George Floyd death: Protesters tear down?slave trader statue

BBC

A slave trader's statue in Bristol?has been torn down and thrown into the river during a second day of anti-racism protests across the UK.

It comes after largely peaceful demonstrations in central London on Saturday saw some?clashes with?police.?Metropolitan Police CommissionerCressida Dick urged protesters to find another way to make their views heard.

Tear down: tear 這里是動詞，指的是撕毀，磨損的意思 tear down 損毀

Bristol：布里斯托，英國城市? ?anti-racism protests：反種族歧視抗議

clash with：與···沖突/沖撞 ?clash over：對···持不同意見

Metropolitan Police Commissioner?一般指倫敦警察廳廳長

make their views heard：意見被聽到?make view heard

But thousands of protesters in London are protesting outside the US Embassy for a second day.?Protesters in Bristol used ropes to?pull down?the?bronze statue of?Edward Colston, a prominent?17th Century slave trader.

pull down：拉倒? ??bronze statue：銅像

prominent /?pr?m?n?nt/ ：important or well known 重要的；著名的；杰出的?a prominent politician 杰出的政治家? ??slave trader：奴隸販子

Colston was a member of the Royal African Company, which is believed to have transported about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas.

On his death in 1721, he bequeathed?his wealth to charities and his legacy can still be seen on Bristol's streets, memorials and buildings.

Bequeath /b??kwi?e/ ?to say in a will that you want sb to have your property, money, etc. after you die （在遺囑中）把…遺贈給

After the statue fell to the ground, a protester posed with his knee on the statue's neck - reminiscent?of the video showing George Floyd, the black man who died while being restrained by?a Minnesota police officer.

?reminiscent /?rem??n?snt/：~ of sb/sth reminding you of sb/sth 使回憶起（人或事）

The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father. 他笑的樣子讓人很容易想起他的父親。

Mr Floyd's death has become the rallying point?for hundreds of ant-racist demonstrations across the globe.

rallying ?/?r?li??/拉力，rally的現(xiàn)在分詞 rallying point ：a person, a group, an event, etc. that makes people come together in support of sth 有感召力的人（或團體、事件等）；號召力

The Colston statue was then?dragged through?the streets of Bristol and thrown into the river Avon. The empty plinth?was then used as a stage for protesters to make speeches.

Plinth?/pl?nθ/??a block of stone on which a column or statue stands （雕像或柱子的）底座，柱基

Historian Prof David Olusoga told BBC News that the statue should have been taken down long before.

He said: "Statues are about saying 'this was a great man who did great things'. That is not true, he [Colston] was a slave trader and a murderer."

As well as Sunday's mass protest outside the US Embassy in Nine Elms, near Vauxhall, south London, other protests are also taking place in Manchester, Nottingham?and Edinburgh.

標藍部分都為地名

Some 10,000 are believed to be protesting in Bristol. Many bore placards bearing?George Floyd's name alongside slogans such as Black Lives Matter and 'I Can't Breathe'.

Bear-bore-bearing：這里的bore placards bearring，一個詞兩種意思。我們常見的是做名詞用‘熊’和動詞‘忍受’。但這里不一樣Bear-bore：( old-fashioned ) ( formal ) to carry sb/sth, especially while moving 攜帶；Bear-bearing：( formal ) to show sth; to carry sth so that it can be seen 顯示；帶有例如The document bore her signature. 文件上有她的簽字。

placard?/?pl?kɑ?d/ a large written or printed notice that is put in a public place or carried on a stick in a march 標語牌；廣告牌；招貼；海報

bore placards bearing?George Floyd's name alongside slogans攜帶顯示弗洛伊名字的展板