新娘未成年，陋习摧童真

英语自学网

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概述：或许对我们这样一个传统中存在“童养媳”的国家来说，不到15岁的新娘并不至于太惊悚。但对于那些小小的新娘而言，这却是传统陋习和贫困强加给她们的荒唐命运。
Hints:
Bangladesh
Angus Crawford
Assignment
Jemi
主持：haifaforever
校对：早安Miki
翻译&注释：haifaforever
答疑：lsy34A child sings about love and romance, but she lives in a slum in Bangladesh where 20% of girls are forced to marry before the age of 15. That's against the law here, but millions are still being robbed of their childhoods. I'm Angus Crawford, and in Assignment this week I follow campaigners as they try to stop the wedding of one 13-year-old. But in the face of grinding poverty and deeply held beliefs, can they really succeed?
"So we've arrived in the middle of the village. Now just getting out, I'm gonna walk down the track to find Jemi. Coming up to a small compound. It's a mud-brick house and there's some reed, wattles around the outside and chickens pecking around. And we're gonna go in and see what we can find."
"So this is Jemi. Would you tell her that we hear she's getting married next week?"
"Yes."
"Are you excited about that?"
"Not very much."
"How old are you, Jemi?"
"I'm not sure. Just eight. I asked her whether it's 13 or not since it's eighth grade. She said probably."
"So Jemi is very small. She's wearing green trousers and bright indigo flip-flops, and she's got little red earrings in her ears."一个孩子在唱着爱情和浪漫的歌，但她却住在孟加拉国的一个贫民窟，在那里有20%的女孩被迫在15岁以前嫁人。这诚然与当地法律不符，但数以百万的女孩仍被剥夺了童年。我是安格斯·克罗弗德，本周的《任务》节目中，我所跟随的这些人正参与一场运动，他们要阻止一位13岁女孩的婚礼。然而，面对压得人喘不过气来的贫穷和深植人们心中的观念，他们真的能成功吗？
“我们已经到了村子中心，我刚刚下车，现在要沿着这条小径去找洁米。我们来到了一个小院落旁，这是一所泥砖砌成的屋子，屋子四周长着些芦苇，围着用枝条编成的篱笆，鸡在院子里到处啄食。我们现在要进去，看看能发现点什么。”
（这里的一问一答应该是印度语，大概是问候语之类。因为需要经过翻译，所以下文记者的话大都是直接对翻译说的）
“这就是洁米了。你能告诉她我们听说她下周就要结婚了吗？”
（印度语。。。）
“是的。”
“你觉得兴奋吗？”
“不怎么兴奋。”
“洁米，你多大了？”
“我也不清楚，才刚上八年级。（对记者说）我刚才问她是不是13岁，因为她在上八年级，她说大概是的。”
“所以洁米还很小。她穿着绿色的长裤和亮眼的靛蓝色人字拖，耳朵上还挂着小小的红色耳环。”