China: Footage of women attacked in restaurant sparks outrage
中國：幾名女性在餐廳被毆打的視頻引發眾怒
footage [ˈfʊtɪdʒ] n. (描述某一事件的) 片段鏡頭
spark [spɑːk] v. 引發，觸發；產生火花（電火花）；點燃
outrage [ˈaʊtreɪdʒ] n./v. 憤慨，憤怒Nine people have been arrested in China after a video went viral of a brutal attack by a group of men on women in the city of Tangshan, police say.
中國河北省唐山市的一群男子對幾名女性進行暴力毆打的視頻在網上瘋傳後，警方稱已有九人被捕。
go viral 走紅，瘋傳，迅速傳播
brutal [ˈbruːt(ə)l] adj. 野蠻的，兇殘的It has led to an outcry on social media and re-ignited debate about gender violence in China.
該視頻在社交媒體上引發強烈抗議，再次點燃人們對性別暴力的辯論。
outcry [ˈaʊtkraɪ] n. 強烈抗議；大聲疾呼；尖叫；倒彩
reignite [ˌriːɪɡˈnaɪt] v. 重燃；再點燃The incident began when a man put his hand on a woman's back in a restaurant and she pushed him away.
事件起因於餐館裡的一名男子將手放在一名女子的背上，該女子將他推開。
The man is seen striking her before others drag her outside and continue attacking as she lies on the floor.
然後，該男子便毆打她，之後該女子被其他人拖到外面，躺在地上繼續被毆打。
drag [dræɡ] v. 拖，拽 The group of men are also seen attacking her dining partners.
這群男子還毆打了和這名女子一同用餐的夥伴。
Two of the women were admitted to hospital and were in a "stable condition and not in mortal danger", while two others sustained minor injuries, officials said.
官員說，其中兩名女性被送往醫院，「情況穩定，沒有生命危險」，另外兩人受輕傷。
be admitted to 獲准做某事；收治，接收入院
mortal [ˈmɔːt(ə)l] adj. 極其嚴重的，致命的
mortal danger 致命危險，生命危險
sustain [səˈsteɪn] v. 維持；遭受，經受；（在體力或精神方面）支持，支撐
minor [ˈmaɪnə(r)] adj. 較小的，次要的，輕微的；（疾病）不嚴重的Police in Tangshan, in northern Hebei province, said they had arrested nine people on suspicion of violent assault and "provoking trouble".
唐山警方表示，他們以涉嫌暴力襲擊和「尋釁滋事」逮捕了九人。
on suspicion of 涉嫌
suspicion [səˈspɪʃ(ə)n] n. （對某人有罪、不誠實等的）懷疑；不信任，猜疑
assault [əˈsɔːlt] n. （軍事）襲擊，攻擊；人身攻擊，侵犯人身（罪）
provoke [prəˈvəʊk] v. 激起，引起；激勵，刺激；挑釁，激怒
provoking trouble 尋釁滋事The attack dominated discussion on Chinese social media on Saturday, taking up the top six places of Weibo's most-discussed topics. State television called for the suspects to be severely punished.
第二天，毆打事件在中國社交媒體上成為討論的熱點，占據了微博熱議話題的前六名。國家電台呼籲嚴懲犯罪嫌疑人。
dominate [ˈdɒmɪneɪt] v. 統治，支配；在……中占首要地位
take up 開始從事；占據（時間，地方）
most-discussed 最多人討論的 ; 討論最多的
Weibo's most-discussed topics 微博熱議話題
call for 要求"All of this could happen to me, could happen to any of us," said one commenter in a post liked over 100,000 times.
「所有這一切都可能發生在我身上，可能發生在我們任何人身上，」一位評論者在一篇被點讚超過 10 萬次的帖子中說道。
commenter [ˈkɒmentə(r)] n. 批評家；評論家
被點讚超過 10 萬次 liked over 100,000 times （要學習這種說法）"How is this sort of thing still happening in 2022?" wrote another. "Please give them criminal sentences, and don't let any of them get away."
「2022年這種事情怎麼還會發生？」另一個評論者寫到。 「請給他們判刑，不要讓他們任何一個跑掉。」
criminal sentence 刑事判決A widely shared WeChat post took issue with the initial official framing of the attack as a simple act of violence.
一條微信帖子因質疑官方最初將這次毆打事件定性為簡單的暴力行為而被廣泛分享。
take issue （with）不同意；對…持異議；提出異議"To ignore and suppress the perspective of gender is to deny the violence that people - as women - suffer."
「如果忽視和壓制性別視角，就是否認人們，像女性，所遭受的暴力。」
perspective [pəˈspektɪv] n. （觀察問題的）視角，觀點定期推出BBC文章精讀
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