印度发起“父女自拍”活动

 　　Men all over India have taken to twitter to post selfies with their daughters to raise awareness¹ for women's welfare in India.

　　在推特上发布父女自拍照的活动已风靡印度，该活动旨在提高印度民众对妇女福利的意识。

　　Indian Prime Minister Nirandi Modi implored² fathers to post photos accompanied by the hashtag #SelfieWithDaughters on a radio programme broadcast on June 28 - within hours it was trending on Twitter in India and has since started trending worldwide.

　　6月28日，印度总理莫迪通过电台广播号召父亲发布照片，并加上“#跟女儿自拍”的标签。几个小时后就成为印度推特的热门活动，之后也开始风靡全球。

　　The concept was launched to back the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, which aims to tackle the gender³ ratio gap in India caused by female foeticide and to improve female education.

　　发布这一理念是为了配合“保护女儿，教育女儿”的运动，该运动旨在解决由女性堕胎导致的性别比率失衡问题，提高女性教育水平。

　　Prime Minister Modi said on the radio broadcast: 'Let us start a campaign for social security for women.'

　　莫迪总理在电台节目上说：“让我们为女性社会保障发起运动吧！”

　　父女自拍

　　Fathers all over the country immediately started posting photos with their daughters along with heart-warming tributes to support the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, which translates roughly as 'Save girl child, educate girl child'.

　　印度全国的父亲立刻响应号召，纷纷发布与女儿的合照，并附上支持该运动的暖心话。该运动名称翻译过来大意是“保护女儿，教育女儿”。

　　Politician Vijay Goel posted his picture with the message: 'My daughter, my pillar of strength!'

　　政治家维杰·戈埃尔（Vijay Goel）发表图文：“我的女儿，我的力量之源。”

　　One father by the name of Gaurav tweeted: 'Daughters are angels from heaven, a true blessing⁴.'

　　一位名叫高拉夫（Gaurav）的父亲在推特上写道：“女儿是来自天国的天使，是最真挚的祝福。”

　　Another dad, Hamet Nahata said: 'I smile the most when I see you smiling - Tashvi, thank you for making my life full of joy.'

　　还有一位名叫罕穆特·纳哈塔（Hamet Nahata）父亲说，“我最开心的就是看见你的笑脸——塔什薇，谢谢你让我的生活充满了欢乐。”

　　Tweeter Suresh Nakhua posted a picture with his two daughters and his wife with the message: 'Daughters are more than sons.'

　　推特用户苏雷什·纳库华（Suresh Nakhua）发布了与妻子和两个女儿的合照，写道：“女儿比儿子强多了。”

　　While father Hardik Dave said simply: 'Me & my princess.'

　　一位名叫哈迪克·戴夫（Hardik Dave）的父亲只写了短短几个字：“我和我的公主。”

　　Businessman Ramesh Taurani tweeted an image of him with this three daughters and wrote: 'I'm not a big fan of selfies but here's one of my favourite pics with my 3 amazing girls.'

　　商人拉美什·陶拉尼(Ramesh Taurani)分享了他和三个女儿的照片，并写道：“我不爱自拍，但是和我三个神奇宝贝的合照是我最喜爱的照片之一。”

　　After the radio programme, the Prime Minister explained in a tweet that the idea for the father and daughter photos had originated in a small village in Haryana, where rates of female foeticide are known to be particularly high.

　　电台广播节目结束后，莫迪发推文解释道，父女合照的想法始于哈里亚纳邦的一个小村庄，大家知道，那里女性堕胎率非常高。

　　The practice of forcefully miscarrying baby girls is still a serious issue in poorer parts of the country and is said to have increased since ultrasound technology to determine the sex of babies has become more widely available.

　　在印度贫穷地区，强行打掉腹中女婴仍是一个严重的问题。而随着超声波鉴定胎儿性别技术越来越普及，这种做法越来越多。

　　Vocabulary

　　foeticide: 堕胎

1 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

2 implored   

恳求或乞求（某人）( implore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。
• She implored him with tears in her eyes to forgive her. 她含泪哀求他原谅她。

3 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

4 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。