NPR 팟캐스트 영어회화 Day 1

NPR 팟캐스트 

 

*divest 옷을 벗다, 빼앗다

They say they want their schools to divest in companies that do business with Israel. The only thing I could venture is this

*epicenter 진원지, 핵심

The epicenter of these demonstrations is Columbia University.

*take part in 참여하다, 가담하다

 She took part in demonstrations against the Vietnam War there. 

*conjure up 상기시키다, 생각해내다

It's hard to conjure up what that moment was for our country. 

We should demand that the university take action.

*complicity 공모

*sit-in 농성

How could it not be on the agenda?

*congregate 모이다

They may have broken some vague university rules about how you congregate on campus.

*teach-in (공익과 관련된 관심사에 대한) 토론회

We should have a semester-long campus-wide seminar and teach-in.

It was a high point of my life. 

There's one line that stood out to me.

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What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment

The ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University that sparked nationwide protests and led to hundreds of arrests is drawing comparisons to a movement that took place there nearly six decades ago.

 

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What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment

What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment