美国ABC电视台就“杀光中国人”不妥言论道歉.

2017-08-14 作者： 272阅读

　　脱口秀节目《吉米鸡毛秀》的“儿童圆桌会议” 环节中一名儿童戏称要“杀死所有中国人”，这句话使节目陷入水深火热的境地之中。目前ABC广播公司已经公开道歉。

　　The unscripted remark came during the October 16 segment where the comedian gathers six and seven-year-old children to ask their opinions on the current political and economic issues faced by the United States.

　　这句即兴评论来自于10月16日播出的节目，在该节目环节中，一些6、7岁大的儿童聚集在桌前，主持人就当前美国面临的一些政治和经济时事向他们问问题。

　　Sitting around a table, with all of the kids dressed in suits, Jimmy asked: ‘America owes a lot of money to China, $1.3 trillion. How should we pay them back?’

　　所有的孩子们都穿着西装，吉米也坐在桌前，他问孩子们：“美国欠中国一大笔债，1.3万亿美元。我们该怎么还清债款呢?”

　　One child answered, ‘Kill everyone in China’.

　　一个小孩回答说，“杀掉所有中国人。”

　　While Kimmel didn’t immediately seem to see a problem with the answer, laughing as he replied, ‘Kill everyone in China? OK that’s an interesting idea,’ it horrified many viewers.

　　吉米当时似乎并未察觉这一回答有何不妥，他边笑边回答说，“杀掉所有中国人?好吧，这个主意挺有意思的。”他的回答让许多观众惊恐不已。

　　A group called 80-20, a pan-Asian-American political organisation, put together a petitionasking President Barack Obama to investigate.

　　一个名为“80-20促进会”的泛亚-美政治组织对此进行请愿，请求巴拉克·奥巴马总统调查此事。

　　The petition needs 100,000 signatures to go to the president and at the moment has almost 60,000.

　　一份白宫请愿必须有10万人联名签名才会呈交到总统手中，而现在这份请愿书已经收集到了6万签名。

　　It reads: ‘We petition the Obama administration to: Investigate Jimmy Kimmel Kid&aposs Table Government Shutdown Show on ABC Network.

　　这份请愿书如此写道：“我们就此事向政府当局请愿：请调查ABC电视网《吉米鸡毛秀》儿童圆桌会议” ‘政府关门’ 主题一集”。

　　‘The kids might not know anything better. However, Jimmy Kimmel and ABC’s management are adults. They had a choice not to air this racist program, which promotes racial hatred. The program is totally unacceptable and it must be cut. A sincere apology must be issued. ’

　　“孩子也许童言无忌，但吉米·坎摩尔和ABC电视台的工作员工都是成年人。他们不应该播出有侮辱性言词的节目，这会激化种族矛盾。这一节目完全令人不可接受，必须被剪辑掉。当事人应就此事真诚道歉。”

　　ABC quickly responded with a letter of apology. The letter reportedly says, ‘We would never purposully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large.’

　　ABC电视台很快做出回应，发布了道歉信。信中写到，“我们绝非有意传播任何会激怒中国人群体、亚洲群体、华裔或任何相关群体感情的信息。”

　　It was signed by Lisa Berger, an ABC executive vice president who oversees the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, and Tim McNeal, vice president of ABC’s talent development and diversity branch.

　　这封道歉信由ABC广播公司负责监管该节目的副总裁丽莎·柏格和人才开发和多样化部门的副总裁麦克·尼尔联名签署。

　　The correspondence also revealed the network had removed the comment from all media platforms and promised to edit it out of all future broadcasts of the show.

　　据记者透露，ABC电视台已经从所有媒体平台上删除了这期节目，日后该节目播出时也不会再出现这段记录。