A week of unexpected and unprecedentedly widespread street protests that turned violent at times has left Brazilians both apprehensive and hopeful about their future. After days of what aides described as “perplexity”, President Dilma Rousseff tried to calm the nation on Friday with a televised address, promising to work with all parties, governors and mayors to improve public services and reform a discredited political system. She tried to embrace the protests while vowing to restore public order and prevent the repetition of vandalism and looting in various cities and attacks against public buildings that had shocked the country.
整整一个星期频频出现暴力行为的大面积街头抗议既出人意料又规模空前，令巴西人对未来感到惶恐而又有所期盼。在经历了被助理们形容为“困惑”的几天后，巴西总统迪尔玛•罗塞夫(Dilma Rousseff)上周五试图通过电视讲话安抚国民。她承诺要与所有党派、州长以及市长共同努力，改善公共服务，改革失去信用的政治体制。她试图一方面欢迎抗议，另一方面誓言恢复公共秩序，防止那些令全国震惊的行为（包括在不同城市出现的破坏和抢劫，以及对公共建筑的冲击）重演。