1. 来源
The Telepraph
2.完整新闻标题:
'Gap yah' backpackers begging for money should be ashamed of themselves
西方背包客讨钱，应当感到羞愧
(注：Gap yah为gap year的揶揄)
3.新闻内文
Take a walk down Khao San Road in Bangkok and you’ll see people lining the streets asking for money. Only they’re not homeless locals struggling to feed their families; they’regap yah backpackerswho spent their week’s budget on too many drinks in the hostel bar #fail #YOLO.
走在曼谷街头会看到有许多人在讨钱，但却不是想要温饱家庭的泰国游民，而是西方背包客。他们休学来到亚洲旅游，在青年旅社酒吧花天酒地后散尽盘缠，需要旅费。
There has been a recent rise in ‘begpackers’ - that’s backpackers who are begging - across some of the poorest countries in the world. Their attempts to fund their trips via begging, busking and occasionally selling their holiday photos have been snapped and shared on social media by more socially aware travellers - and disgusted locals.
背包客讨钱的风潮近来热络，连最贫穷的国家都能看到他们身影，想要借由乞讨或是兜售旅游相片来换取旅费。其他旅客和当地人都看不下去了，于是就拍照上传。
Most of the begpackershave been spotted in South East Asia, along the well-trodden traveller’s trail of Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam and across into Malaysia. One woman from Singapore, Maisarah Abu Samah, was shocked to see two white couples selling postcards and playing music for money.
这些西方乞讨客遍布东南亚热门旅游路线，包括泰国、柬埔寨、老挝、越南和马来西亚。新加坡女士Maisarah Abu Samah看到白人情侣竟然在街头贩卖明信片、弹奏音乐赚钱，对此深感讶异。
“We find it extremely strange to ask other people for money tohelp you travel,” she toldThe Observersat France 24.“Selling things in the street or begging isn't considered respectable. People who do so are really in need: they beg in order to buy food, pay their children's school fees or pay off debts. But not in order to do something seen as a luxury.”
他说：“要人家来赞助你旅游，真的很怪，随便在街上乞讨兜售不太好吧，那些真的乞丐和小贩是真的有困境，是在求温饱、求还债、图小孩能够上学，而不是为了能享受到旅游。”
Travelling across the world - even if it’s in cheap hostels on a budget of 5 a day - is not a God-given right; it’s a luxury that millions will never have.Backpackersmight be able to justify their behaviour to themselves, saying that they’re not forcing anyone to give to them/they really can’t afford their next flight/they’re busking not begging, but deep down they surely know what they’re doing is wrong.
就算是住在一晚250块的青年旅馆，环游世界不是与身俱来的基本人权，而是一种奢侈享受，全球数千万人都望之莫及。背包客可能会辩解说，他们又没有强迫人家给钱、或是他们真的没钱没机票了、或是街头表演不算乞讨云云，但心底都明白此举不可取。
You cannot spend time in some of the world’s most deprived areas and fail to see that there is a difference in having your smartphone stolen and not being able to eat. Even if you’re travelling purely so you can use the #wanderlust hashtag and go to a Full Moon party, it’s impossible to ignore the reality of poverty.
在贫穷国家待过，就一定明白手机被偷和肚子挨饿是两回事。就算只是去开趴玩乐，也不可能没看见该国的贫穷。
Backpackers cannot - and should not - ever feel entitled to people’s spare change when they’re busking next to someone who has not eaten a proper meal in days. People who fail to recognise this are the epitome of white privilege. They think that selling postcards for a few pounds is ‘hilarious’ and a great travelling story, when they’re potentiallytaking away customers from a local who needs those pounds more than they can ever imagine.
背包客无权向人家要钱。他们在街头表演收钱，就会排挤到隔壁真正穷人的收入。连这点都不能明白的话，就真的是白人特权表露无遗。他们觉得在异国兜售明信片很新奇，回国可以跟朋友分享故事，但实际上此举却抢走了当地小贩的生意，这些小贩远比背包客更需要钱。他们面临困境是那些背包客根本无法感同身受的。
A friend,currently travellingin South East Asia, tells me: “People choose to fritter away money on drinking and expensive meals and activities, then wonder why they’ve run out. Gap year travellers can spend a local’s monthly wage in a day. They have no right to complain and beg. It’s disgusting and out of touch. If they’re really out of money, I’m sure they can sell their iPads.”
我有个朋友现在在东南亚旅行。他跟我说，那些背包客花天酒地的，难怪会散尽盘缠。他们一天花的钱比当地人一个月赚的还多，根本无权在街上乞讨。有够恶心。如果真需要钱，可以卖掉ipad啊。
There are numerous alternatives for backpackers who run out of cash, from working in hostels, or taking part in programmes where they can work in exchange for free accommodation. There is really no need for them to sit in their Birkenstocks and yoga pants with cardboard placardsreading: “I am travelling around Asia without money. Please support my trip” - anactual sign one man has been photographed with.
背包客盘缠用尽，有许多筹钱之道，可以在青年旅馆打工、或是找其他打工换宿的机会，真的没有必要穿个瑜珈裤、弄个勃肯鞋，在街头用纸板写个“我穷游亚洲，请赞助”来乞讨。，
In recent years, there has also been a rise in people crowdfunding their travels. It’s no longer shocking for a couple to ask for donations to their 5* honeymoon instead of wedding presents, or for people to take to Kickstarter asking for others to help them fund a volunteering scheme abroad.
It’s the modern day equivalent of people pleading with your friends to sign your sponsorship format school- and it’s getting out of hand.
最近几年，还有人用群众募资来筹钱旅游，不管是度蜜月还是海外志工，都有人大言不惭的在Kickstarter募资。
Backpackers are so convinced they’re ‘giving back’ or ‘living a worthy cultural experience’ they lose sight of what they’re really doing: asking people to give their holiday a cash injection.
背包客都认为自己对当地社群有所贡献，或是自己在“体验道地文化”，但其实只是在要钱度假。
It’s bad enough when tourists go on ‘slum tours’ in underdeveloped countriesand take photos of beggars, but when they join them so they can pay for white-water rafting, they’re taking their entitlement one step too far.
观光客去落后国家拍乞丐已经够恶心了，但现在却有人加入乞丐行列，把讨来的钱拿去玩泛舟之类的，实在是耍特权。
4.完整新闻连结 (或短网址):
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5.备注:
在台湾似乎没看过？