Abolishing injustice in the 21st century終結21世紀的不公
It happens more often than you think. A young woman needs a job and hears of a lucrative job offer overseas. She accepts – only to find that there is no job, and she is a prisoner in a nightmare. Trapped by violence, millions of young women are forced into prostitution and sexual slavery with no escape in sight. Children suffer too. UNESCO estimates that 2 million children are being exploited in the sex trade. Make no mistake – human trafficking is prospering and profitable. Defined as recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving people through deception, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them, human trafficking is a crime against humanity.
Organizations and governments are cooperating on many levels to fight this terrible injustice. One such organization, The A21 Campaign has a three-fold goal: rehabilitating survivors, raising awareness and supporting legislation designed to catch and prosecute traffickers. The A21 Campaign has also established a crisis care center in Greece that provides shelter, training and hope to rescued victims. You can be part of the solution to the problem. On the 21st of every month, you can raise awareness by wearing the Key2Free – a symbol of freedom. Help stop human trafficking!
abolish
lucrativeàprovide a lot of money
prostitution賣淫
exploitàtake the advantage off 剝削
trafficking (n.)非法交易
prosper (v.)繁榮、昌盛、成功
deception 欺騙、詐欺
coercionàforce someone to do something that they don’t want to do
rehabilitate 使復興recover their life
prosecute 起訴、告發
crisis 危機、轉折點
【Grammar on the go】
Make no mistake – human trafficking is prospering and profitable.
make no mistake
=> Don’t make any mistakes.
=>without a doubt, for sure
Human trafficking is certainly prospering and profitable.
This city will not tolerate terrorism. Make no mistake – the terrorists will be punished.
Make no mistake – this proposal is their trick to get our company to do more and earn less.
【Grammar on the go】
prisoner 被監禁的人，囚犯、被剝奪自由的人
prisoner of time時間的俘虜
prisoner of his past
Take no prisoners. 趕盡殺絕(不要抓俘虜)、隔殺勿論
【Key word】
exploit 剝削、壓榨
Workers in sweat shops were brutally exploited and even did not get paid sometimes.
血汗工廠的工人們被殘酷的剝削，有的時候甚至沒領到工資。
New laws were made to stop industries from exploiting their employees.
新的法律被制定，以防企業剝削員工。
coercion 脅迫、強迫
Through coercion, he was forced to sign the contract.
在脅迫下，他被逼簽下了合約
The suspect claimed that the police used coercion to get his statement.
這名嫌犯宣稱警方採取脅迫取得他的證詞
prosecute 起訴、告發
The district attorney prosecuted the mobster for multiple accounts.
檢察官以多重罪名起訴這名黑道老大
The owner of the company prosecuted the former accountant for stealing.
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