经济学人:沙特女司机沙特的女性能否获得开车权

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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.
当第一次一群沙特女同志占据王国之路来嘲笑禁止女性司机这一法令时，她们通过传真和录音机来将她们的抗议公之于众。

The 47 participants suffered fines, travel bans, social ostracism and, in some cases, the loss of government jobs.
那47位参与者遭到罚款、旅行禁令、社会排斥异己在某些情况下，失去了政府部门工作。

The campaigners behind a drive-along protest scheduled for October 26th have put it on Twitter, Facebook and a slick website.
策划10月26日单独驾驶抗议的活动者们已经将这一禁令发布到推特，脸谱以及一个热门网站上。

Their petition demanding that the government issue driving licences to women has gathered close to 17,000 signatures.
她们要求政府发给女性驾照的请愿书上集齐了1.7万人的签名；

A call for women to upload videos of themselves driving has already gathered dozens of clips.
号召女性上传自己驾驶的视频也被点击了无数次，

The footage of headscarved ladies navigating suburban traffic may scarcely be thrilling, but some have scored over 100,000 web viewings.
一个戴头巾妇女通过郊区交通的脚本也许不会让人兴奋，但一些已经拥有超过1万的浏览量。

Earlier this year King Abdullah named 30 female members to the previously all-male Shura Council, the royally-appointed proto-parliament.
今年早些时日，Abdullah国王指定30位女性参加了以前全是男性成员的舒拉国会，该国会是皇家指定的第一国会。

Three of the new women in it have voiced open support for an end to the driving ban.
其中三个新的女性成员公开表示支持停止驾驶禁令。

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,
支持此项禁令的推特用户发布了大量的负面评论。他们曾被抗议者们嘲讽为鸡蛋，

Some have sought to dampen support for women wanting to drive by spreading false rumours of an imminent government move to lift the ban.
有些人就在探索着通过散播假的谣言譬如政府在迫切的推行禁令等，去抑制那些支持女性驾车的说法。

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.
10月23日，一组人数为200的牧师人员聚集在王朝外，指责他们所谓的支持女性驾驶的同谋。

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
一位知名的牧师Sheikh Salah al-Luhaydan，他同样也实践心理学，上个月，他在沙特一个很流行网站上声称，已经被科学证明的是：

that driving affects the ovaries and leads to clinical disorders in the children of women who are foolish enough to drive.
驾驶影响卵巢并导致那些愚蠢的驾驶女人们的孩子临床障碍。译者叶荣芳

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1.put on 穿上；上演

例句:The company put on a play about the homeless.
这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。

2.driving licence n.驾驶执照

例句:It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home.
后来才知道保罗把驾照忘在家里了。

3.close to 接近；靠近

例句:Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.
3枚迫击炮弹落在人群旁。

4.dozens of 几十；数十个

例句:Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.
好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。

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