Biểu tình tại Brazil

Từ vựng - Vocabulary

on this scale - qui mô như vậy riot gear - trang thiết bị chống bạo động barriers - rào chắn rising costs - chi phí gia tăng staging - đăng cai

Bài khóa - Transcript

The Brazil hasn't seen protests on this scale for over 20 years.

Police in riot gear stood behind barriers to protect state buildings in Rio, where over 100,000 people joined the march.

Demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, to protest about the rising costs of public transport and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup.

Bản dịch - Translation

Brazil chưa từng có những vụ biểu tình với quy mô như thế này từ 20 năm qua.

Cảnh sát với trang thiết bị chống bạo động đứng sau các rào chắn để bảo vệ các tòa nhà chính phủ ở Rio, nơi hơn 100.000 người đã tham gia tuần hành.

Người biểu tình đã diễu hành qua các đường phố ở các thành phố lớn nhất của Brazil để phản đối chi phí gia tăng trong giao thông công cộng và các phí tổn đăng cai World Cup 2014.

Bài tập - Exercise

Hãy dùng các từ và cụm từ dưới đây ở dạng thích hợp để hoàn thành những câu sau:

on this scale / riot gear / barriers / rising costs / staging

1. A tile manufacturer is shedding 75 jobs as part of "restructuring" plans. Johnson Tiles, which employs about 400 people at its factory in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, said the _________ of energy had affected business.

2. The Turkish government worried that the women's funeral might end in violence. As the ceremony ended, a group of several hundred young men marched up the hill towards a police station. Officers dressed in _________ came out to stand in front of the main gate. But neither side confronted the other.

3. King Richard's skeletal remains were found by archaeologists beneath a car park in Leicester, and are due to be re-interred in the city next year. York City Council is _________ events including exhibitions and festivals.

4. Prosecutors described the thieves as "professionals". They had dressed as police, wore masks and were well armed. They forced their way through security _________ and drove towards the Helvetic Airways plane, forcing open the cargo hold to reach gems that had already been loaded.

5. The US has expressed concern over Turkey's handling of the protests and Amnesty International condemned the police's tactics, saying: "The use of violence by police _________ appears designed to deny the right to peaceful protest altogether and to discourage others from taking part."

Giải đáp - Answers

1. A tile manufacturer is shedding 75 jobs as part of "restructuring" plans. Johnson Tiles, which employs about 400 people at its factory in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, said the rising cost of energy had affected business.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Johnson Tiles to cut 75 jobs in 'restructuring plan'</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/14golCd" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. The Turkish government worried that the women's funeral might end in violence. As the ceremony ended, a group of several hundred young men marched up the hill towards a police station. Officers dressed in riot gear came out to stand in front of the main gate. But neither side confronted the other.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Calls for peace at funerals of slain PKK activists</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/17VyY2y" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. King Richard's skeletal remains were found by archaeologists beneath a car park in Leicester, and are due to be re-interred in the city next year. York City Council is staging events including exhibitions and festivals.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Richard III celebrations announced for York</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/11WFW34" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. Prosecutors described the thieves as "professionals". They had dressed as police, wore masks and were well armed. They forced their way through security barriers and drove towards the Helvetic Airways plane, forcing open the cargo hold to reach gems that had already been loaded.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Arrests over $50m Belgium airport diamond heist</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/15g8zX3" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. The US has expressed concern over Turkey's handling of the protests and Amnesty International condemned the police's tactics, saying: "The use of violence by police on this scale appears designed to deny the right to peaceful protest altogether and to discourage others from taking part."

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Turkey protest: Anti-government clashes spread</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1bRz4pk" platform="highweb"/></link>