新西兰英语 542 “Occupy” groups in New Zealand
时间：2013-08-30 01:38:10
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Occupy Wall St which began in New York in September has spread around the world. By last Saturday, there were 2,668 groups in about 100 countries. Occupy protest1 groups have been in our main cities for the last six weeks but now councils3 are getting tired of them and want the protesters to go home.
Occupy groups are
protesting4 against economic and social inequality. They say, “We are the 99%”. They mean that 1% of the people in countries like ours have most of the money while 99% suffer. Too many people work for low wages or are
unemployed5. This is not fair.
In Dunedin,
Auckland6 and Wellington, Occupy groups are living in tents in the centre of the city. About 100 people in 70 tents are in Auckland’s Aotea Square. They say that we have freedom of speech in New Zealand so they have the right to protest but the
council2 says that they are stopping other people from using the Aotea Square. The council wants the court to stop the protest. The judge gave the protesters one week to decide what to do. The court case will be next Monday.
Vocabulary
occupy – stay there, live there
inequality – not equal
economic inequality – a few people are very rich; a great many are poor
social inequality – a few people live in expensive houses, have expensive cars and go on
overseas7 holidays; a great many people live in poor houses and never have enough money
suffer – they feel pain
Questions
1.Do you think the Occupy groups should be allowed to stay in the centre of the city?
2.Will this protest movement change anything?
3.Does protest ever change anything?
4.Protest movements are not usually world-wide. How did Occupy become a world-wide protest?
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