【記録note】2019/11のトピック①：レバノンの抗議行動

2019年までの「英語ニュースを読む」講座で取り上げたニューストピックを記録しています。
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2019年11月は、参加者のリクエストに答えて講座を2回開催。1回目では、レバノンの市民による大規模な抗議行動を取り上げました。

(1) Lebanon protests: A country feeling reborn (10/3/2019)

A Lebanon feeling reborn

抗議が始まってから1週間頃の記事。抗議が始まった経緯や、レバノンの政治・社会状況が分かりやすく書かれています。

The protests were triggered by a tax on WhatsApp voice calls that the government quickly ditched.
But the government could not contain the anger of a population that is sick and tired of economic stagnation, endemic corruption and a lack of basic public services.
The Lebanese economy is currently staggering under one of the highest debt levels in the world and there is little room for manoeuvre.

(2) Lebanon students skip school as protesters eye state institutions (11/7/2019)

Lebanon students skip school as protesters eye state institutions

こちらは高校生や大学生たちが学校をボイコットして抗議行動に参加している、という記事。16歳の学生のコメントが紹介されています。

Raseel, a 16-year-old student in Sidon, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that 10th, 11th and 12th grade students met outside her school at 7:30am (05:30 GMT) and headed to the city's main protest area, the Elia Crossing.
"We are on the streets to provide ourselves with a better future, because most of us are graduating without any job opportunities and are forced to leave the country," she said via telephone.
Raseel added that students had decided to remain in the streets until they could be certain that "our money isn't being stolen and we see laws to bring back the ecosystems they have ruined".