曾强奸12岁女孩奥运选手首秀遭嘘

近日，曾因强奸12岁女孩入狱的荷兰沙滩排球运动员史蒂文·范德费尔德（Steven van de Velde）在巴黎奥运首秀中遭嘘。2016年，19岁的他因强奸一名12岁女孩在英国被判入狱四年。但在服刑近一年被引渡回荷兰后，不到一个月就被释放了。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What legal distinction is mentioned in the article regarding Van de Velde's crime if it had been tried in the Netherlands instead of England?

A) It would have been considered a misdemeanor

B) It would have been deemed a lesser offense of ontucht

C) It would have resulted in a longer prison sentence

D) It would have been classified as a non-criminal act

A) Indifferent and objective

B) Supportive and approving

C) Critical and questioning

D) Sympathetic and understanding

无注释原文：

Why the Netherlands seems unfazed by sending a child rapist to the Olympics

From: The Guardian

For weeks now, controversy has surrounded the Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was sentenced to four years in prison in England in 2016 for raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19. He has served his time and openly expressed regret for what he called “the biggest mistake of my life”. But is that enough for him to be allowed to represent the Netherlands at the Olympic Games, a contest in which participants are also expected to serve as role models?

International media and support groups for victims of sexual violence certainly do not think so. Many condemned the decision to let Van de Velde play, and even called on the International Olympic Committee to investigate how he had been allowed to compete.

Remarkably, in the Netherlands itself, the case has not caused much commotion. The news hasn't made the front pages and there were no columnists or opinion-makers expressing astonishment or indignation.

Last week, the Team Netherlands chef de mission, Pieter van den Hoogenband, expressed mild surprise at the timing of the uproar, pointing out that Van de Velde had already returned to international sports in 2017, and played in European and World championships. The Netherlands' Olympic committee, which selected Van de Velde, said in a statement that he had served his sentence, completed an extensive rehabilitation programme and experts had concluded there was no risk of him reoffending. The volleyball player had shown that he had “grown and positively changed his life”, it said.

But why the muted reaction in the Netherlands? One legal distinction is that Van de Velde is unlikely to have been convicted of rape had he stood trial in the Netherlands rather than England. In England, sex with a 12-year-old is rape, regardless of the circumstances: an under-16 cannot legally consent. But after he was extradited to the Netherlands, having serving almost a year of his prison sentence, he was released after less than a month. Under Dutch law, his crime was deemed to be the lesser offence of ontucht, sexual acts that violate social-ethical norms.

On social media, there are of course Dutch people arguing that Van de Velde should not compete, with others going much further in their imagined punishments. There are also those, such as the court reporter Chris Klomp, who have argued that he is not the “sex monster” or “groomer” he has been made out to be in some English-language media.

Klomp, along with the Dutch sports authorities and many other Dutch people, believes that now that Van de Velde has served his sentence and publicly expressed remorse, he is “of course free to move on with his life”.

But there is a difference between moving on with one's life and representing your country at the most prestigious sporting event in the world, where you are also supposed to set an example. Which raises the question: what message does the Netherlands send to the world by allowing itself to be represented by a man convicted of a sexual offence? It is obvious that not much thought has been given to how this might affect victims of sexual abuse.

Because there is another, even more critical question: How does all of this impact the woman involved? Van de Velde has picked up the pieces of his life, but for victims of sexual abuse it is very difficult to do the same. It must be hard for her to relive everything that happened, through Van de Velde's participation in the Olympic Games and all the conversation around it.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Why the Netherlands seems unfazed by sending a child rapist to the Olympics

From: The Guardian

For weeks now, controversy has surrounded the Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was sentenced to four years in prison in England in 2016 for raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19. He has served his time and openly expressed regret for what he called “the biggest mistake of my life”. But is that enough for him to be allowed to represent the Netherlands at the Olympic Games, a contest in which participants are also expected to serve as role models?

几周以来，荷兰沙滩排球运动员史蒂文·范德费尔德（Steven van de Velde）一直饱受争议。2016年，19岁的他因强奸一名12岁女孩在英国被判入狱四年。范德费尔德已服刑完毕，并公开对自己所谓的“人生中最大的错误”表示后悔。但这是否足以让他有资格代表荷兰参加奥运会，成为榜样呢？

unfazed /ʌnˈfeɪzd/ 表示“不吃惊的；不担忧的；泰然自若的”，英文解释为“not surprised or worried”举个🌰：She seems unfazed by her sudden success and fame. 她看上去对自己的一夜成名处之泰然。

controversy /ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/ 表示“争议；争论；争辩”，英文解释为“a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people”举个🌰：There was a big controversy surrounding / over the use of drugs in athletics. 体育界对使用违禁药物争议很大。

sentence /ˈsen.təns/ 可以作动词也可以作名词，表示“（法官）宣布判决，宣判”，英文解释为“to decide and say officially what a punishment will be”举个🌰：He was sentenced to life imprisonment. 他被判终身监禁。

作名词，还可以表示“句，句子”，英文解释为“a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when written”

serve time 表示“服刑；蹲监狱”，英文解释为“to spend time in prison”举个🌰：He's serving time for drug offences. 他因毒品犯罪正在服刑。

International media and support groups for victims of sexual violence certainly do not think so. Many condemned the decision to let Van de Velde play, and even called on the International Olympic Committee to investigate how he had been allowed to compete.

国际媒体和性暴力受害者支持团体显然不这么认为。许多人谴责允许范德费尔德参赛的决定，甚至呼吁国际奥委会调查是如何允许他参赛的。

condemn /kənˈdem/ 表示“（通常指出于道义而）谴责，指责”，英文解释为“to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons”举个🌰：The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice. 人们谴责这一恐怖行径是野蛮和懦弱的行为。

🎬电影《英伦对决》（The Foreigner）中的台词提到：And I condemn these acts of violence, but I can't help you. 对这些暴力行为我表示谴责，但我帮不了你。

Remarkably, in the Netherlands itself, the case has not caused much commotion. The news hasn't made the front pages and there were no columnists or opinion-makers expressing astonishment or indignation.

令人惊讶的是，在荷兰国内，这一事件并未引起太多关注。新闻未登上头版，也没有专栏作家或意见领袖表示震惊或愤怒。

commotion /kəˈməʊ.ʃən/ 表示“喧闹；喧嚣；混乱；骚动”，英文解释为“a sudden, short period of noise, confusion, or excited movement”举个🌰：His arrival caused quite a commotion. 他的到来引起了不小的骚动。

columnist /ˈkɒl.əm.nɪst/ 表示“（报纸、杂志的）专栏作家”，英文解释为“someone who writes a regular article for a newspaper or magazine”如：a gossip/sports columnist 漫谈/体育专栏作家。

astonishment /əˈstɒn.ɪʃ.mənt/ 表示“惊愕；惊讶”，英文解释为“very great surprise”举个🌰：To the astonishment of her colleagues, she resigned. 她竟然辞职了，这让她的同事们大吃一惊。

indignation /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ 表示“（由错误或不公正的事激起的）愤怒，愤慨”，英文解释为“anger about a situation that you think is wrong or not fair”。

Last week, the Team Netherlands chef de mission, Pieter van den Hoogenband, expressed mild surprise at the timing of the uproar, pointing out that Van de Velde had already returned to international sports in 2017, and played in European and World championships. The Netherlands' Olympic committee, which selected Van de Velde, said in a statement that he had served his sentence, completed an extensive rehabilitation programme and experts had concluded there was no risk of him reoffending. The volleyball player had shown that he had “grown and positively changed his life”, it said.

上周，荷兰代表团团长皮尔特·范登霍根班德（Pieter van den Hoogenband）对这一风波所发生的时机表示有点惊讶，他指出范德费尔德已在2017年重返国际赛场，并参加了欧洲和世界锦标赛。选中范德费尔德参赛的荷兰奥委会在声明中表示，范德费尔德已服刑，参加了全面的改过自新项目，专家认为他没有再犯罪的风险。声明中表示，这位沙滩排球运动员已经“成长了，并积极地改变自己的生活”。

chef de mission 是一个法语术语，常用于指代某个团队（通常是奥运代表团）的领队或负责人。这个职位通常负责团队的管理和后勤支持。

uproar /ˈʌp.rɔːr/ 表示“骚动；怨愤；喧嚣；嘈杂；吵闹”，英文解释为“a situation in which there is a lot of public criticism and angry argument about sth that sb has said or done”举个🌰：The article caused (an) uproar. 这篇文章引起了轩然大波。

rehabilitation /ˌriː.həˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ 表示“恢复（正常生活）；康复；（囚犯）获得改造”，英文解释为“the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of helping someone to do this afterthey have been in prison, been very ill, etc.”举个🌰：Many amputees in the early stages of their rehabilitation feel despair. 在康复初期，许多截肢病人感到绝望。

reoffend /ˌriː.əˈfend/ 表示“再犯罪，重新犯罪”，英文解释为“(of someone who has previously committed a crime) to commit another crime”举个🌰：Most prisoners reoffend following release from prison. 大多数犯人在出狱后都会重新犯罪。

But why the muted reaction in the Netherlands? One legal distinction is that Van de Velde is unlikely to have been convicted of rape had he stood trial in the Netherlands rather than England. In England, sex with a 12-year-old is rape, regardless of the circumstances: an under-16 cannot legally consent. But after he was extradited to the Netherlands, having serving almost a year of his prison sentence, he was released after less than a month. Under Dutch law, his crime was deemed to be the lesser offence of ontucht, sexual acts that violate social-ethical norms.

但为什么荷兰的反应如此平淡呢？法律上的一个区别是，如果范德费尔德在荷兰而不是英国受审，他不太可能被判犯有强奸罪。在英国，无论在什么情况下，与12岁的孩子发生性关系都属于强奸：对于未满16岁的孩子，法律上不存在同意的概念（任何形式的性关系都视为非法）。但他在服刑近一年被引渡回荷兰后，不到一个月就被释放了。根据荷兰法律，他的罪行被视为情节较轻的ontucht罪，即违反社会伦理规范的性行为。

muted /ˈmjuː.tɪd/ 1）表示“（声音）不响亮的，减轻的”，英文解释为“not loud”举个🌰：There was polite, muted applause when I finished speaking. 我讲话结束时，响起了礼貌而又温和的掌声。

2）表示“（颜色）柔和的，不耀眼的”，英文解释为“A muted colour is not bright.”举个🌰：She was dressed in muted shades of blue. 她身穿色调柔和的蓝色衣服。

distinction /dɪˈstɪŋk.ʃən/ 1）表示“区别，差别，不同”，英文解释为“a difference between two similar things”举个🌰：There's a clear distinction between the dialects spoken in the two regions. 这两个地区的方言有着明显的不同。

2）表示“（尤指给学生的）优等评分，荣誉，奖赏；（学生作业的）优，优等”，英文解释为“a special mark/grade or award that is given to sb, especially a student, for excellent work”

3）表示“优秀，卓越”，英文解释为“the quality of being excellent”如：a writer/scientist/wine of distinction 一流的作家/科学家/葡萄酒。

4）表示“特质，特性”，英文解释为“the quality of being special or different”举个🌰：She has the distinction of being one of the few people to have an honorary degree conferred on her by the university this year. 今年只有几个人被授予了大学荣誉学位，她有幸成为其中之一。

convict /kənˈvɪkt/ 表示“证明…有罪；定罪；宣判…有罪”，英文解释为“If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a court of law.”举个🌰：There was insufficient evidence to convict him. 没有足够的证据证明他有罪。

stand trial表示“受审”，英文解释为“to be put on trial in a law court”举个🌰：Two other men are to stand trial next month. 另外两名男子将于下个月接受审判。

consent /kənˈsent/ 表示“同意；准许；允许”，英文解释为“permission to do sth, especially given by sb in authority”举个🌰：Children under 16 cannot give consent to medical treatment. 16岁以下的儿童不得自行同意接受治疗。

extradite /ˈek.strə.daɪt/ 表示“引渡”，英文解释为“to make someone return for trial to another country or state where they have been accused of doing something illegal”举个🌰：He will be extradited to Arizona from Florida. 他将被从佛罗里达州引渡到亚利桑那州。

名词：

📍extradition 表示“引渡”，英文解释为“the act of making someone return for trial to another country or state where they have been accused of doing something illegal”如：emergency extraditions 紧急引渡。

norm /nɔːm/ 通常复数，表示“规范；行为标准”，英文解释为“standards of behaviour that are typical of or accepted within a particular group or society”，如：social/cultural norms 社会/文化规范。

📍the norm 表示“常态，正常行为”，英文解释为“a situation or type of behaviour that is expected and considered to be typical”举个🌰：One child per family is fast becoming the norm in some countries. 每个家庭一个孩子在一些国家正迅速普遍起来。

On social media, there are of course Dutch people arguing that Van de Velde should not compete, with others going much further in their imagined punishments. There are also those, such as the court reporter Chris Klomp, who have argued that he is not the “sex monster” or “groomer” he has been made out to be in some English-language media.

在社交媒体上，当然有荷兰人认为范德费尔德不应该参加比赛，还有人提出更为严厉的惩罚措施。也有一些人，比如法庭记者克里斯·克洛姆普（Chris Klomp），认为范德费尔德并不是一些英文媒体所说的“性变态”或“诱奸者”。

monster /ˈmɒn.stər/ 1）表示“（虚构的）怪物，怪兽”，英文解释为“any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange”如：a sea monster 海怪。

2）表示“丧失人性的人；残忍的人，恶人”，英文解释为“a cruel person”举个🌰：You'd have to be a monster to hit a child like that. 你一定是丧失人性了，那样打一个孩子。

在这里，“groomer”是一个特定的法律术语，用来描述那些与未成年人建立信任关系以便进行性剥削或性虐待的人。这个词源自“grooming”，意为“诱骗”或“引诱”，特别是指那些逐渐取得受害者信任以进行性侵害的行为。

groom /ɡruːm/ 作动词，1）表示“培养，培训，使做好准备”，英文解释为“to prepare someone for a special job or activity”举个🌰：She was being groomed for leadership. 她正在接受培训以担任领导。

2）表示“擦洗，刷洗（动物）”，英文解释为“to clean an animal, often by brushing its fur”举个🌰：She spends hours in the stables grooming her pony. 她在马厩里刷洗她的小马，一洗就是几个小时。

3）表示“（尤指通过互联网）勾引，诱骗，诱奸（儿童）”，英文解释为“to become friends with a child with the intention of trying to persuade the child to have a sexual relationship”

作名词，groom 同 bridegroom，表示“新郎；即将（或刚）结婚的男子”，英文解释为“a man who is about to get married or has just got married”

Klomp, along with the Dutch sports authorities and many other Dutch people, believes that now that Van de Velde has served his sentence and publicly expressed remorse, he is “of course free to move on with his life”.

克洛姆普、荷兰体育部门以及许多荷兰人都认为，既然范德费尔德已服刑并公开表达了悔意，他“当然可以自由地继续自己的生活”。

remorse /rɪˈmɔːs/ 表示“懊悔；悔恨；自责”，英文解释为“a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you have done”举个🌰：He felt no remorse for the murders he had committed. 他对自己犯下的一桩桩谋杀罪行毫无悔意。

But there is a difference between moving on with one's life and representing your country at the most prestigious sporting event in the world, where you are also supposed to set an example. Which raises the question: what message does the Netherlands send to the world by allowing itself to be represented by a man convicted of a sexual offence? It is obvious that not much thought has been given to how this might affect victims of sexual abuse.

但是，继续自己的生活与在世界上最负盛名的体育赛事上代表自己的国家参赛、树立榜样之间是有区别的。这就提出了一个问题：荷兰允许一个被判犯有性犯罪的人代表自己，向世界传递了什么信息？显然，荷兰并没有过多地考虑这可能会对性犯罪受害者产生怎样的影响。

prestigious /presˈtɪdʒ.əs/ 表示“有威望的，有声望的，有威信的”，英文解释为“A prestigious institution, job, or activity is respected and admired by people.”举个🌰：It's one of the best equipped and most prestigious schools in the country. 它是该国设备最好、最有声望的学校之一。

Because there is another, even more critical question: How does all of this impact the woman involved? Van de Velde has picked up the pieces of his life, but for victims of sexual abuse it is very difficult to do the same. It must be hard for her to relive everything that happened, through Van de Velde's participation in the Olympic Games and all the conversation around it.

因为还有另一个更为关键的问题：这一切对涉案女子有何影响？范德费尔德已重新开始了自己的生活，但对于性犯罪受害者来说，要做到这一点是非常困难的。因范德费尔德参加奥运会以及围绕这一事件的所有讨论，她不得不再次回忆起所发生的一切，这对她来说一定非常痛苦。

pick up the pieces 表示“重整旗鼓；力求恢复正常”，英文解释为“to try to return to a satisfactory situation”举个🌰：The fire was a blow, but we were determined to pick up the pieces and get the business back on its feet. 火灾是个打击，但我们决心重整旗鼓，恢复经营。

relive /ˌriːˈlɪv/ 表示“重温；对…记忆犹新；回味”，英文解释为“to remember clearly an experience that happened in the past”举个🌰：He relives the horror of the crash every night in his dreams. 每天晚上他都会梦见那次撞车的可怕情景。

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