2019年经济学人 河南东北缘何总遭地域黑(1)

 

China 

《中国》版块

Regional discrimination

地域歧视

Province and prejudice

省份与偏见

Life is often hard for internal migrants in China, especially those from Henan and the north-east

在中国，外来人口生活通常很艰难，尤其是来自河南和东北的外来人口

The schoolchildren started to vomit¹. Some fell unconscious and were whisked into hospital. Angry parents demanded an explanation. The food-poisoning scandal quickly lit up Chinese social media. A kindergarten teacher in the central province of Henan was detained—accused of adding sodium² nitrite, which can be toxic³ in large doses, to the meal boxes of at least 23 pupils late last month.

学生们开始呕吐。有的已失去知觉，被迅速送往医院。愤怒的家长要求一个解释。这起食物中毒丑闻迅速在中国社交媒体上引起热议。中部省份河南省一名幼教被拘留，他被指控上月底在至少23名学生的饭盒中添加亚硝酸钠，大剂量硝酸盐对人体有毒。

Most comments online have focused on the evil of the act and have expressed sympathy for the parents. But a surprising number have noted⁴ the alleged⁵ perpetrator’s home province. “I’m not surprised. Henan people would stoop to anything,” says one commentator⁶ on Baidu Tieba, a social-networking site. “Apart from wicked, I can’t think of another word to describe Henan people,” chimes in someone with more than 50,000 followers⁷ on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, who identifies himself as a financial journalist.

网上的大多数评论都聚焦在这一恶行上，并表达了对家长的同情。但令人惊讶的是，有相当多的人注意到了犯罪嫌疑人的家乡。“我并不惊奇，河南人卑鄙，什么事都能做出来，” 社交网站百度贴吧的一个人评论道。“除了恶劣，我想不出其他的词来形容河南人，”此言来自一位自称是金融记者的微博博主（相当于中国版的推特），这位博主拥有5万多粉丝。

Urban Chinese are often contemptuous of these internal migrants, wherever they are from. But people from certain regions suffer higher than usual levels of negative stereotyping⁸. Regional discrimination “is hard to see and touch” yet its impact is as painful as getting “a bloodied⁹ face”, said an academic quoted by a north-eastern newspaper. Yang Yong, a migrant worker from Henan who lives in Beijing, has felt this. He says he was once refused a construction job in the capital because of his home province. “When I answered I’m from Henan the boss said goodbye,” he recalls. Online job advertisements for domestic maids in Beijing often specify¹⁰ that “applicants¹¹ from Henan and the north-east need not apply.” A recent trawl through a popular website for household work, 2x9d.com, found that a fifth of such jobs explicitly¹² excluded applicants from these two regions.

无论来自哪里，外来人口都会被城市居民鄙视。但某些地区的人遭受的负面刻板印象比通常水平要高。东北一家报纸援引一位学者的话：地区歧视“很难看到和触摸到”，但其影响就像“在脸上划血口子”一样令人痛苦。现居北京的河南农民工杨勇(音译)也有同感。他说，他曾经因为老家的原因被一份北京的建筑工作拒之门外。“当我回答说我来自河南时，老板让我回家”，他回忆道。在北京，家政服务的在线招聘广告中经常明确指出，“河南、东北求职者勿扰”。最近，在一家颇受欢迎的家政网站2x9d.com上进行的一项调查发现，有五分之一的此类工作明确将求职者排除在河南、东北之外。

1 vomit   

v.呕吐，作呕；n.呕吐物，吐出物

参考例句：

• They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
• She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛，开始呕吐起来。

2 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 stereotyping   

v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I realize that I'm stereotyping. 我认识到我搞的是老一套。 来自辞典例句
• There is none of the gender stereotyping usually evident in school uniforms. 有没有人的性别刻板印象通常是显而易见的。 来自互联网

9 bloodied   

v.血污的( bloody的过去式和过去分词 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• His pants leg was torn and bloodied when he fell. 他跌交时裤腿破了，还染上了血。 来自辞典例句

10 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

11 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

12 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法