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中考英语外刊精读-网络暴力刘学洲事件
(1)网络暴力 cyberbully v&n.
cyber 赛博,与网络有关的+bully欺凌、欺辱
=cyberbully
eg.The cyberbullied boy was dead. 遭网暴的男孩已死。
(2)团聚,重逢 reunion n. [ˌriːˈjuːniən]
(3)grip [ɡrɪp] v. 紧握,抓住,或指吸引某人的注意力
eg. His performance gripped the viewers at the first sight.
他的表现在第一眼就惊艳了观众。
(4)biological family 血亲家庭
(biology:生物;biological family即生物学上的、有血缘关系的家庭。相应地:生父:biological father;生母:biological mother)
(5)adoptive family 收养家庭
(养父母:adoptive parents)
(6)take one's own life 自杀
(7) block v. (在社交媒体上)屏蔽或拉黑
(8)bear v. 忍受
too much to bear 难以忍受
eg. I can't bear it any more. 我再也受不了了。
(9)来生 next life
(10)manage to do sth 设法做某事,想办法做某事
eg. He managed to track down his parents. 他设法查到了父母的踪迹。
进阶版词汇
(1)be flooded with 被…淹没的(be full of和be filled with的进阶版)
(2)sympathy n. 同情心
sympathetic adj. 同情的,有同情心的
(3)endure
v. 持续
eg. Not every relationship will endure.
不是每段感情都能长久。
v. 忍受、忍耐(可视为bear的进阶版)
eg. The pain was almost too great to endure. 这痛苦几乎无法忍受。
文章精读
Liu Xuezhou: Outrage over death of 'twice abandoned' China teen
A Chinese teenager who was sold by his parents as a baby, and reportedly rejected by them after a recent reunion, has died.
刘学州是个中国少年,他婴儿时便被父母卖掉,据报道,他在重逢后再次被父母抛弃,现已死亡。
Liu Xuezhou apparently took his own life in Hainan province on Monday morning, according to reports.
据报道,刘学州在本周一于海南省自杀。
His story has gripped China and prompted an outpouring of sympathy.
他的故事牵动着整个中国,人们的同情不断涌来。
The 17-year-old's story first came to national attention after he posted a video asking for help finding his biological family.
这个17岁孩子的故事最先受到全国关注,是从他发了一条视频,让人们帮他寻找生父母开始。
According to media reports, Liu was sold by his biological parents in 2005 and was taken in by another family.
根据媒体报道,刘学州于2005年被生父母卖掉,由另一个家庭收养。
However, his adoptive parents later died in an accident, and he spent most of his life with his grandparents and other relatives.
然而,他的养父母后来死于一场事故,他大部分的时间都和爷爷奶奶还有其他亲戚一起生活。
In December last year the 17-year-old managed to track down his birth parents, who had since divorced and remarried, after he started an online search.
去年12月,这个男孩试图寻找生父母的下落。经过网络搜寻后他发现,他们已经离婚又各自再婚了。
Mr Liu said on social media that it had been a happy reunion at first - but things took a turn after he reportedly claimed he needed financial help.
学州在社交媒体上说,一开始的团聚是很开心的,但自从媒体报道说他需要金钱资助后,一切都变了。
He said he had asked his parents if he could live with them, or to buy or rent a home for him as he did not have one of his own.
他说他是曾问过父母,是否能跟他们一起生活,或者给他买、甚至是租个房子,因为他没有自己的家。
However, he alleged that his parents cut him off instead, with his mother even blocking him on messaging platform WeChat.
但是,他称父母立即与他断联。他母亲甚至在微信上拉黑了他。
His parents have disputed this, with his mother saying Mr Liu tried to force her into buying him a home, which she could not afford.
他的父母对此有争议。他母亲声称刘学州逼她买房子,而她买不起。
Mr Liu later said he would sue his birth parents for abandonment, saying in a Weibo post that he would "see them in court".
刘学州后来表示要以遗弃罪起诉生父母,在微博中发文称“法院见”。
The teenager was then reportedly cyberbullied, with many saying that he had only wanted a house from his parents and that he was trying to gain sympathy.
这个孩子后来遭到了网暴,很多人说他不只想从父母那里获得房子,还想博取同情。
Just after midnight on Monday, Mr Liu posted a long essay on Weibo, in which he detailed the events of his life and how he was attacked online.
周一午夜刚过,刘学州在微博上发表长文,回顾了他一生的遭遇,以及他是如何在网上被攻击的。
"I have endured being called many names," he said, saying he had been effectively "abandoned twice" by his biological parents.
“我一直忍受着别人用不同的词汇诋毁我”,他说,自己已经被生父母抛弃了两次了。
In the final lines of his note he said he was "ending this life of mine". The post triggered frantic comments urging him not to take his own life, and calls for those in the nearby vicinity to find him.
在文章的最后一行,他说要“结束自己的一生”。这篇博文引发了大量评论,网友都劝他不要轻生,并呼吁附近的人去找他。
His aunt later confirmed his death with local media, saying he was later found hours after the note was published and rushed to a hospital where he died in the early hours of Monday.
他的舅妈随后和当地媒体证实了他的死亡。舅妈表示,博文发出后的几个小时后他被找到了,赶去医院后,周一一早不幸离世。
Mr Liu's Weibo page has since been flooded with sympathetic comments, with many expressing anger towards the cyberbullies.
自此,刘学州的微博主页被同情淹没,许多评论都斥责网络暴力。
"The cyberbullying he endured was too much to bear for an adult, let alone a child," one said.
“网络暴力对成年人来说都难以承受,更不要说一个孩子了”,一个网友说。
Others said they hoped he would find a good family "in his next life".
其他人则表示他们希望他“来世”能找到一个好人家。
"I hope in your next life you find parents who protect you, brothers and sisters who love you and live a life without worries".
“希望在来生,你能找到保护你的父母、爱你的兄弟姐妹,幸福无忧。”
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