As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was on the frontline of the barricade, when she would normally have been attending Spanish class.(在巴黎东北部，数十名中学生坐在一堆垃圾桶上堵住了一所高中的入口，17岁的索菲娅站在路障最前线——按常理，她此时本应在西班牙语课上。)
在巴黎东北部，数十名中学生坐在一堆垃圾桶上，堵住了一所高中的入口。17岁的索菲娅站在路障最前线——按常理，她此时本应在西班牙语课上。
“We hope this grows into a massive youth protest movement,” said the final year baccalaureate(法国高中毕业会考) student at Paris’s Lycée Voltaire(巴黎伏尔泰中学), who did not want her real name published. She was on her second day of blocking the school entrance along with hundreds of others, ensuring all lessons were cancelled. “We just want to be listened to by the government. We’d rather stand here doing this than have to learn in poor conditions.(我们宁愿站在这里做这些，也不愿在糟糕的条件下学习。) It’s the only way to make ourselves heard(让我们的声音被听见).”
“我们希望这场抗议能发展成一场大规模的青年运动，”这位巴黎伏尔泰中学的高三会考学生说道，她不愿公开真名。这是她第二天和数百人一起封锁校门，确保所有课程停课。“我们只希望政府能听听我们的声音。我们宁愿站在这里做这些，也不愿在糟糕的条件下学习。这是唯一能让我们被听见的方式。”
“School is a right, not a privilege,” read a cardboard sign as Sophia listed the grievance(不满；怨愤)s of teenagers across France: a lack of state investment in education, overcrowded classes of up to 40 children in crumbling(破败的；摇摇欲坠的) buildings, poor teacher pay, staff absences and an unequal system in which social background(社会出身；家庭背景) determined success. Other reasons for the protest included the opaque and difficult online system for university applications as well as the unbearable temperatures in classrooms during the heatwaves in May and June.(抗议的其他原因还包括晦涩难用的大学申请网络系统，以及五六月热浪期间教室里难以忍受的高温。)
“上学是权利，不是特权，”一块纸板标语上写道。索菲娅一一列举了全法青少年的不满：国家教育投入不足、破败校舍里多达40人的拥挤班级、教师薪酬低、教职工缺勤，以及一个由社会出身决定成败的不平等体制。抗议的其他原因还包括大学申请网络系统晦涩难用，以及五六月热浪期间教室里难以忍受的高温。