周六，法国各地爆发抗议活动，预计这将演变成一场针对高物价以及旨在提供基本机会和社会保障的模式日渐崩溃的大规模全国性抗议。
Protests began across France on Saturday in what was expected to become a major nationwide protest against high prices and the fraying of a model intended to provide a basic level of opportunity and social security.
抗议活动于上月从巴黎贫困的北部郊区的高中开始，对教师缺勤和设施简陋的愤怒迅速演变成一场反对不平等、公共开支疲软和标准下降的全国性运动。
The protests began last month at high schools in Paris’ poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher absences and shabby facilities quickly morphed into a nationwide movement against inequality, weak public spending and falling standards.
巴黎市中心可见大量警察戒备，尤其是在香榭丽舍大街和凯旋门等标志性建筑附近，这两处地点被排除在两场官方示威活动的路线之外。
A large police presence was visible in central Paris, especially near landmarks such as the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe, which were excluded from the routes of the two official demonstrations.
法国各地计划举行数百场其他抗议活动，预计将有数万人参与。身穿高可见度背心的示威者封锁了街道，这呼应了曾困扰总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙上一届任期的动乱，而在马赛，垃圾桶被点燃。
Hundreds of other protests were planned across France, with tens of thousands set to participate. Protesters in hi-vis vests blocked streets, an echo of the unrest that dogged President Emmanuel Macron’s previous term, while in Marseille, trash cans were set alight.
“我们之所以抗争，是因为生活成本太苛刻，因为燃料价格太高，因为全国各地的中学生仅仅因为试图抗议并要求更多教师和体面的学习条件而遭到暴力袭击和伤害，”巴黎一名19岁、自称名叫洛拉的示威者说道。
“We are fighting because the cost of living is too harsh, because the price of fuel is too high, because high school pupils are being violently attacked and hurt all over the country just for trying to protest and ask for more teachers and decent learning conditions,” said a 19-year-old protester in Paris who gave her name as Lola.
马克龙正进入其总统任期的最后阶段，留下的选民群体严重两极分化，政治格局极度破碎。长期努力削减不断上升的公共债务并未打动投资者，他们正在抛售法国债券，将借贷成本推至二十多年来的最高水平。
Macron is entering the final stretch of his presidency, leaving behind a polarised electorate and a badly fragmented political landscape. A long struggle to reduce rising public debt has not impressed investors, who are ditching French bonds, driving borrowing costs to their highest levels in more than two decades.
总理塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔尼周四表示，当局担心抗议活动期间会出现骚乱。政府指责极左翼政党“不屈法国”煽动了这些抗议活动，该党对此予以否认。
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday that authorities fear unrest during the protests. The government accused the hard-left France Unbowed of inflaming the protests, an accusation it denies.
由于示威者中出现了一长串骇人听闻的受伤记录，其中包括一名青少年在捡起一颗眩晕弹时手被炸掉，警察的应对方式受到了批评。勒科尔尼表示，已有900多名警察受伤。
The police have drawn criticism for their response due to a grisly list of injuries among demonstrators, including one adolescent who had his hand blown off after picking up a stun grenade. Lecornu said more than 900 police had also been injured.
*内部警察监督机构正在调查至少二十多起涉嫌警察暴力的案件。法国暂停在学生示威活动中使用眩晕弹，但内政部长洛朗·努涅斯表示，周六可能会使用眩晕弹。
The internal police watchdog is investigating at least two dozen cases of alleged police violence. France suspended the use of stun grenades for the student demonstrations, but Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said they could be used on Saturday.
他在周五表示：“如果发生冲突，可以使用所有类型的中间武器。”
“If there were to be clashes, all types of intermediate weapons can be used,” he said on Friday.
社交媒体上呼吁过去抗议运动成员加入争端的呼吁似乎已经起效，这表明抗议活动可能会显著扩大。
Calls on social media for members of past protest movements to join the fray appear to have worked, suggesting the protests could grow significantly.
“黄马甲”运动始于2018年，最初是为了抗议柴油税，随后演变成对高昂生活成本和收入不平等的愤怒宣泄。然而自从马克龙同意减税数十亿欧元以来，局势基本上一直保持平静。
The Yellow Vest movement started in 2018 as a protest against taxes on diesel before expanding into an outpouring of anger at high living costs and income inequality. However, things have been largely quiet since Macron agreed to billions of euros in tax cuts.
来自法国西部拉克雷什的教师雅尼克·马约于2018年加入了“黄马甲”运动，并且至今仍参与该运动。他说，周六附近有几个抗议者的聚集点，工会也呼吁参与。
Yannick Maillou, a teacher from La Crèche in western France, joined the Yellow Vests in 2018 and remains involved in the movement. He said there were several nearby meeting points for protesters on Saturday, with unions also calling for participation.