《中英對照讀新聞》Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants 佛羅里達州的城市廢除13年垮褲禁令

◎孫宇青

After 13 years, Opa-locka city in southern Florida has overturned a ban on "saggy pants" –bottoms that reveal the wearer’s underwear.

13年後，佛羅里達州南部的奧帕洛卡市廢除「垮褲」禁令，這是一種會讓穿者露出內褲的褲子。

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The City Commission voted on a 4-1 vote to repeal both the legislation that said women, not just men, could receive civil citations for wearing pants that exposed their undergarments.

該市委員會以4比1票數通過廢除這項法令，該法聲稱不光是男性，連女性都可能因為穿暴露內褲的褲子，而收到民事傳票。

The vote was a first reading of the repeal, meaning it will need to be approved again at a subsequent commission meeting before its official. But the item was co-sponsored by four of the five commissioners.

此次投票僅是廢除程序的一讀作業，代表之後還須接受委員會會議同意才定案，但該倡議是由5名委員的其中4人共同提出的。

"I was never in support of it ,’’ Vice Mayor Chris Davis, who sponsored the repeal, said. "I felt it disproportionately affected a certain segment of our population, which is young, African-American men."（AP）

提議廢除的副市長克里斯．戴維斯說：「我從不支持該法，我覺得該法不合比例地影響了特定一個族群，就是年輕的非裔美籍男性。」（美聯社）

新聞辭典

repeal：動詞或名詞，廢除。例句：Several civil groups started campaigning for the repeal of death penalty.（眾多公民團體開始遊說廢除死刑。）

saggy：形容詞，下垂的。例句：She has saggy skin on her belly because she lost a lot of weight.（她瘦了很多，肚子的皮膚鬆垮垮的。）

sponsor：動詞，倡議。例句：A great number of senators sponsored the bill.（一大群參議員提出這項倡議。）