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Thousands of people have taken to the streets in China, chanting slogans and holding pieces of white paper. Why are people protesting? What has caused the anger? And what is going to happen next? Let’s discuss these questions while practicing some useful English vocabulary!
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Vocabulary List
To demonstrate (v) - to make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting
Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new proposals.
Lockdown (n) - a period of time in which people are not allowed to leave their homes or travel freely, because of a dangerous disease
The government has been attempting to eliminate the virus by imposing a lockdown
To crush (v) - to defeat someone completely
The government crushed the protests last week
To embrace (v) - to accept something enthusiastically
I embraced the opportunity he gave me
At the expense of (idiom) - If you do one thing at the expense of another, doing the first thing harms the second thing
The company prioritised speed at the expense of safety
To trigger (v) - to cause something to start
An incident of police violence triggered protests across the country
To censor (v) - to remove parts of something, such as a book, movie, or letter, that you do not want someone to see or hear
They censored the movie before releasing it in China
Underlying (adj) - real but not immediately obvious
We need to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and suffering
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