ChinesePod News (April 26, 2019)<br /><br />Extinction Rebellion leaders began a series of protests in London on April 15 to demand<br />that U.K. lawmakers recognize climate change as an emergency. Final demonstrations<br />on Thursday targeted the financial district. Activists hoped to shed light on the financial<br />sector’s role in “funding climate and ecological destruction,” the Associated Press<br />reported.<br /><br /><br />NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at <br />https://youtu.be/uJdHlBmSR6M<br /><br />This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: <br /><br />服从 to obey<br />瘫痪 to disrupt<br />示威 to protest<br />灭绝 to become extinct<br />适得其反 counter-productive<br /><br />Editor's Note:<br />2'17 响应 were mistyped as 回应<br /><br />Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!<br />===================================<br />Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.com's 4,000+ lesson library! <br /><br />LIKE US: https://www.facebook.com/chinesepod<br />TWEET US: https://twitter.com/chinesepod<br />DOUBLE-TAP US: https://instagram.com/chinesepodtv<br />SNAP US: https://www.snapchat.com/add/chinesepodtv<br />READ US: https://chinesepod.com/blog<br />LEARN WITH US: https://chinesepod.com/
