【读新闻学英语】裸体雕像被迫穿上红泳裤 老美的Facebook居然也那么“封建”？

The German city of Kassel is once again able to display its treasured statue of Hercules on Facebook ... or at least most of it.

德国卡塞尔终于可以再次在Facebook网站上展示该市的珍贵大力神雕塑啦…至少是大部分。

Kassel：卡塞尔，德国的童话之都

Treasured：珍贵的；珍视的

Statue：雕像

Hercules：大力神，古希腊罗马神话中的人物

Tourism officials for the city were shocked recently to discover that a photo gallery they had put up on Facebook - including a shot of the statue from the rear - had been blocked on the site because Facebook censors recognised it as an image of a nude man.

近日，卡塞尔的旅游部门官员都惊讶地发现，他们在Facebook网站上建立的一个包含一张雕塑背面照片的图片库居然被Facebook给封了…因为Facebook的审查工具把它当成了一张裸男照片。

Photo gallery：图片库

Censor：审查；检查

Rear：背面；后方

Nude：裸体的

The statue does indeed depict a nude man. But the city is quick to point out that it is, indeed, a statue, not a man.

这个雕塑描述的的确是一个裸男。但是卡塞尔迅速指出，它确实只是一尊雕塑，而不是个真的男人。

Depict：描绘、描画

Indeed：的确；确实

However, rather than get into an argument with Facebook, city officials reposted the photo, this time with a pair of red digital swimming trunks protecting both Hercules' modesty and the world from a view of his buttocks.

然而，卡塞尔的官员并没有和Facebook争论，而是重新上传了一张照片。这次，这尊雕塑穿上了一件电子版红色泳裤，为大力神遮羞，同时也避免让世界人民观赏他的臀部。

Swimming trunks：男式游泳短裤

Modesty：羞怯；端庄

Buttocks：臀部

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