考研英語(yǔ)碎片閱讀：《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》選篇

　　摘要：在我國(guó)女司機(jī)遍布在各個(gè)行業(yè)，但是你知道嗎？在沙特，女性連基本的開(kāi)車權(quán)利都沒(méi)有，更別提借助開(kāi)車這一技能從事各種行業(yè)。一起來(lái)看《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》是如何報(bào)道的吧。

　　Saudi Arabia's women drivers

　　沙特女司機(jī)

　　Ovarian issue

　　卵巢問(wèn)題？

　　Will Saudi women ever be allowed behind the wheel of a car?

　　沙特的女性能獲得開(kāi)車權(quán)嗎？

　　WHEN a group of Saudi women first took to the kingdom's roads to flout its ban on female drivers, they publicised their protest by fax and videocassette. The 47 participants suffered fines, travel bans, social ostracism and, in some cases, the loss of government jobs. The ban itself, 23 years and many protests later, remains. But much else has changed.

　　當(dāng)?shù)谝淮我蝗荷程嘏菊紦?jù)王國(guó)之路來(lái)嘲笑禁止女性司機(jī)這一法令時(shí)，她們通過(guò)傳真和錄音機(jī)來(lái)將她們的抗議公之于眾。那47位參與者遭到罰款、旅行禁令、社會(huì)排斥異己在某些情況下，失去了政府部門工作。這條法令，在歷經(jīng)23年并遭到無(wú)數(shù)次反抗之后，如今仍然保留著。但是很多東西早已改變。


　　The campaigners behind a drive-along protest scheduled for October 26th have put it on Twitter, Facebook and a slick website. Their petition demanding that the government issue driving licences to women has gathered close to 17,000 signatures. A call for women to upload videos of themselves driving has already gathered dozens of clips. The footage of headscarved ladies navigating suburban traffic may scarcely be thrilling, but some have scored over 100,000 web viewings.

　　策劃10月26日單獨(dú)駕駛抗議的活動(dòng)者們已經(jīng)將這一禁令發(fā)布到推特，臉譜以及一個(gè)熱門網(wǎng)站上。她們要求政府發(fā)給女性駕照的請(qǐng)?jiān)笗霞R了1.7萬(wàn)人的簽名；號(hào)召女性上傳自己駕駛的視頻也被點(diǎn)擊了無(wú)數(shù)次，一個(gè)戴頭巾婦女通過(guò)郊區(qū)交通的腳本也許不會(huì)讓人興奮，但一些已經(jīng)擁有超過(guò)1萬(wàn)的瀏覽量。

　　For the first time, too, women have allies in government. Earlier this year King Abdullah named 30 female members to the previously all-male Shura Council, the royally-appointed proto-parliament. Three of the new women in it have voiced open support for an end to the driving ban.

　　女性在政府擁有同盟者這也是第一次。今年早些時(shí)日，Abdullah國(guó)王指定30位女性參加了以前全是男性成員的舒拉國(guó)會(huì)，該國(guó)會(huì)是皇家指定的第一國(guó)會(huì)。其中三個(gè)新的女性成員公開(kāi)表示支持停止駕駛禁令。

　　But the campaign's opponents have changed tactics, too. Official monitors have blocked its website. Tweeters in favour of the ban, derided by campaigners in the kingdom as “eggs” for leaving blank the oval space for their own portrait that the messaging service provides, are putting out reams of negative comment. Some have sought to dampen support for women wanting to drive by spreading false rumours of an imminent government move to lift the ban.

　　但是活動(dòng)者的對(duì)手們也改變了戰(zhàn)術(shù)。政府監(jiān)控人員已經(jīng)封鎖了網(wǎng)站。支持此項(xiàng)禁令的推特用戶發(fā)布了大量的負(fù)面評(píng)論。他們?cè)豢棺h者們嘲諷為雞蛋，為了自己存儲(chǔ)轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)業(yè)務(wù)提供的肖像畫留下橢圓空白。有些人就在探索著通過(guò)散播假的謠言譬如政府在迫切的推行禁令等，去抑制那些支持女性駕車的說(shuō)法。

　　More traditional foes of change have also been active. On October 23rd a group of 200-odd clerics gathered outside the royal court to denounce what they described as a “conspiracy” to put women behind the wheel. Last month Sheikh Salah al-Luhaydan, a well-known cleric who also practises psychology, claimed on a popular Saudi website that it has been scientifically proved that driving “affects the ovaries” and leads to clinical disorders in the children of women who are foolish enough to drive.

　　更傳統(tǒng)一些的變革對(duì)手也很活躍。10月23日，一組人數(shù)為200的牧師人員聚集在王朝外，指責(zé)他們所謂的支持女性駕駛的同謀。一位知名的牧師Sheikh Salah al-Luhaydan，他同樣也實(shí)踐心理學(xué)，上個(gè)月，他在沙特一個(gè)很流行網(wǎng)站上聲稱，已經(jīng)被科學(xué)證明的是：駕駛“影響卵巢”并導(dǎo)致那些愚蠢的駕駛女人們的孩子臨床障礙。

　　1、put on 穿上；上演

　　例句:The company put on a play about the homeless.

　　這家劇團(tuán)上演了一出講述無(wú)家可歸者的戲。


　　2、driving licence n.駕駛執(zhí)照

　　例句:It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home.

　　后來(lái)才知道保羅把駕照忘在家里了。


　　3、close to 接近；靠近

　　例句:Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.

　　3枚迫擊炮彈落在人群旁。


　　4、dozens of 幾十；數(shù)十個(gè)

　　例句:Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.

　　好幾十英里的鐵軌被毀壞了。