中国大学要求女生签“贞洁承诺卡”遭炮轰

 　　A college in north-west China has come under fire for asking female students to sign a chastity pledge as part of a course.

　　中国西北的一所大学在课堂上要求女大学生签贞洁承诺卡被炮轰。

　　The college, in the city of Xian in Shaanxi province, uses the "commitment card" during a course called No Regrets Youth class, according to the China Economic Daily website. A photo of the card has been widely shared on Chinese social media. "I promise to myself, my family, my friends and my future spouse¹ and children that I will refuse all kinds of premarital intercourse² before I step into a lifelong monogamous marriage," it reads, with space underneath³ for students to sign their names. It also includes a pledge to avoid infidelity once married. While abstinence pledges have existed in US colleges since the mid-1990s, they’re very rare in China.

　　据中国经济日报网站报道，中国陕西省西安市某高校在一门“青春无悔课”上要求女生填写“承诺卡”。这张卡片的照片已经在中国各大媒体广泛流传。这张卡片上写着“我向我自己、家人、朋友，以及我未来的配偶、子女承诺：在我迈入有终身承诺的、一夫一妻的婚姻关系之前，拒绝任何形式的婚前性行为。”卡片最下方有学生签名的地方。卡片还包括宣誓在结婚之后拒绝婚外的性行为。尽管在20世纪90年代中期美国大学有过禁欲的宣誓行为，但在中国是很少见的。

　　While there have been complaints from students at the college itself - which isn’t named in the report - there has been a huge online response, with many social media users criticising the college for using an "outdated⁴" approach. "It’s hard to imagine that this would brazenly⁵ appear at a college in the 21st Century," writes one person on the Sina Weibo microblog site.

　　该学校的学生已经怨声载道，虽然在报道中没有提到他们的名字，但是在网上已经有很多回复，很多社会媒体用“封建”这个词来批判学校的做法。有人在新浪微博上写道：“很难相信在21世纪的今天，这种做法竟然如此大胆的出现在大学课堂上。”

　　"Whether or not to have premarital sex is for adults to choose as they please," says another user. "Why should anybody promise? For a university to do this is really unsettling."

　　另一位网友说，“是否有婚前性行为是成年人自主的选择，为什么要向别人保证?一所大学做出这样的举动真是令人担忧。”

　　Others seem to have no problem with the pledge itself, but object to the fact that male students aren’t required to sign it. "This is a simply wonderful provision, but why does it not include boys?" asks one person. Another says: "Men should sign - isn’t this sexist?"

　　另一些人似乎对宣誓本身没有什么意见，但反对只要求女学生宣誓，没包括男大学生。一人质疑，“这个做法很好，但是为什么没有包括男生?”还有人说：“男学生应该宣誓——难道这不是性别歧视吗?”

　　A teacher at the college tells the paper that he didn’t expect such strong online backlash, and says that the card was introduced with students’ best interests in mind.

　　该大学的一名老师告诉报社，他没有想到网上的反应如此激烈，并说这张卡的初衷是为了最好地保护学生的利益。

1 spouse   

n.配偶(指夫或妻)

参考例句：

• Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
• What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？

2 intercourse   

n.性交；交流，交往，交际

参考例句：

• The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
• There was close intercourse between them.他们过往很密。

3 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

4 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

5 brazenly   

adv.厚颜无耻地；厚脸皮地肆无忌惮地

参考例句：

• How dare he distort the facts so brazenly! 他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• "I don't know," he answered, looking her brazenly over. “我也不知道，"他厚颜无耻地打量着她。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹