Vocabulary: Use your dictionary and write the Chinese word. [Self Review here]
1. benefits
2. Common
3. Universal
4. Value
5. Economic
7. Advantage
8. Citizen
9. Basic
10. influence
Pre- Reading Discussion Questions:
1. What are some basic needs?
2.What are some universal values?
3. Why is it important to talk about democracy?
4. What are the benefits of a democracy?
5. What do you know about Taiwan's democracy?
2.What are some universal values?
3. Why is it important to talk about democracy?
4. What are the benefits of a democracy?
5. What do you know about Taiwan's democracy?
6. If Taiwan is a democracy, why isn't it a member of the UN?
7. Who was Liu Xiaobo劉曉波? (VOA, PTSNews, Al Jazeera)
7. Who was Liu Xiaobo劉曉波? (VOA, PTSNews, Al Jazeera)
The International Day of Democracy started in 2007. The United Nations General Assembly 聯合國大會 decided to have a special day to raise 提升 awareness 認知/覺醒 of living in a democracy. They chose September 15th as that day and invited every country and member organization to focus on the benefits of democracy. The U.N. declared (said) there was no single (one) model of democracy. A resolution said all democracies share common features 特性/特質 “and that democracy does not belong to any country or region”. The U.N. said: “Democracy is a universal value based on the freely-expressed will 意志 of people to determine (choose) their own political, economic, social and cultural systems, and their full (complete) participation in all aspects (areas) of life.”
The International Day of Democracy website claims (says) democracies can have many advantages for their citizens (people). The main one is to ensure 確保 people’s basic freedoms. “In a democracy, people are able to think, say and do what they wish (want) within the law and with respect for others, to practice their beliefs and to live the kinds of life they choose.” Another advantage is that a democracy meets 滿足 popular needs. The more influence ordinary 普通的 people have over their government, the more likely 很可能地 government will meet their basic needs. The website says democracies treat 對待 people equally and are free from (don't have any) discrimination 歧視. It does say many of the world’s democracies fall short of 未達到 /欠缺 achieving 達到 this. There is perhaps 或許 no country that has true (real) equality平等.
Comprehension Questions:
1. Why did the UN start the International Day of Democracy?
2. What are some common features of democracy?
3. How can governments meet people's needs?
4.If democracies treat對待 people equally, then why do so many have discrimination?
Write an acrostic poem （通常指每行詩第一個詞的首字母可組合成詞或片語的）藏頭詩，離合詩 for DEMOCRACY
EX: an acrostic poem for JULY 七月
1. Why did the UN start the International Day of Democracy?
2. What are some common features of democracy?
3. How can governments meet people's needs?
4.If democracies treat對待 people equally, then why do so many have discrimination?
Write an acrostic poem （通常指每行詩第一個詞的首字母可組合成詞或片語的）藏頭詩，離合詩 for DEMOCRACY
EX: an acrostic poem for JULY 七月
Jubilee celebrations and much awaited vacations
Unforgettable sun-kissed afternoons
Leisurely lounging barefoot in the backyard
Youthful dreaming poolside or air-conditioned
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