1. There are hundreds of peasant uprisings, great and small, against the dark rule of the landlords and the nobility. 反对地主和贵族的黑暗统治的农民起义，大大小小的有数百次。
2. Mobile-phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social networking sites and shown on television newscasts. 手机拍摄的阿拉伯起义和美国龙卷风的画面被发布在社交网站上，并在电视新闻广播中播放。
3. Many analysts saw these events as uprisings against inequalities, in income levels and opportunities, especially for youth. 许多分析家把这些事件视为奋起反抗收入水平和机遇方面的不平等现象，其中尤其涉及青年人。
4. It has become an invaluable tool for spreading breaking news and played a major role in the recent uprisings in the Middle East. 它已经成为突发新闻传播过程中无可替代的工具，同时，还在近期的中东动乱中扮演了重要的角色。
5. But for his argument to be anything close to persuasive, he has to convince readers that in the absence of social media, those uprisings would not have been possible. 但是他的论点太过于主观了，他能否说服读者，在没有社会媒体工具时，这些社会变革难道不会发生吗？
