美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-28

 And tonight, a town in Southern Georgia is taking a stand against one of the gravest dangers facing our nation in modern times. I'm speaking of course about that thing where people wear pants that are way too big for them. The scourge(±Þ£»ó×£»ÔÖ»ö¡¢¿àÄÑ) of saggy¹ pants is finally being addressed by the town of Malty, Georgia which had passed an ordinance² banning saggy pants.

Under the ordinance, pants can't be more than 3 inches lower than your waist and your under pants cannot be exposed and at least one local resident seems pretty happy about the rule.

When I go out to eat somewhere, I don't want to see nobody's under shorts. It's just nothing pretty about that.

Nothing pretty about it. The city manager says the saggy pants ban is a matter of simple decency³, which I suppose is something we can all get behind(Ö§³Ö). But now the good citizens in Malty, Georgia who are caught with saggy pants could face fines up to $200 for repeat offenders⁴ and for first offenders $25.

It should make a lot of people open their eyes as the that you don't have the $25 away, don¡¯t just perhaps to pull up your pants.

But this Georgia town is not the only place, by the way, taking a stand on visible under pants. From the Jersey⁵ Shore to Louisiana, seems there's a variable crack down on saggy pants. It's an issue that has been hanging around for a while. In Jacksonville, Florida, few years back, a pastor⁶ took a creative approach. She started collecting belts to give to kids for free.

It's very disrespectful for young men for going around in the community with their pants hanging down and their underwear shown. Pull up your pants. Need some help? Here is a belt.

Now I don¡¯t know, I can't tell these kids to pull up their pants without feeling like I'm 100 years old. Back in my days, we wore suspenders and belts and jointing bow ties for high school, and tying onion on my belt too for lunch. Our trousers went all the way up to our armpits. We were happy gosh darn it, back in my day, kind of whole no imitating. I kind of feel like this is a fashion thing and like all fashion things, it will run its course; although, if you remember the movie "Clueless," Cher was waxing poetic⁷ about saggy pants as far back to the '90s.

I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on. It looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy⁸ pants and took their greasy⁹ hair and covered it up with a backwards¹⁰ cap and Mike, we're expected to swoon in it, I don't think so.

That's a good movie. That was back in 1995. So maybe saggy pants are here to stay and with more and more towns banning them and may be it a matter of pull up or pay up, you can make your check payable¹¹ to "The Ridiculist."

1 saggy   

松懈的，下垂的

参考例句：

• Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy? 当我的皮肤变得又老又松弛时，你还会爱我吗？
• My darling, if my breasts were saggy, would you still love me? 这是女人最担心的一个问题。

2 ordinance   

n.法令；条令；条例

参考例句：

• The Ordinance of 1785 provided the first land grants for educational purposes.1785年法案为教育目的提供了第一批土地。
• The city passed an ordinance compelling all outdoor lighting to be switched off at 9.00 PM.该市通过一条法令强令晚上九点关闭一切室外照明。

3 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

4 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

5 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

7 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

8 baggy   

adj.膨胀如袋的，宽松下垂的

参考例句：

• My T-shirt went all baggy in the wash.我的T恤越洗越大了。
• Baggy pants are meant to be stylish,not offensive.松松垮垮的裤子意味着时髦，而不是无礼。

9 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

10 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

11 payable   

adj.可付的，应付的，有利益的

参考例句：

• This check is payable on demand.这是一张见票即付的支票。
• No tax is payable on these earnings.这些收入不须交税。