2015年11月5日 星期四

Week Two-Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

CHAMPIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI (b. 1945)

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been a major voice for human rights and freedom in Burma (Myanmar), a country dominated by a military government since 1962. Born in Rangoon and later educated at Oxford University, she became politically active in 1988 when the Burmese junta violently suppressed a mass uprising, killing thousands of civilians. Suu Kyi wrote an open letter to the government asking for the formation of an independent committee to hold democratic elections. Defying a government ban on political gatherings of more than four persons, Suu Kyi spoke to large audiences throughout Burma as secretary-general of the newly formed National League for Democracy (NLD). In 1989 she was placed under house arrest. Despite her detention, the NLD won the election with 82 percent of the parliamentary seats, but the military dictatorship refused to recognize the results. Suu Kyi has remained in prison almost continuously since that time, rejecting the government’s offer of freedom as it would require her to leave Burma. In 2003, she was moved from prison and again placed under house arrest, which has been repeatedly and illegally extended by the junta. She remains a living expression of her people’s determination to gain political and economic freedoms. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, Suu Kyi has called on citizens around the world to “use your liberty to promote ours.”
Info resources: http://www.humanrights.com/voices-for-human-rights/daw-aung.html

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Who: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
What: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest.
When: In 1989
Where: Myanmar
Why: the military dictatorship refused to recognize the losing results
How: the NLD won the election with 82% of the parliamentary seats


Vocabulary:
1.      human rights (n.) 人權
2.      dominate (v.) 支配.主宰
3.      junta (n.) 議會.會議；尤指政變過後的軍政府
4.      suppress (v.) 鎮壓
5.      secretary-general (n.) 秘書長
6.      detention (n.) 居留.監禁
7.      parliamentary seat (n.) 議會席次
8.      dictatorship (n.) 獨裁政權.獨裁政府
9.      continuously (adv.) 持續的 (負面)
10.    reject (v.) 拒絕.拋棄
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  1. Unknown2015年11月16日 下午5:23

    Nowadays, there are still some stereotypes exist in the society, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a female politician, is a good example. She voiced the human rights based on democracy but she ended up to be imprisoned for up to fifteen years. I think it has nothing to do with whether the president is male or not, as long as the president can bring something benefit to the country, and the president is competent.

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  2. Unfinished2015年11月22日 清晨5:54

    I think that "liberty" is what Daw Aung San Suu Kyi want to convey to the people in her country and make people learn to struggle for their liberty. As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said, "I always think that I am free from beginning to end." It shows that she really have enough confidence and maybe she will be a good leader in Burma.

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  3. Unknown2015年11月22日 清晨6:25

    It's really brave for a woman to do this. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi faced to many difficulties with courage, loneliness and was forced couldn't see her family even when her husband was died. How can a woman do that? She has a very steady heart and was supported by many people, these make her became a strong woman. With her, Myanmer will be a great country in future.

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