The United Kingdom(Period 4 Language Focusing)
•it continued to have more political freedoms than the mainland, including freedom of the press (although this became vulnerable to self-censorship) and freedom of expression.
•bs1363 plugs are still utilised in hong kong.
hong kong since 1997
the hang seng index fell by 22.8 percent in a week of 28 october 1998 after the real estate bubble economy collapsed, severely damaging the economy.
in 1998, another election was held.the real estate market, a key component of the hong kong economy, went into free-fall due to increasing governmental interventions on private ownership as well as housing supplies and partially as a consequence of the asian financial crisis.
in , concerns about the proposed anti-subversion bill that would have eroded freedom of the press, of religion and of association arising from hong kong basic law article 23 and the unpopularity of tung chee hwa and his officials, plus dissatisfaction about the poor state of the economy, prompted 2.5 million people to march on july 1, making it the largest protest aimed at mainland china ever in the history of hong kong.the legislation was overturned as a result of the public outcry.
in march 10, , chief executive tung chee-hwa resigned as the chief executive.tung’s position has been filled, after a by-election with only one qualifed candidate, by the no.2 ranking official, the chief secretary donald tsang, a popular bow tie-wearing career civil servant who was educated at harvard and received a knighthood for his service during british colonial rule.
reference for teaching
“break”phrases:
1)break away
①逃走; 逃脫
the robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.
搶劫嫌疑犯從拘留所逃脫了。
modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules.(喻)
現代音樂如爵士樂擺脫了舊的傳統規則。
②斷裂; 開裂
a large piece of ice broke away from the main block.
一大塊冰從整個大冰塊上斷裂開來。
2)break down
①破壞; 拆散
the congressmen of the republican tried to break down the opposition from their opponents to their proposal.(喻)
共和黨的議員們試圖使他們的反對派不再反對他們的提案。
break down old conventions
打破舊框框
the peace talks are said to have broken down.(喻)
據說和談破裂了。
②制服; 被制服
③(機器)損壞
our truck broke down outside town.
我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。
the 8 o’clock train broke down at ferngreen station and was taken off the line.
8點鐘的那趟車因在芬格林車站出了故障而被取消了。
④失敗; 破裂
their opposition broke down.
他們的反對意見打消了。