新奇事件簿 埃及著名肚皮舞演员被捕

A famous Egyptian belly¹ dancer has been put in prison. A court in Cairo, Egypt sentenced Sama el-Masry to three years behind bars.

一名埃及著名肚皮舞演员被关进监狱。埃及开罗一家法庭判处萨玛·埃尔·马斯利三年监禁，

It also fined her 300,000 Egyptian pounds, which is about $18,500. Ms El-Masry was arrested by the police in Egypt in April.

并处罚金三十万埃及镑，约1.85万美元。埃尔·马斯利于四月在埃及被警方逮捕。

Police charged her with immorality³ after she posted videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok.

她在视频分享平台TikTok上发布视频，随后警方指控她不道德。

The videos showed her performing various belly dances. Egypt has recently decided⁴ to crack down on social media posts.

视频中，她在表演各种肚皮舞。埃及近期决定严加管理社交媒体上的帖子。

Egypt's Public Prosecution⁵ office accused Ms El-Masry of posting immoral² pictures and videos on her social media accounts.

埃及公诉办公室指控埃尔·马斯利在她的社交媒体账号上发布低俗照片和视频。

It said she was guilty of breaking Egypt's morals because the videos were "sexually suggestive".

其表示，她破坏了埃及的道德准则，因为这些视频具有“性暗示”。

Sama el-Masry is 42 years old. As well as being a belly dancer, she is also an actress and starred in three successful movies.

萨玛·埃尔·马斯利42岁，除了是一名肚皮舞舞者，她还是一名演员，且主演了三部成功的电影。

One of the movies was about the unfair treatment of female media workers. It created a lot of debate in Egypt about the rights of women in the workplace.

其中一部电影讲述的是关于女性媒体工作者受到的不公正的对待。该电影在埃及引起了大家关于女性在工作场所权利的争论。

She also got a lot of criticism in the past for posting videos on YouTube about her political views.

她之前也因在YouTube视频中表达的政治观点而受到了很多批评。

One of the videos mocked former US President Barack Obama for his policy towards Egypt.

在其中一个视频中，她嘲讽前美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马对埃及的政策。

A women's rights lawyer in Egypt defended Ms El-Masry.

埃及一名女性权益律师为埃尔·马斯利辩护。

She said: "Our conservative society is struggling with technological⁶ changes which have created a completely different environment and mindsets."

她表示：“我们保守的社会正在与技术变革作斗争，这些变革已经创造出了一名完全不同的环境和思维方式。”

1 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

2 immoral   

adj.不道德的，淫荡的，荒淫的，有伤风化的

参考例句：

• She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
• It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。

3 immorality   

n. 不道德, 无道义

参考例句：

• All the churchmen have preached against immorality. 所有牧师都讲道反对不道德的行为。
• Where the European sees immorality and lawlessness, strict law rules in reality. 在欧洲人视为不道德和无规则的地方，事实上都盛行着一种严格的规则。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

6 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。