentary) · History Matters
本集讲述拿破仑战败后意大利的统一历程，聚焦自由革命者与保守势力的斗争，适合练习历史类词汇和复杂句型。
Napoleon has been defeated.
拿破仑已经被击败了。
During his time as the French emperor,
在他担任法国皇帝期间，
he had redrawn the borders of the
他重新划定了……的边界。
states in Italy to look like this
意大利的某些地区就是这个样子的。
after the Vienna Settlement they were changed to this mostly to what they had been before except that the Austrian Empire was given to control to
根据《维也纳和约》的安排，这些规定被修改为与之前大致相同的内容；唯一的不同是，奥地利帝国被划归了其他国家管辖。
The Austrians were basically
奥地利人基本上……
The most notable of these ideas being that the Italians should see themselves
其中最值得注意的观点是：意大利人应该将自己视为……（不过原文在此处并未明确“视为什么”）。
as a single people and dismiss any foreign intervention.
作为一个统一的民族，我们应该坚决抵制任何外国的干涉。
Naturally, this upset the many
当然，这让很多人感到不满。
earning them the title "reactionaries."
因此，他们被贴上了“反动派”的标签。
The years following the Vienna settlement were troubled with unrest with many liberal thinkers forming secret society, such as the Carbonari in the South.
维也纳和约签订后的几年里，社会动荡不断；许多自由主义思想家纷纷成立秘密组织，例如南部的“烧炭党”（Carbonari）。
In 1820 and 1821, a series of revolts and coups were launched across the Italian state in order to force through liberal reforms.
1820年和1821年，意大利全国各地爆发了一系列起义和政变，目的是推动自由主义改革的实施。
In the Kingdom of the two Sicilies, there were two.
在两西西里王国（the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies）中，存在两个这样的机构或实体（there were two）。
With those in Naples calling for the introduction of a new constitution and those on Sicily demanding independence for the island.
那不勒斯的人们呼吁制定新宪法，而西西里岛的居民则要求该岛独立。
Basically, no one in these revolutionary movements could agree on anything.
基本上，这些革命运动中的所有人都无法在任何问题上达成一致。
And the Austrian army, soon after, come down and crush them.
不久之后，奥地利军队也赶来并将他们彻底击败。