少年因在沙特当街跳舞被捕
Teenager arrested for dancing Macarena on Saudi street
少年因在沙特当街跳舞被捕
少年因在沙特当街跳舞被捕
A 14-year-old boy who went viral on Twitter for dancing the Macarena in a busy Saudi Arabian street has been arrested by authorities.
因在沙特阿拉伯繁华大街上跳舞的视频而走红推特的14岁的男孩,被当局逮捕。
The teenager is being questioned after being accused of "improper public behaviour" in Jeddah, a statement said.
声明说,这位少年在吉达因“不当公共行为“被指控,正在受到审讯中。
It is not clear what his nationality was or if he will be formally charged by the public prosecutor.
现在还不清楚他的国籍,或者是否会被正式提起公诉。
Earlier this month a singer was arrested for "dabbing" during a concert in the south-west of the country.
上个月,一位歌手因为在这个国家的西南部的一个演唱会上做了“dabbing”的动作,而被逮捕。
In the 45-second clip the teen can be seen disrupting traffic while dancing to the popular 1990s hit song. The clip was believed to have been first posted in July 2016.
在这个时长45秒的录像中,男孩阻挡交通,跟着非常流行的乐曲起舞。这段视频被认为最初放在网上是在2016年的7月份。
Because of the lack of codified penal law in Saudi Arabia, officials and judges have broad discretion in the arrest and punishment of children in the conservative country.
因为在沙特阿拉伯缺乏成文的刑法,在这样的保守国家里,官员和法官们对于逮捕和惩罚这个孩子有自行决定权。
The incident was filmed on a busy street in Jeddah, in the west of the country.
这一事件发生在吉达,这个国家的西部,一条繁忙的街上。
The clip has divided social media, with some users defending the boy and even labelling him a “hero".
在社交媒体上,大家对这件事的意见也是泾渭分明,一些人为这个孩子辩护,还称他为“英雄”。
Others have suggested his behaviour was "immoral".
另外一些人则认为他的行为是“不道德的”。
重点单词汇总
arrested:拘捕; 逮捕
disrupting traffic:中断交通,妨碍交通
defend:保卫; 辩护
immoral:不道德的; 邪恶的
improper public behavior:公共行为不当
Dabbing, or the dab:is an enigmatic dance move that can also be seen as a playful gesture. To perform the move, a person drops their head into the bent crook of a slanted arm, while raising the opposite arm in a parallel direction straight out. The move looks similar to someone sneezing into the "inside" of the elbow.
Dabbing 或 Dab:是一个神秘的舞蹈动作,也可以被视为一个好玩的举动。你只需要把头埋在一只斜着弯起来的胳膊里,同时把另外一只胳膊平行伸直就可以了。这个动作看上去像是要在胳膊里打喷嚏的样子。
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