One Woman’s Brutal Death Sparks Anger across India

On the eve of December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old college student named Jyoti Singh had just finished watching a movie with a male friend of hers in Delhi, India. Since it was late and they needed to get home, they hopped on what they thought was a regular commuter bus. Sadly, they were wrong because that fateful ride led to the brutal rape of Singh by six attackers.
Both Singh and her friend, who was also physically beaten, were thrown out of the bus and left to die on the side of the road. Singh’s injuries were so severe that she died in a hospital 13 days later. This event has since sent shock waves and resulted in protests about the mistreatment of women in India throughout the country and around the world.

2012年十二月十六日晚間，印度新德里一位名叫喬蒂．辛赫的女大生與男性友人剛看完一場電影。由於當時天色已晚、兩人必須趕緊回家，因此便搭上一台他們認為是一般通勤巴士的車輛。他們不幸誤認錯了，因為這趟萬劫不復的巴士之行結果竟是辛赫遭到六名攻擊者慘絕人寰的輪暴。
辛赫的友人也慘遭毒打，最後兩人都被丟至車外，遺棄在路邊任憑死活。十三天後，辛赫卻不幸在醫院傷重不治。自發生後，這起事件不但餘波盪漾，同時也在印度全國及世界各地引發了各種抗議印度女性遭受不當對待的示威活動。

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spark [ spark ] vt. 引發
The professor’s words sparked Tony’s interest in space travel.
hop on...　　登上……（飛機、公車、火車等大型交通工具，等於 get on）
We hopped on the ferry that would take us from Tamshui to Bali.
fateful [ `fetfJl ] a.（對未來發展）有負面影響的，災難性的
physically [ `fIzIklI ] adv. 身體上
severe [ sJ`vIr ] a. 嚴重的；嚴酷的
The damage to Bill’s house was so severe that there was no saving it.
shock wave [ `Sak :wev ] n.（壞事所造成的）震盪（常用複數）
mistreatment [ mIs`trimJnt ] n. 虐待

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