与美国小学生一起学英文第12册 第15期:联合抵制

 　　Boycott¹ 联合抵制

　　Do you know what a boycott is? 你知道什么是抵制吗？

　　A boycott means² that people don't buy certain products. 抵制意味着人们不买某些产品。

　　Sometimes people boycott products because they believe that the company or the country which made the product is behaving badly. 有时人们抵制产品是因为他们相信制造产品的公司或国家行为不端。

　　Here's a simple example. 举个简单的例子。

　　There is a book store in your town, the owner of the store sells books at a higher price than other bookstores, 在你的镇上有一家书店，店主卖书的价格以比其他书店高，

　　so the people in your town decide to boycott the bookstore. 所以你们镇上的人们决定抵制这个书店。

　　In other words, people stop buying books from the store. 换句话说，人们不再从这个书店买书了。

　　In order for this to be a real boycott, a lot of people should participate³. 为了让这成为真正的抵制，很多人都应该加入进来。

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 participate   

v.参加，参与；分担，分享；有几分…

参考例句：

• The people are demanding a chance to participate more in government.人民要求更多的参与政事的机会。
• You may well participate with us in our gains.你们完全可以跟我们共享利益.