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Student strike for democracy

 

由9月22日大專生罷課，到中學生和公眾人士加入，甚至佔領中環提早啟動，香港情勢急劇變化。

讓我們審視本土及海外新聞，了解學生訴求、思考公民抗命所為何事。

 

Thousands of Hong Kong students boycotted classes on Monday to protest against Beijing’s decision to restrict electoral reforms in a week-long strike marking the latest phase in the battle for democracy. (The Guardian)

 

boycott 杯葛

(verb動詞 / noun 名詞)

 

例子：The opposition parties are boycotting the elections

 

  • a boycott of classes 罷課
  • boycott classes = student strike=sit-in

 

例子：A common tactic of student protest is to go on strike (sometimes called a boycott of classes).

 

What did the students do and wear?

Thousands are boycotting classes this week, gathering instead on a university campus wearing yellow ribbons and waving placards; a determined but peaceful exercise in people power and all of them saying the same thing: "I want my voice to be heard. We want real democracy. Genuine universal suffrage for Hong Kong."

 

  • civil disobedience 公民抗命

  • popular nomination 公民提名

 

The call to arms is emblazoned across the chest of a student in Hong Kong with "When dictatorship becomes a fact, revolution becomes a duty."

 

be emblazoned with（醒目地）印上（花紋等）

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The National Flag of the PRC is a red rectangle emblazoned with five stars.

 

T-shirt slogans have an uncomfortable ring to an avowedly revolutionary government.

 

has a ring to sth 耳熟的

 

例子：His excuse had a strangely familiar ring .   （他的藉口聽起來有點耳熟。）

 

avowed 公開宣稱的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

= declared / admitted

 

► an avowed supporter = a person who has declared to support sth

 

escalate 升級

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Hong Kong students escalate pro-democracy protest.

 

The students' boycott is seen as a prelude to a larger demonstration planned for 1 October, organised by pro-democracy group Occupy Central, which has vowed to block the financial district.

 

prelude 前奏

(noun 名詞)

   
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