多名甘肃岷县家长竟组织儿童寒假进京乞讨

 　　More than 20 'child beggars' have been found asking for money in different metro¹ stations in Beijing by law-enforcement teams during the last two months.

　　在过去两个月里，有关执法大队在北京几个不同的地铁站里发现了20多个向人要钱的“儿童乞丐”。

　　Most of them are from Min County of Gansu Province, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

　　据《北京青年报》报道，他们中的大多数人都来自甘肃岷县。

　　They come to Beijing with their parents and relatives during the winter holiday, and make considerable earnings².

　　在寒假期间，他们与父母和亲戚一起来到北京，可以取得可观的收入。

　　The 'child beggars' can earn more than 200 yuan (about 29 USD) a day in the summer, and it is estimated that some children may make more than 10,000 yuan (about 1,453 USD) during their summer holidays (generally in July and August), a law enforcement officer told Beijing Youth Daily.

　　执法部门一位工作人员向《北京青年报》透露，这些“儿童乞丐”夏天每天可以挣200多元（大约29美元），据估计一些孩子一个暑假下来可以挣10000多元（约合1453美元）。

　　Their behaviors cause trouble for subway riders.

　　他们的行为给许多地铁乘客带来了麻烦。

　　They ask the children to kneel on the ground and cry for mercy, or even clasp their arms around the passengers' legs or rummage³ in their bags to ask for money.

　　大人们会要求这些孩子跪在地上、哭泣，以此来搏人同情，甚至会抱着地铁乘客的大腿、或者翻乘客的包要钱。

　　In order to avoid punishment, the adults sometimes ask the children to form their own 'working groups' and discretely⁴ give them working instructions.

　　为逃避惩罚，大人有时会叫孩子们组成自己的“工作组”，并分别给予工作指导。

1 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 rummage   

v./n.翻寻，仔细检查

参考例句：

• He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。
• The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索，找她的眼镜。

4 discretely   

分离地，离散地

参考例句：

• The mesh is the outcome of discretely decomposing the continuous space. 网格是对连续空间进行离散剖分的结果。
• The sensitive flesh must choose the product which discretely these mark sensitive flesh may use. 敏感型肌肤也要谨慎挑选那些标明敏感肌肤可以使用的产品。