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Thousands demonstrated this week in Britain's capital, London, to protest agricultural reforms in India.

本周，数千人在英国首都伦敦举行示威，来抗议印度的农业改革。

Diaspora. The protests were against three laws passed months ago by the Indian government, which says they are meant to modernize methods of crop selling in India.

侨民。抗议活动是针对印度政府几个月前通过的三条法律，旨在使印度的农作物销售方式变得现代化。

Britain is home to a large Indian diaspora.

大批印度侨民居住在英国。

A diaspora is a group of people who settle, or are settled, outside their ancestral homeland.

“侨民”指在故乡以外的地方定居的人。

Diaspora comes from a Greek word that means to scatter or spread.

“Diaspora”一词来源于希腊语，意思是分散或扩散。

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