《中英對照讀新聞》Court warns Italian TV prankster 法院警告義大利電視攪局王

◎俞智敏

Prolific Italian TV prankster and condom advocate Gabriele Paolini faces a prison sentence unless he behaves.

經常在義大利電視上攪局的保險套推廣人包利尼可能面臨牢獄之災，除非他日後謹言慎行。

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Mr Paolini has made a career of popping up uninvited behind unwitting on-air TV reporters promoting condom use.

包利尼是因為經常從不知情的電視台連線記者身後冒出來，向觀眾大力宣傳使用保險套，而在義大利闖出名號。

Guinness World Records says Mr Paolini is the world’s most successful TV hijacker, interrupting 20,000 link-ups.

根據金氏世界紀錄指出，包利尼是全球最成功的電視劫持客，他總共干擾了2萬次電視連線。

But now Italy’s Supreme Court has upheld a three-month suspended sentence on him for interrupting a report on the state broadcaster RAI in June 2001.

但現在義大利最高法院裁定支持包利尼被判3個月緩刑的判決，這項判決的起因是包利尼於2001年6月干擾國營電視台RAI的一項新聞報導。

The court has also ruled that anyone who deliberately gets onto TV while standing in a public place can commit an offence even if they are silent and immobile.

法院同時判決，任何人站在公眾場所故意去搶電視鏡頭，即使他們沈默不動，仍可能觸法。

While Mr Paolini has made a name for himself by bobbing about and generally disrupting reporters’ efforts to be serious, he is more than just an attention-seeker.

儘管包利尼是以在電視上探頭探腦、擾亂記者報導新聞的嚴肅工作聞名，但他並非只是想要出鋒頭而已。

He calls himself the prophylactic prophet - not just because his antics often involve condoms, but because he sees his capers as a way of drawing attention to the plight of Aids sufferers. It was the death of a friend from the disease which launched him on his career of disruption.

他自稱為預防疾病的先知，這並不僅是因為他的滑稽舉動通常與保險套有關，更因為他認為這些惡作劇可以讓更多人注意到愛滋病患者的困境。包利尼是因為一位友人死於愛滋病，才開始了他的電視惡作劇生涯。

新聞辭典

prankster：名詞，指愛開玩笑的人、惡作劇的人，prank則為惡作劇的行為，如I’ve had enough of your childish pranks.（我受夠了你那些幼稚的惡作劇。）

unwitting：形容詞，指不知情的、無意的，如They kept the truth from their unwitting friends.（他們未把真相告訴不知情的友人。）

prophylactic：形容詞，指預防疾病的，如Some dentists are convinced that the addition of fluoride in water is ineffective as a prophylactic treatment.（有些牙醫相信，在水中加氟以預防蛀牙根本無效。）名詞指預防用藥，在美國尤指保險套。