国家地理 女性安全的权利(1)

The young women lined up in an awkward half circle, six of them pulling at their long tunics¹, fidgeting with their scarves. For pants, they'd chosen jeans over the baggy² shalwar trousers favored by India's traditional society -- a tiny rebellion. But it mattered, for girls who'd come of age in a southeast Delhi slum. As a journalist, I'd been following their progress in a program that was supposed to raise awareness³ of women's safety in urban India, and now, in early 2019, I'd brought some foreign visitors to see what these Gendering the Smart Safe City participants had to say.

六名年轻女性围成一个半圆，她们把长衫拉平整，把围巾整理好。六人选择在下半身穿着牛仔裤，而不是印度传统社会偏爱的宽松裤--算是个小小的反叛之举，但对于德里东南部贫民窟里已经成年的女孩来说，这一举动非同小可。作为记者，我长期跟踪报道她们的活动进展，该活动旨在提高人们对印度农村女性安全问题的认识，此时，在2019年年初，我带来一些外国访客，来看看这些“性别化智能安全城市”活动参与者要如何发声。

"Can we sing our song?" one asked.

“我们可以唱我们的歌吗？”其中一人问道。

Of course, we said. We watched as their stance changed -- feet apart, faces lifted, no pretense⁴ at smiles. They stared right at us. They made their own hip-hop beat, with knuckle⁵ beats, claps, finger snaps -- and they started to rap. Rapping in Hindi sounds extra tough:

当然可以，我们说。于是她们改变站姿--双腿分立，抬起脸庞，抹去逢迎的微笑。她们直视我们，用指节叩击、拍掌和响指打起嘻哈节拍，然后开始说唱。用印地语说唱听起来格外费力：

Say it aloud once with me. This city is for you and me. This city is not anyone's property.

跟我一起说一遍。这是你和我的城市。不是任何人的私有物。

1 tunics   

n.（动植物的）膜皮( tunic的名词复数 )；束腰宽松外衣；一套制服的短上衣；（天主教主教等穿的）短祭袍

参考例句：

• After work colourful clothes replace the blue tunics. 下班后，蓝制服都换成了色彩鲜艳的衣服。 来自辞典例句
• The ancient Greeks fastened their tunics with Buttons and loops. 古希腊人在肩部用钮扣与环圈将束腰外衣扣紧。 来自互联网

2 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。

3 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。

4 pretense   

n.矫饰，做作，借口

参考例句：

• You can't keep up the pretense any longer.你无法继续伪装下去了。
• Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。

5 knuckle   

n.指节；vi.开始努力工作；屈服，认输

参考例句：

• They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
• You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试，你确实应专心学习。