英语PK台 第268期:中国出招遏制校园暴力

 　　China targets school bullying¹

　　China's education authorities have launched a campaign to curb² school bullying. The campaign will last until December and targets elementary, middle and secondary vocational schools nationwide. The campaign will focus on legal and mental health education for students. Police and judicial³ staff will be invited to schools, sources with the Ministry⁴ of Education said Monday. The circular defines bullying as physical or verbal abuse, or abuse online. Schools are asked to improve measures for preventing and handling bullying and establish an emergency plan for serious incidents. They should operate a hotline for reporting of bullying, report to police any cases involving crimes.

　　There have been frequent media reports on school bullying in recent years. In late April, a video went viral showing a schoolgirl being slapped more than 30 times by a group of older girls. Police detained some of the perpetrators. Last year, a boy in a junior high school jumped from the fourth floor of a teaching building in a suicide attempt as he "just could not tolerate a life of being bullied⁵ everyday any longer," according to China Central Television.

　　Vocabulary:

　　Curb, circular, go viral, perpetrator

1 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

3 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》