VOA慢速英语:Education Controversy in Hong Kong

短语讲解：

1. Fan, a former head of the city’s Legislative Council, added that Hong Kong schools teach a biased view of China and asked for a more positive view.

ask for 请求…; 要求…; 找…;
例句：He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。

2. Recently, Hong Kong's Education Bureau released a document that called for students “to recognize and read simplified Chinese, in order to expand students’ reading range and strengthen communication with mainland and foreign students.” ​

in order to 为了…
例句：He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他来这里决不是要参加会议的。

3. The debate over Chinese characters came in the same month that a riot took place in Hong Kong.

take place 发生，举行
例句：His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫，就永远不会毕业。

4. So this is why a lot of young people really hate China, not China as a whole, but the Chinese regime, because we want democratic rights,” she said.

as a whole 整体来看; 普遍说来
例句：All Party members and the people as a whole are full of vigour.
党员和人民的精神状态很好。