新奇事件簿 英国政客阻碍裙底偷拍法案

A politician in the United Kingdom has blocked a new law on upskirting from being passed. Upskirting is when someone secretly takes a photo under someone else's skirt. Many politicians wanted to make it a crime, with a two-year prison sentence. However, the politician Sir Christopher Chope blocked the government's attempt to pass the law. Mr Chope is a member of Prime¹ Minster Theresa May's ruling Conservative² Party. Ms May said she was "disappointed" that a member of her party blocked the law from being passed. She wanted to see upskirting become a criminal offence³. She added that she wanted to see the bill pass soon, "with government support".

英国一政客阻碍裙底偷拍新法的通过。裙底风光是指某人悄悄拍摄别人裙底照片。很多政客希望将裙底偷拍归为犯罪，判两年徒刑。但是克里斯多福·乔普却阻碍了政府通过这项法律。乔普是首相特雷莎·梅执政保守党中的一员。梅表示她对党内成员阻碍该法案的通过感到“失望”。她希望看到裙底偷拍成为一项刑事罪。她还说她希望看到这项法案能“在政府的支持下”很快通过。

Upskirting is becoming a big problem around the world because of digital cameras on mobile⁴ phones. Thousands of women in many countries have complained after men have taken photos up their skirts. Quite often, the man uploads the photo to a website. Mr Chope did not tell reporters why he blocked the bill. However, Gina Martin, the woman who started the campaign for the upskirting law, said Mr Chope told her that he objected to it because it "wasn't debated" in parliament⁵. She also said Mr Chope "wasn't really sure" what upskirting was. Politician Dawn Butler said: "It's absolutely disgusting that a male politician has blocked upskirting from becoming a criminal offence."

裙底偷拍正成为全世界的大问题，因为现在手机上都有摄像头。很多国家的数千名女性抱怨有男性偷拍裙底。男性经常会在网站上上传这些照片。乔普并未告诉记者阻止法案通过的原因。但一名组织裙底偷拍法案运动的女士吉娜·马丁称，乔普告诉她自己反对这项法案是因为该法案没有在议会中进行辩论。她还说乔普“并不确定”裙底偷拍到底是什么。政客道恩·巴特勒说：“一名男性政客阻碍裙底偷拍成为刑事犯罪，这绝对是令人极不能接受的。”

1 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

2 conservative   

adj.保守的，守旧的；n.保守的人，保守派

参考例句：

• He is a conservative member of the church.他是一个守旧教会教友。
• The young man is very conservative.这个年轻人很守旧。

3 offence   

n.犯法（行为），罪过，过错

参考例句：

• She felt she had committed an offence against the right of others.她觉得自己侵犯了他人的权利。
• I agree with the theorem that the best defence is offence.我同意最好的防御是进攻的理论。

4 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

5 Parliament   

n.议会，国会

参考例句：

• She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。
• The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。