看新闻学英语：思科恐将帮助中国城市监控人民

Cisco May Help Chinese City Monitor Citizens

思科恐将帮助中国城市监控人民



本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻

【新闻关键字】

1. Keep an eye on: ph. 照看；注意

2. Dissident :n. [‘dɪsədənt] 持不同政见者

3. Dub: v. [dʌb] 戏称为；起绰号

4. Stifle: v. [‘staɪfḷ] 压制；扼杀

5. Amnesty :n. [‘æmnəstɪ] 大赦

6. Crack down: ph. 严厉打击

7. Criminalize:v. [‘krɪmənəˈlaɪz] 使非法

8. Counsel: n. [‘kaunsḷ] 法律顾问

9. Suppress: v. [sə’prɛs] 压制

10. Massacre: n. [‘mæsəkɚ] 屠杀

11. Bar :v. [bɑr] 禁止

12. Fingerprinting: n. [‘fɪŋgɚˈprɪntɪŋ] 取指印；盖手印

Computer networking giant Cisco may be helping the Chinese regime keep an eye on its citizens – including monitoring political dissidents.

电脑网路巨头思科，可能会帮助中国政权监控公民─ ─包括监视持不同政见者。

Over the next two to three years, the city of Chongqing will install a complex network of surveillance equipment, including half a million security cameras. The project is dubbed “Peaceful Chongqing.” According to the Wall Street Journal, Cisco is likely to provide key pieces of equipment.

在未来两到三年内，重庆市将安装一个复杂的网路监控设备，包括50万台保全摄影机。该项目被称为“和平重庆”。据华尔街日报报导，思科可能提供其关键设备元件。

Human rights groups are concerned the camera network will be used to further stifle human rights and political expression. Amnesty International researcher Corinna-Barbara Francis told the Journal that there is evidence Chinese authorities use video surveillance to, “crack down and then criminalize activity which should not be criminalized.”

人权组织担心，摄影机网路将被用来进一步压制人权，和人们的政治表达权利。大赦国际的研究员科琳娜 – 芭芭拉弗朗西斯告诉华尔街日报说，证据指出中国当局使用录影监控，来“打击那些本不应以犯罪论处的犯罪活动。”

Cisco general counsel Mark Chandler stated in a June blog post that they do not supply the CCP with equipment that has been “customized in any way” to suppress human rights.

思科总法律顾问马克钱德勒在6月的部落格文章中说，他们不提供中共“任何方式客制化”的设备助其压制人权。

After the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, a U.S. law barred companies from exporting crime control products, like fingerprinting equipment, to China. But the restrictions don’t cover equipment with multiple uses, like security cameras.

经过 1989年的天安门大屠杀事件后，美国法律禁止公司行号出口犯罪控制产品到中国，如指纹识别设备等。但这项限制不包括具有多种用途的设备，如保全摄影机。

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本专栏由前卫英语李德良老师主编 www.davidlee.url.tw

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