欧美人文风情第219篇:你的时尚,第三世界孩童的血汗

 Have you ever asked yourself who made your clothes? Quite possibly it was a child 你曾问过自己，你的衣服是谁做的吗？很可能是一个小孩

one of millions working for the fashion industry, 16 hours a day, under miserable¹ conditions.  替时尚产业付出血汗的数百万名孩童之一，一天工作十六小时，处在糟糕的环境。

You can either just accept it, or you can do something about it. And that's what we did. 你可以就接受这现象，或你可以做点事。而我们就是选择做点事。

To uncover² the ruthless³ malls within the fashion industry, we carried out a simple field test...by doing the unthinkable.  为了要揭露时尚产业里无良商场的真面目，我们进行了一个简单的实地试验……做意想不到的事情。

Children offering their cheap workforce⁴ to the big fashion brands in the First World... 小孩提供便宜劳力给在第一世界的时尚大牌……

online, on the phone, and even directly in the stores. 用网路、电话，甚至直接到店家。

We said we would work all day long, without breaks. We got rejected everywhere. 我们说我们可以工作一整天，完全不用休息。每个地方都拒绝我们。

Fashion Industry, children in the First and Third World aren't different. We reject your double standards.  时尚业：第一世界的孩子和第三世界的孩子没有不同。我们拒绝你们这样的双重标准。

And we call on everyone to join us. 我们呼吁所有人加入我们。

 

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 uncover   

vt.揭露，暴露；揭开…的盖子

参考例句：

• Please uncover the pot.请拿掉锅盖。
• In spring we uncover the swimming pool.春天我们移去游泳池的覆盖物。

3 ruthless   

adj.无情的，冷酷的，残忍的，坚决彻底的

参考例句：

• Fascists is the most ruthless enemy of the people.法西斯是人民最残酷无情的敌人。
• The ruthless enemy killed the old lady.残忍的敌人杀害了那位老太太。

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。