{"id":5193,"date":"2017-01-16T08:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2017-01-18T03:04:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T09:04:33","slug":"the-gasolinazo-in-english-bob-marley-pearl-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/the-gasolinazo-in-english-bob-marley-pearl-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"the gasolinazo in english—bob marley & pearl jam"},"content":{"rendered":"

the beginning of the year is\u00a0almost always a financially challenging time in mexico. but the start of 2017 has been more problematic than usual.<\/p>\n

\"bad<\/p>\n

a\u00a0bad luck brian meme inspired by the gaolinazo: he sold his car to buy gas.<\/em><\/h6>\n

christopher woody<\/strong> at business insider<\/strong> explains<\/a> that the year started with<\/p>\n

three straight days of protests [after]\u00a0a\u00a0widely scorned<\/em> gas price increase\u00a0went into effect<\/em> on january 1.<\/h4>\n

widely<\/strong><\/em> means almost everywhere<\/em>. scorned<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is like hated, rejected<\/em>. go into effect<\/em><\/strong> is used when a proposal\u00a0or an approved idea becomes real.<\/p>\n

fun english practice\u00a0\":)\"<\/span>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h5>\n

\"marching<\/p>\n

a protest against the gasoline price hikes<\/u>\u00a0in guadalajara (rafael del rio, proceso)<\/em><\/h6>\n

woody continues<\/p>\n

gas stations in several parts of the country were\u00a0swarmed<\/em>\u00a0by drivers looking to stock up<\/em> on fuel in order to avoid paying higher prices for at least the first few days of the new year.<\/h4>\n

swarm<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>means many people<\/em> went to the pemex stations; like bees. stock up<\/strong><\/em> means buy enough to have a reserve<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/p>\n

citizens swarm<\/u>\u00a0a pemex station in an effort to stock up<\/u>\u00a0on gasoline. they might also be looting<\/u>. (associated press)<\/em><\/h6>\n

there have been some emotions involved.<\/p>\n

in the days since january 1,\u00a0public anger\u00a0at the price increase \u2014 as well as<\/em> at price increases for basic goods and other\u00a0energy services\u00a0that seem likely<\/em> to come \u2014 doesn’t appear to have slacked<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

as well as<\/strong><\/em> is an alternative to in addition to<\/em> or also<\/em>. seem<\/strong><\/em> means appear<\/em>. likely<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0means probable<\/em>. slack<\/em><\/strong> means decrease<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"milk<\/p>\n

milk\u00a0boiling over<\/u>. imagine that concept applied to an angry society.<\/em><\/h6>\n

another businessinsider.com<\/strong> article by woody a few days later shows <\/a>that emotions grew more intense.<\/p>\n

protests against the\u00a0gasolinazo<\/em>, as the price increase has come to be called, have boiled over<\/em> into looting<\/em> and violence.\u00a0in mexico city, one police officer was killed while trying to stop looting<\/em> at a department store, and elsewhere<\/em> police\u00a0officers joined in<\/em>\u00a0to ransack<\/em> stores. at least\u00a0six people have been killed<\/em>\u00a0and more than 1,500 have been arrested<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

boil over <\/strong><\/em>is used to describe\u00a0a situation that can’t be contained. \u00a0elsewhere<\/strong><\/em> means in other places<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0joined in<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0means that police officers were actually participating<\/em> in the ransacking. have been killed<\/strong><\/em> and have been arrested<\/strong><\/em> are examples of passive voice<\/strong><\/a> (auxiliary “be” + past participle) used in present perfect (auxiliary have + past participle). it’s typical when reporting these types of statistics.\u00a0looting<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is the chaotic form of stealing<\/em> that happens during\u00a0violent protests and wars and after natural disasters and sports championships.\u00a0ransack\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is like loot;\u00a0a combination of destroying and stealing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>this bob marley and the wailers<\/strong>\u00a0song from 1973 analyzes the causes and effects of violent protest.<\/p>\n