10/05/2018, 10:39
6 phút từ vựng: Women-only train carriages
Các phương tiện công cộng vào giờ cao điểm thường rất đông và khá lộn xộn, có một hiện tượng không hay xảy ra trên những chuyến xe lửa đông đúc, những người phụ nữ thường bị quấy rối, vậy nên một số Quốc gia đã đưa ra biện pháp là Những toa xe lửa chỉ dành cho phụ nữ. Bạn có biết đó là những quốc ...
Các phương tiện công cộng vào giờ cao điểm thường rất đông và khá lộn xộn, có một hiện tượng không hay xảy ra trên những chuyến xe lửa đông đúc, những người phụ nữ thường bị quấy rối, vậy nên một số Quốc gia đã đưa ra biện pháp là Những toa xe lửa chỉ dành cho phụ nữ. Bạn có biết đó là những quốc gia nào không? Cùng tìm hiểu với 6 minutes English hôm nay nhé.
Chủ đề - Women-only train carriages
Chủ đề - Women-only train carriages
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Transcript
Alice: Hello! I’m Alice and this is 6 Minute English…. Welcome to Rob who is joining me today! Hi Rob.
Rob: Hello Alice.
Alice: Today we’re talking about female-only carriages on trains.
Rob: These are train carriages which are only for women. We don’t have them in the UK.
Alice: No we don’t – but there are quite a few countries which do have female-only carriages for commuters. It’s to help women from being bothered while they are travelling – to stop sexual harassment. Can you guess which of these countries have female-only carriages Rob? I’ll give you a choice of 4. Canada, Japan, Egypt or Germany
Rob: I’ll have a think and tell you at the end of the programme. Why is this in the news?
Alice: It’s in the news because women in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, will now be able to travel in female-only train carriages. Here’s part of a report by the BBC’s Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta.
Extract 1:
The trains to the suburbs are always packed with commuters trying to get from their offices in the city back to their homes. Female passengers have been complaining that some male commuters are taking advantage. By introducing women’s only carriages, the state-run rail operator wants to put a stop to sexual harassment.
Alice: The company that operates the trains in this part of Jakarta say they have received lots of complaints about men taking advantage of women. Taking advantage – that’s a polite way of saying some men were touching women or banging into them on purpose on crowded trains.
Rob: It is officially called sexual harassment.
Alice: The state-run rail operator – the train company owned by the government – said that women were avoiding packed trains to avoid sexual harassment. So they have created women only train carriages.
Rob: They have even designed the train carriages to appeal to women apparently.
Alice: That’s right. The carriages are made in Japan and have brightly covered pink seats. They’re easy to spot.
Rob: They’re easy to spot – they stand out, they’re easy to see from a distance.
Alice: This woman, 22 year old Yanti a student in Jakarta said she hopes the carriages will help stop sexual harassment on crowded trains.
Extract 2
(Voiceover in English): Hopefully this service will be able to reduce the number of women who become targets of sexual harassment on the trains. Sometimes there are men who bump and push into us on purpose, and they take advantage of the cramped conditions. But there must be other ways to stop sexual harassment. We have to try and raise awareness about the issue as well.
Alice: So Yanti said the carriages are part – but not all of the solution - to prevent sexual harassment on the train.
Rob: Yes – she said that it’s important to raise awareness about the issue of sexual harassment as well.
Alice: to raise awareness – that’s a useful phrase – you often hear it when people want to talk about difficult issues – issues which are difficult to discuss.
Rob: We also heard the phrase taking advantage again.
Alice: Yanti said that some men take advantage of the cramped conditions on the train to bump or push into women on purpose.
Rob: on purpose – that means you do something deliberately. The carriages are full of people – they’re very cramped.
Alice: He did it on purpose, she did it on purpose – it wasn’t a mistake, they did it deliberately. Sexual harassment is a difficult issue to talk about. Some countries have laws which make sexual harassment illegal – especially in the workplace. What is the official definition of sexual harassment Rob?
Rob: The United Nations Development Fund for Women defines sexual harassment as "unwelcome or unwanted verbal, non-verbal, physical or visual conduct based on sex or of a sexual nature; the acceptance or rejection of which affects an individual's employment.
Alice: Verbal means spoken. So sexual harassment can be language too – not just physical touching. Unwelcome verbal, non-verbal, physical or visual conduct. Visual – means it could be a look from somebody that is unwanted as well.
Rob: That definition of sexual harassment is also just about women at work. But it can happen in other places too.
Alice: Yes – and remember it’s not just women who can be sexually harassed. There are also many legal cases where men say they have been sexually harassed at work or in other places too.
Rob: Men can be victims of sexual harassment too.
Alice: So Rob have you thought about the answer to my question. Which of these countries already have female-only train carriages? Canada, Japan, Egypt or Germany
Rob: I’ll have a guess. Is it Canada and Japan?
Alice: The answers are Japan and Egypt. Female-only train carriages were fir st introduced in Japan in the year 2000 during the busy end-of-year fe stive season when lots of people had been celebrating. And you can also find female-only train carriages in Cairo, Egypt, Brazil, Malaysia and Taiwan. So before we go Rob shall we review some of today’s language?
Rob: Yes of course.
fe male-only
carriages
commuters
sexual harassment
taking advantage
state-run rail operator
easy to spot
to raise awareness
cramped
on purpose
verbal
Alice: Well that’s all we’ve got time for today. Thanks for joining us and see you next time. Bye!
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Transcript
Alice: Hello! I’m Alice and this is 6 Minute English…. Welcome to Rob who is joining me today! Hi Rob.
Rob: Hello Alice.
Alice: Today we’re talking about female-only carriages on trains.
Rob: These are train carriages which are only for women. We don’t have them in the UK.
Alice: No we don’t – but there are quite a few countries which do have female-only carriages for commuters. It’s to help women from being bothered while they are travelling – to stop sexual harassment. Can you guess which of these countries have female-only carriages Rob? I’ll give you a choice of 4. Canada, Japan, Egypt or Germany
Rob: I’ll have a think and tell you at the end of the programme. Why is this in the news?
Alice: It’s in the news because women in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, will now be able to travel in female-only train carriages. Here’s part of a report by the BBC’s Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta.
Extract 1:
The trains to the suburbs are always packed with commuters trying to get from their offices in the city back to their homes. Female passengers have been complaining that some male commuters are taking advantage. By introducing women’s only carriages, the state-run rail operator wants to put a stop to sexual harassment.
Alice: The company that operates the trains in this part of Jakarta say they have received lots of complaints about men taking advantage of women. Taking advantage – that’s a polite way of saying some men were touching women or banging into them on purpose on crowded trains.
Rob: It is officially called sexual harassment.
Alice: The state-run rail operator – the train company owned by the government – said that women were avoiding packed trains to avoid sexual harassment. So they have created women only train carriages.
Rob: They have even designed the train carriages to appeal to women apparently.
Alice: That’s right. The carriages are made in Japan and have brightly covered pink seats. They’re easy to spot.
Rob: They’re easy to spot – they stand out, they’re easy to see from a distance.
Alice: This woman, 22 year old Yanti a student in Jakarta said she hopes the carriages will help stop sexual harassment on crowded trains.
Extract 2
(Voiceover in English): Hopefully this service will be able to reduce the number of women who become targets of sexual harassment on the trains. Sometimes there are men who bump and push into us on purpose, and they take advantage of the cramped conditions. But there must be other ways to stop sexual harassment. We have to try and raise awareness about the issue as well.
Alice: So Yanti said the carriages are part – but not all of the solution - to prevent sexual harassment on the train.
Rob: Yes – she said that it’s important to raise awareness about the issue of sexual harassment as well.
Alice: to raise awareness – that’s a useful phrase – you often hear it when people want to talk about difficult issues – issues which are difficult to discuss.
Rob: We also heard the phrase taking advantage again.
Alice: Yanti said that some men take advantage of the cramped conditions on the train to bump or push into women on purpose.
Rob: on purpose – that means you do something deliberately. The carriages are full of people – they’re very cramped.
Alice: He did it on purpose, she did it on purpose – it wasn’t a mistake, they did it deliberately. Sexual harassment is a difficult issue to talk about. Some countries have laws which make sexual harassment illegal – especially in the workplace. What is the official definition of sexual harassment Rob?
Rob: The United Nations Development Fund for Women defines sexual harassment as "unwelcome or unwanted verbal, non-verbal, physical or visual conduct based on sex or of a sexual nature; the acceptance or rejection of which affects an individual's employment.
Alice: Verbal means spoken. So sexual harassment can be language too – not just physical touching. Unwelcome verbal, non-verbal, physical or visual conduct. Visual – means it could be a look from somebody that is unwanted as well.
Rob: That definition of sexual harassment is also just about women at work. But it can happen in other places too.
Alice: Yes – and remember it’s not just women who can be sexually harassed. There are also many legal cases where men say they have been sexually harassed at work or in other places too.
Rob: Men can be victims of sexual harassment too.
Alice: So Rob have you thought about the answer to my question. Which of these countries already have female-only train carriages? Canada, Japan, Egypt or Germany
Rob: I’ll have a guess. Is it Canada and Japan?
Alice: The answers are Japan and Egypt. Female-only train carriages were fir st introduced in Japan in the year 2000 during the busy end-of-year fe stive season when lots of people had been celebrating. And you can also find female-only train carriages in Cairo, Egypt, Brazil, Malaysia and Taiwan. So before we go Rob shall we review some of today’s language?
Rob: Yes of course.
fe male-only
carriages
commuters
sexual harassment
taking advantage
state-run rail operator
easy to spot
to raise awareness
cramped
on purpose
verbal
Alice: Well that’s all we’ve got time for today. Thanks for joining us and see you next time. Bye!
Tổng hợp từ vựng mới trong bài
- female-only
something which is only for women
- carriages
sections in a train with seats for passengers
- commuters
people who travel to and from work
- sexual harassment
unwelcome and unwanted touch, look or conversation that is sexual in nature
- taking advantage
treating a person unfairly, particularly if the person is in a vulnerable situation
- state-run rail operator
train company run by the government
- easy to spot
stand out; easy to see from a distance
- to raise awareness
to try and ensure people know about something, particularly if it is a sensitive issue
- cramped
small space not really big enough to fit everyone who wants to be there
- on purpose
deliberately; whatever happened was definitely not an accident
- verbal
when something is spoken or said
