It would be tough to argue that the demands of France’s protesting high school students are not reasonable ones, worth taking to the streets for: investment in crumbling(破败的，摇摇欲坠的) schools, replacing absent teachers, reducing class sizes and overstuffed(过度拥挤的，塞得过满的) timetables, and bridging the inequality gap(弥合不平等差距) between schools in different areas.
很难说法国抗议高中生的诉求不合理、不值得上街争取：投资破败的学校、替换缺勤教师、缩小班级规模和过于拥挤的课表，以及弥合不同地区学校之间的不平等差距。
The protests across the country on Tuesday, which demonstrators dubbed(被称为，被冠以) l’acte III (Act 3), or la grande mobilisation, were billed(被宣传为，被标榜为) as the most dramatic day of action yet, with more school blockades(封锁，路障) and a march through central Paris in the afternoon. More than 400 schools closed preventively, including my elder daughter’s, a combined collège (for 11- to 15-year-olds) and lycée.
周二全国各地的抗议活动被示威者称为“第三幕”（l’acte III）或“大动员”（la grande mobilisation），号称是迄今为止最戏剧性的行动日，更多学校被封锁，下午还有穿越巴黎市中心的游行。超过400所学校预防性关闭，包括我大女儿的学校——一所初中（面向11至15岁学生）和高中合办的学校。
At 11 she’s too young to be involved, and after her reports of fireworks, burning bins and smoke as she and her friends ran in through the gates one day last week, I must say I’m relieved – no matter how worthwhile the cause.(她11岁，太年轻，无法参与。上周有一天，她和朋友们跑进校门时，她报告说看到烟花、燃烧的垃圾桶和烟雾，我必须说，我松了一口气——无论这项事业多么有价值。) It was business as usual(一切照常，照常营业) on Friday (a few more parents picking up their children than would normally, though), while on Tuesday morning, with school closed, the gates were blocked with bins and about 50 lycéens (one dressed as Batman) were there, wielding(挥舞，手持) their banners. The atmosphere was calm, with attention shifting to the big protest march through the city due later in the day.
她11岁，太年轻，无法参与。上周有一天，她和朋友们跑进校门时，她报告说看到烟花、燃烧的垃圾桶和烟雾，我必须说，我松了一口气——无论这项事业多么有价值。周五一切照常（不过接孩子的家长比平时多一些），而周二早上学校关闭，大门被垃圾桶堵住，大约50名高中生（其中一个打扮成蝙蝠侠）在那里挥舞着横幅。气氛平静，注意力转向当天晚些时候穿城而过的大规模抗议游行。