经济学人:冢本幼稚园 种族歧视的低龄化(2)

 　　Mr Abe denies any involvement in the land sale, and says he will step down if anyone can prove otherwise. 安倍先生提出并没有参与土地出售环节，并且说除非有人能够提供他参与的证据，不然他可以辞职来证明清白。

　　He and his wife were badgered into helping¹ the kindergarten,  他和他妻子都因帮助了该幼儿园而惹上了烦恼。

　　he insists, by its head teacher, YasunoriKagoike, who had used his name to raise money “despite my repeated insistence² he should not do so”. 他坚称，是幼儿园的校长YasunoriKagoike利用了他的名字来筹钱，“尽管我一直劝他不要这么做”。

　　Mr Abe had previously³ praised Mr Kagoike, however, saying he had an “admirable passion” for education and that they shared a “similar ideology”. 安倍先生之前称赞了Kagoike先生，说他对教育有“令人钦佩的热情”，而且他们还和彼此分享了“一样的意识形态”。

　　As scrutiny⁴ grows, there are signs of revisionism on both sides: all references to Ms Inada and Mrs Abe have been unceremoniously scrubbed from the kindergarten's website. 审查还在继续，双方开始都有消灭证据的迹象：幼儿园网站上引用的稻田女士和安倍先生的话都被删掉了。

　　Tsukamoto has been investigated under hate-speech laws. 冢本因为发表了仇恨性的舆论而被接受调查。

　　It sent notes home to parents referring to Chinese people as shinajin—the rough equivalent of “chink”. 这些言论中提到了有关的“支那人”父母——粗略的说就是中国人。

　　Mr Kagoike's wife, the deputy head, sent a letter to the parent of an ethnic-Korean pupil saying she did not discriminate⁵ but “hates Koreans and Chinese”. Kagoike的妻子，也就是学校的的副校长给一名韩国学生的父母发了一封信件，说她并不是种族歧视而是“就是讨厌韩国人和中国人”。

　　MoritomoGakuen is now squirming as much as Mr Abe. MoritomoGakuen现在和安倍一样很难为情。

　　Officials in Osaka say the primary school may not receive a licence to operate when construction is completed. 大阪的官员发表声明说，这样小学在完工之后拿不到营业执照。

　　There have been fewer applicants⁶ than expected. 那样一来，小学营业执照申请就会少很多。

　　And it has had to change its planned name, to Land of Rice memorial school, from the much grander Prime Minister Shinzo Abe memorial school. 而“Land of Rice memorial”就必须换掉原定的名字了—这所以伟大首相安倍晋三的命名的学校。

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 insistence   

n.坚持；强调；坚决主张

参考例句：

• They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
• His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

5 discriminate   

v.区别，辨别，区分；有区别地对待

参考例句：

• You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
• They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。

6 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。