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英国学生抗议学费上涨 British university students Wednesday staged nationwide protests against planned tuition fee increases during which a police van was damaged in central London. 本周星期三, 英国大学生举行了一次全国性的示威活动, 以抗议政府出台的一项 涨学费计划.在此抗议中,伦敦市中心的一辆｛被屏蔽的关键词｝毁. Some protesters surrounded the van in Whitehall, smashing the windscreen with wooden poles and lines of police tried to hold back thousands of demonstrators. 一些学生甚至围在伦敦白厅的警车前,用木棒砸碎了警车的挡风玻璃. 一排排警 察试图抵挡成千上万名示威者的抗议活动. In addition to London, students held demonstrations in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and elsewhere. 英国大学生除了在伦敦举行抗议外,还在伯明翰,格拉斯哥,曼彻斯特,利物浦 以及其它地方举行了示威活动. More than 50,000 university students staged the first wave of rallies in central London on Nov. 10 to protest the planned rise of tuition fees. Some of the students attacked the headquarters of the ruling Conservative Party and clashed with police. 11 月 10 日,有超过 50,000 名大学生率先在伦敦市中心举行了一场示威集会.一 些学生还袭击了当前英国执政党——保守党的总部,并与那里的警察发生了冲 突. Police said before the latest demonstrations that there would not be a repeat of the violence two weeks ago, when 60 people were arrested and dozens injured. 据一位警察说, 在最近这次示威游行的前两周, 就已经发生了几起暴力抗议事件, 其中有 60 名示威者被捕,十几个人受伤. British government confirmed that university undergraduate students will be charged tuition fees of up to 9,000 pounds (14,300 U.S. dollars) a year from 2012 from the current 3,290 pounds (5,200 U.S. dollars). 英国政府证实,从 2012 年开始,英国本科生的学费上限将由当前的 3,290 英镑 (约合 5,200 美元)涨到 9,000 英镑(约合 14,300 美元) . According to the plan, graduates earning more than 21,000 pounds (33,200 U.S. dollars) per year start repaying their loans at 9 percent of their income at a real rate of interest, up from the current threshold of 15,000 pounds (23,700 U.S. dollars), with outstanding loans written off after 30 years. 根据这项计划, 如果用 30 年来偿还贷款的话, 年薪超过 21,000 英镑 (约合 33,200 美元)的大学毕业生将按照实际利息率交付占他们薪资 9%的贷款.这一数额比 当前交付的贷款上限高出了 15,000 英镑(约合 23,700 美元) .
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