Monday, 11 November 2013

富二代 (Rich Second Generation)

富二代 (Rich second generation  second-generation rich是近年內地的熱話。這些孩子多半是含著金鎖匙出生的 (to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth)。人們把他們視為滿身銅臭(to be filthy rich/ stinking rich)的黃毛小子。

Privileged (1) upbringing blamed for minors who commit crimes with (2) impunity while some warn of (3) stoking social tensions.
(1)     Upbringing:  教養 (the treatment and instruction received by a child from its parents throughout its childhood)
His attitude to sex is coloured by his strict upbringing. {iciba}
家里嚴厲的管教影響了他對兩性的態度。
(2)     Impunity: 不受惩罚 (exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action) {Oxford Online}
If laws are not enforced, crimes are committed with impunity. {Yahoo! Dict.}
如果法律不能實施人們就會犯罪而不受懲罰。 
(3)     To stoke up: 撥起旺火煽起激起 (to encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency)
He was stoking the fire with wood. {iciba}
他正在給火添木頭。


Stoking social tensions
持續升溫的社會情緒
He continued to stoke up hatred in his speeches. {iciba}
他在講話中不斷加深人們的仇恨。

Many families have their (4) black sheep but few have triggered so much public anger.
(4)     Black sheep: 害群之馬敗家子敗類  (a member of a family or group who is regarded as a disgrace to it.{Oxford Online}

It is not the boy's first (5) brush with the law or public notoriety.
(5)     Brush :
(i)                   小冲突小争论小摩擦(an argument or disagreement) {iciba}
She had a nasty brush with her boss this morning.
It is his third brush with the law in less than a year.
這已是他在不到一年的時間裡第三次觸犯法律了。
(ii) 擦過險些遭遇 (a brief encounter with someone or something unpleasant or notable){Oxford Online}
A brush with death... {iciba}
和死神擦肩而過
The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy. {iciba}
公司正在努力擺脫自身遭遇的第二次破產危機。 

He was convicted of driving an unregistered BMW without a licence and assaulting a couple after he (6) rear-ended their car.
(6)     To rear-end: 撞到的車尾 (To run into another motor vehicle from behind) {Free Dict.}

The (7) blanket media coverage of the incident and intense (8) scrutiny of the 74-year-old father and his son on the internet…
(7)     Blanket: 全面性的(covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive)
There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan. {iciba}日本已經全面禁止國外非技術工人入境。

The blanket coverage of the Barcelona Olympics. {Iciba}對巴賽隆那奧運會的全面報導

(8)     Scrutiny: 幑底觀察/ 高度關注 (critical observation or examination)
His private life came under media scrutiny... {iciba}
他的私生活受到媒體的密切關注。

原文:
Zhuang Pinghui, Son of singer's gang rape arrest sparks debate on children of the privileged, SCMP (Sunday, 03 March, 2013, 12:00am)

參考︰
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/lawinchina/g/Rich-Second-Generation.htm

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