敘利亞難民

Alan Kurdi’s Story: Behind The Most Heartbreaking Photo of 2015

Alan Kurdi was one of a million. In the summer of 2015, the three-year-old Syrian boy of Kurdish origins and his family fled the war engulfing their country, hoping to join relatives in the safety of Canada. They were part of a historic flow of refugees from the Middle East to Europe this year, and they followed the dangerous route taken by so many others.

In the early hours of Sept. 2, the family crowded onto a small inflatable boat on the beach of Bodrum, Turkey. A few minutes into the journey to Greece, the dinghy capsized. Alan, his older brother Ghalib and his mother Rihanna all drowned, joining the more than 3,600 other refugees who died in the eastern Mediterranean this year.

網址:http://time.com/4162306/alan-kurdi-syria-drowned-boy-refugee-crisis/

who:Alan Kurdi 

when:In the summer of 2015

what:Alan, his older brother Ghalib and his mother Rihanna all drowned, joining the more than 3,600 other refugees who died in the eastern Mediterranean

why: the dinghy capsized

key words:

engulf 包圍;吞沒

refugee難民

inflatable可充氣的

dinghy小帆船

capsize翻覆

drowned溺死的

美白人警殺黑人

What Happened in Ferguson?

Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. The shooting prompted protests that roiled the area for weeks. On Nov. 24, the St. Louis County prosecutor announced that a grand jury decided not to indict Mr. Wilson. The announcement set off another wave of protests. In March, the Justice Department called on Ferguson to overhaul its criminal justice system, declaring that the city had engaged in constitutional violations.

網址:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/us/ferguson-missouri-town-under-siege-after-police-shooting.html
who:Mihael Brown

when:Aug.9,2014

what:Mihael Brown was shot and killed by Darren Wilson

Key words:

unarmed 未武裝的

prompt 導致

roil 動盪

prosecutor 解剖員

indict 控告

set off 出發

overhaul 翻修

constitutional 憲法上的

violation 違反