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On the eve of the Spanish American war a naval squad under Commodore Dewey suddenly appeared （amazing） off the coast of the Philippines.
西班牙和美国之战前夜，海军准将杜威带领的一支海军队伍神奇地突然出现在了菲律宾海岸
On may 1st 1898 Dewey's squadron demolished both the Spanish fleet and the shore batteries at Manila
1898年5月1日，杜威的海军中队粉碎西班牙舰队和马尼拉的海岸炮兵连，
however Dewey had to be careful about capturing Manila, the US did not want the native Filipinos taking the city from the Spanish
但是杜威对于攻破马尼拉必须要小心谨慎，美国并不想让当地的菲律宾人从西班牙手下得到城市
because then they might set up their own country instead the Spanish surrendered to the Americans on August 14th 1898.
因为他们可能会建立起自己的国家，1898年8月14日，西班牙向美国人投降
At first the Filipinos were grateful to the US for driving out the hated Spanish
一开始，菲律宾人非常感谢美国驱逐出了可恨的西班牙人
but gratitude turned to resentment as the Filipinos saw that the Americans came not as liberators but as imperialist exploiters.
但是很快他们的感谢就转变成了憎恨，因为他们看到，美国人并不是来解放他们的而是来剥削他们的帝国主义者
An unfortunate incident between US troops and Filipinos turned into a gun fight, the gun fight turned into a Filipino revolution.
美国军队和菲律宾人之间发生的小摩擦演变成了枪战，枪战又演变成菲律宾人的革命
Both the Americans and the Filipinos fought hard but the Americans were better equipped and did more of the killing
美国人和菲律宾人都分离抗战，但是美国人的装备更先进、菲律宾的伤亡更多
as many as a million Filipinos lost their lives before the revolution was finally put down in 1914.
1914年革命最终被镇压的时候已经有一百万菲律宾人在战争中牺牲
