Online Class Notes (Nemo)[R]

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/rights-group-calls-on-europe-to-accept-more-refugees-81281.html

Vocabulary

asylum (n)-避难所, protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war:
E.g.: to seek/apply for political asylum

refugee (n): 1-a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war:
E.g.: Thousands of refugees fled across the border.

amnesty (n)大赦, a decision by a government to forgive people who have committed particular illegal acts or crimes, and not to punish them:
E.g.: The state has declared an amnesty for individuals who pay their outstanding back taxes.

The Amnesty International-大赦国际

NGO“non-governmental organization”的缩写,就是非政府组织。

disembark –v. to leave a ship or airplane after a journey

mechanism –n. a process or system used to produce a particular result

enable –v. to make something possible

constituency –n. a group of people who live an vote in an area
E.g.: She is popular in her constituency.

siege (n): 1-the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it:
E.g.: The castle was under siege for months.