新奇事件簿 互联网征税 匈牙利面临挑战

A proposed tax on the Internet has been put on hold by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary's government was pushing full steam ahead to impose a tax on Internet traffic. It faced huge opposition¹ from the public and from businesses. Mr Orban announced his government had frozen the plans after witnessing huge street protests in the capital Budapest. He also eventually took heed² of warnings from the European Union that the tax would be a mistake. Orban announced his climb-down in a radio broadcast on Friday, saying: "This tax in its current form cannot be introduced. If the people not only dislike something but also consider it unreasonable³, then it should not be done."

匈牙利首相Viktor Orban搁置了一项对互联网征税的提议。匈牙利政府正在尽全力推进对互联网征税的行动。这一举措遭到了公众和企业的强烈反对。Orban先生宣布,当看到众人在首都布达佩斯街头进行抗议的时候，政府已经冻结了这一计划。欧盟警告称这项税收将会是错误的决定，他也最终听从了这一劝告。欧尔班在周五的时候，屈尊在电台上发言称，在目前的状况之下，不会征收这一税费。如果人们不仅不喜欢某一事物，而且认为这是不合理的,那么就不应该去做。

Hungary's U-turn on an Internet tax is not yet a victory for the people. Prime Minister Orban said he had not scrapped⁴ the idea altogether. He said there would be consultations⁵ starting in January next year to investigate the potential of generating tax revenue from the Internet. He said it would obviously have to be different in nature to the one just binned⁶. That involved a 60-cent tax one on every gigabyte of data someone consumed. Critics voiced concerns this would limit freedom of expression and hurt online companies. Citizens will continue to campaign for a tax-free Internet. An anti-tax Facebook page already has over 250,000 Likes.

匈牙利对互联网征税方面的大转变，并不是匈牙利人民的完全胜利。总理欧尔班说，他并没有完全打消这一念头。他说, 明年1月将开始调查研究互联网产生税收收入的潜力。他说,这显然与完全取消这一提议，在本质上是不同的。这包括对于每个人消费的每十亿字节征收60美分税费。批评人士担忧，这可能会限制言论自由,损害网络公司的利益。公民将继续组织活动，争取互联网免税。一个反对税收的Facebook页面，已经受到250,000多名粉丝的喜爱。

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

3 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。

4 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

5 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 binned   

v.扔掉，丢弃( bin的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mobile phones were binned to cover their tracks and cash passed aroundin Doritos packets. 他们用手机来掩饰行踪，用多力多滋的包装袋来配送现金。 来自互联网
• Such wrongly wrought proteins need to be binned before they cause substantial damage. 这些折叠出错的蛋白质在引发灾难前就需要被封存。 来自互联网