Eztalk美语【236】sexual harassment性骚扰

Later, Jess and Ann sit down at their desks

Jess: [Checking her e-mail] Did Bean send these dirty jokes to you, too? Look!
Ann: What a creep! Phony good luck e-mails are one thing, but sexual harassment² is crossing the line.
Jess: No wonder he asked for my address first-he just wants to harass¹ me!
Ann: You could try using a spam filter to reject stuff that's obviously pornographic or anything else you don't want.

dirty joke
黄色笑话
Stop telling me dirty jokes.
别再跟我说黄色笑话了。

creep (n.)
（俚）卑鄙小人
Your cousin is a creep.
你的表弟真是个卑鄙小人。

phony (a.)
（口）假的，骗人的
A: Did you get a work visa?
你有拿到工作证吗？
B: No, the government discovered that all my papers were phony.
没有，政府发现我所有的证件都是假的。

sexual harassment
性骚扰。harass (v.) 骚扰
A: Sexual harassment is a serious crime in the U.S.
性骚扰在美国是项重罪。
B: Then why is it still always in the news?
那为什么还总是有人犯案？

spam filter
垃圾邮件过滤器。这个软件可以帮助电子邮件使用者，过滤掉大量寄发的垃圾电子邮件
This spam filter still lets a lot of junk e-mail get through.
这个垃圾邮件过滤器还是让很多垃圾邮件通过。

reject (v.)
拒绝
I'm rejecting your job application.
我回绝你的应征。

obviously (adv.)
明显地，显然地
I'm obviously not dead yet.
我很显然还没死。

pornographic (a.)
色情图画的，色情文学的
Sometimes car commercials seem really pornographic.
有时候汽车电视广告似乎太色情意味了。

稍晚，洁丝和小安坐在她们的办公桌前

洁丝：（检查她的电子邮件）炳也有寄这些黄色笑话给你吗？妳看！
小安：真是个烂人！骗人的幸运信是一回事，但性骚扰就太过分了。
洁丝：怪不得他最早要我的邮件地址——他就是想骚扰我！
小安：你可以用垃圾邮件过滤器，来拒收很明显的色情信，或其它你不想看的东西

1 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。