Authorities in Barcelona, fed up with tourists wandering the streets in their swimming costumes, are going to great lengths to convince them to put on clothes when they leave the beach.
“We want to make people understand that it’s an attitude that we don’t like, that it’s not banned or punishable but that it’s something we don’t think is civil,” said a spokeswoman for the city hall.
Municipal authorities in the seaside Spanish city have already printed posters showing a couple in swimming costumes with a red line across it, along with another couple dressed normally but without the red line.
“In the coming weeks we are going to put up the posters in the metro, buses and in all public areas,” the spokeswoman said.
“And the mayor has sent letters to businesses, hotels, bars, restaurants...encouraging them to download the poster and post it on their walls.”
The city hall had no figures on how many visitors walk through the streets in their bikinis, swimsuits or swimming trunks. “It’s just a perception,” said the spokeswoman.
The beaches and cultural attractions of the capital of Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region draw millions of foreign visitors each year.
(AFP)
巴塞隆納有關當局對戲水遊客穿泳裝逛大街的行為很感冒,準備大力宣導離開海灘時披上外衣的觀念。
市政府一名女發言人表示:「我們想讓民眾了解我們並不欣賞這樣的行為,雖不至會加以禁止或訂定罰則,但這類舉動真的很失禮。」
濱海的巴塞隆納市府當局已印製宣導海報。海報上,身穿泳裝的男女和打扮正常的男女並列,著泳裝者身上被槓了一條紅線。
該女發言人說:「未來幾週,我們將陸續在地鐵、公車和各公共場所張貼這些海報。」
「此外,市長已致函各企業、飯店、酒吧和曙U…鼓勵他們自行下載海報、張貼在牆上。」
巴塞隆納市府並未計算有多少遊客穿著比基尼、泳裝或泳褲逛大街。該女發言人表示:「那只是一種觀念。」
巴塞隆納(西班牙東北方加泰隆尼亞地區首府)的海灘與文化景點每年都吸引數百萬觀光客前來。
(法新社╱翻譯:林倩如)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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