沙特女性可以骑自行车啦慢速英语

沙特阿拉伯女性的生活迅速发生变化，如今的她们拥有了一定程度的自由，可以开车、骑自行车、设计衣装等，社会地位有了一定程度的提升。

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LifeforwomeninSaudiArabiaischangingquickly.Theyarenowexperiencingnewfreedoms,suchasridingabicycle.Thegovernmentannouncedthenewpolicyearlierthismonth.ThesefreedomsareimportantforSaudiwomenlikeAmirahal-Turkistani.In,AmirahfinishedherstudiesintheAmericancityofBoston.WhilelivinginBoston,sherodealightgreenbicycle.WhenshewaspreparingtoreturntoherhomeinJeddah,shedecidedtotakeherbicyclewithher.Herfriendslaughedattheidea.“Theytoldme,‘WhatwillyoudowithitinJeddah,hangitonthewall?’”shesaid.Ridingabicycleinpublicasawomanwasunthinkableatthetime.InSaudiArabia,religiouspolicewatchpublicspacestoenforceconservativedressrules,bansonmusicandalcohol,prayer-timestoreclosuresandthemixingofunrelatedmenandwomen.Now,threeyearslater,AmirahoftenrideshersamegreenbicyclealongJeddah’sseasidepaths.Sometimessheridesbyherself,othertimeswithherhusbandandchildren.Thenewpolicysaysthatwomenmuststillbecoveredinanabayawhenridingabike.Abayasareloose-fitting,full-lengthrobes.TheyarerequiredpublicdressforSaudiwomen.Butabayasarechanging,too.Inthepast,womencouldonlyweartraditionalblackabayas.Now,Amirahchoosesfromseveralcolorsofabayas.Shedesignsthemherself.“Jeddahtodayisn’tthesameasJeddahfive,sixyearsago,”shesaid.“Thescrutinyonclothes(haseased),there’smoreplacestogo,workingopportunitiesforwomenarethesameasformen.”Inrecentyears,SaudiArabiahasbeenchangingfromitsmoretraditionalpast.Underareformprogramaimedatmodernizingthekingdomandreducingitseconomy’sdependenceonoil,CrownPrinceMohammedbinSalmanhaseasedsocialrestrictions.Hehasalsoendeda40-yearbanonmovietheaters.Andhehasreducedtheactivitiesofthereligiouspolice.Lastyear,thegovernmentannounceditwouldpermitwomentodrivecars,somethingAmirahisveryreadyfor.“It’snotlikeIwanttodrivejustbecauseIwanttodrive,”shesaid,It’saneed.”Amirahisa30year-oldmotheroftwochildren.Shehasafull-timejobteachinggraphicdesignatJeddahInternationalCollege.Sheworksonotherdesignprojectsoutsideofwork,aswell.Andshesellsherhandmadeabayas.Inherfreetime,shedoesyoga.Shealsodoesstrengthtrainingatanexercisecenter.AmirahispartofayounggenerationofSaudiwomenseizingnewchances.Yetsherealizesthatnotallwomeninthiscountryof32millionpeoplehavethesamechancesasher.Tribalcustoms,authoritativemalerelativesandreligiousconservatismkeepmanySaudiwomenfromhavingthesamerights.“Shecanbe(modern)butherfamilyisn’t,”AmirahsaysofSaudiwomen.“Shecanbelikethisbutherhusbanddoesn’tallowit.”Sheaddsthatshebelievessomepeopleopposethenewreforms.“There’sachange,that’strue,butI’mtalkingaboutsomethingveryminiscule,”shesaid.“Idon’tknowaboutotherplaces,othercities.I’mjusttalkingaboutJeddah.”I’mPhilDierking.

LifeforwomeninSaudiArabiaischangingquickly.Theyarenowexperiencingnewfreedoms,suchasridingabicycle.Thegovernmentannouncedthenewpolicyearlierthismonth.沙特阿拉伯女性的生活正在发生急剧变化。如今她们正在体验新的自由，比如说骑自行车。本月早些时候沙特政府发布了这一新政策。

ThesefreedomsareimportantforSaudiwomenlikeAmirahal-Turkistani.这些自由对阿米拉·阿尔特基斯塔尼这样的沙特女性来说很重要。

In,AmirahfinishedherstudiesintheAmericancityofBoston.WhilelivinginBoston,sherodealightgreenbicycle.WhenshewaspreparingtoreturntoherhomeinJeddah,shedecidedtotakeherbicyclewithher.年，阿米拉在美国波士顿完成了学业。在波士顿生活的时候，她骑一辆淡绿色的自行车。准备回家乡吉达时，她决定把自行车带回去。

Herfriendslaughedattheidea.她的朋友都嘲笑她。

“Theytoldme,‘WhatwillyoudowithitinJeddah,hangitonthewall?’”shesaid.她说，“朋友对我说，’在吉达你要怎么处理它，把它挂在墙上吗？’”

Ridingabicycleinpublicasawomanwasunthinkableatthetime.InSaudiArabia,religiouspolicewatchpublicspacestoenforceconservativedressrules,bansonmusicandalcohol,prayer-timestoreclosuresandthemixingofunrelatedmenandwomen.那时候，女性在公共场合骑自行车简直无法想象。在沙特阿拉伯，宗教警察巡视公共场合，确保人们穿着保守，禁止音乐和饮酒，祈祷时间商店关闭，并禁止不相关男女厮混在一起。

Now,threeyearslater,AmirahoftenrideshersamegreenbicyclealongJeddah’sseasidepaths.Sometimessheridesbyherself,othertimeswithherhusbandandchildren.如今，三年过去了，阿米拉常常在吉达的海边小道上骑着她那辆绿色的自行车。有时候一个人骑，有时候和她的丈夫孩子一起。

Thenewpolicysaysthatwomenmuststillbecoveredinanabayawhenridingabike.Abayasareloose-fitting,full-lengthrobes.TheyarerequiredpublicdressforSaudiwomen.新政策表明，女性骑自行车时仍需身着长袍。长袍是一种宽松的、遮挡全身的罩袍。这是沙特女性公共场合穿的衣服。

Butabayasarechanging,too.Inthepast,womencouldonlyweartraditionalblackabayas.Now,Amirahchoosesfromseveralcolorsofabayas.Shedesignsthemherself.不过长袍也正在改变。过去，女性只能穿传统的黑色长袍。如今，阿米拉有几种颜色的长袍可供选择，她自己亲自设计长袍。

“Jeddahtodayisn’tthesameasJeddahfive,sixyearsago,”shesaid.“Thescrutinyonclothes(haseased),there’smoreplacestogo,workingopportunitiesforwomenarethesameasformen.”她说，“如今的吉达和五六年前不一样了，对衣服的审查没那么严格了，可以去的地方也变多了，男女工作机会也均等了。”

Inrecentyears,SaudiArabiahasbeenchangingfromitsmoretraditionalpast.近几年，沙特阿拉伯也从更传统的过去悄然发生变化。

Underareformprogramaimedatmodernizingthekingdomandreducingitseconomy’sdependenceonoil,CrownPrinceMohammedbinSalmanhaseasedsocialrestrictions.Hehasalsoendeda40-yearbanonmovietheaters.Andhehasreducedtheactivitiesofthereligiouspolice.在一项旨在使沙特走向现代化，减少经济上对石油的依赖的改革计划下，沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼减少了社会限制，取消了对电影院为期四十年的禁令，还减少了宗教警察的活动。

Lastyear,thegovernmentannounceditwouldpermitwomentodrivecars,somethingAmirahisveryreadyfor.去年，政府宣布允许女性驾驶汽车，对此，阿米拉期待已久。

“It’snotlikeIwanttodrivejustbecauseIwanttodrive,”shesaid,It’saneed.”她说，“我不是单纯地想开车，开车是一种需要。”

Amirahisa30year-oldmotheroftwochildren.Shehasafull-timejobteachinggraphicdesignatJeddahInternationalCollege.Sheworksonotherdesignprojectsoutsideofwork,aswell.Andshesellsherhandmadeabayas.现年30岁的阿米拉是两个孩子的妈妈。她有一份在吉达国际学院教授平面设计的全职工作。工作之余她也承接别的设计项目，她还卖自己做的长袍。

Inherfreetime,shedoesyoga.Shealsodoesstrengthtrainingatanexercisecenter.她闲时做做瑜伽，也会在运动中心做力量训练。

AmirahispartofayounggenerationofSaudiwomenseizingnewchances.阿米拉是沙特女性中的年轻一代，抓住了新的机遇。

Yetsherealizesthatnotallwomeninthiscountryof32millionpeoplehavethesamechancesasher.Tribalcustoms,authoritativemalerelativesandreligiousconservatismkeepmanySaudiwomenfromhavingthesamerights.不过她意识到在这个国家万人中，并不是所有的女性都能和她有一样的机会。部落的习俗，权威男性亲属与宗教保守派不让沙特女性享受与他们相同的权利。

“Shecanbe(modern)butherfamilyisn’t,”AmirahsaysofSaudiwomen.“Shecanbelikethisbutherhusbanddoesn’tallowit.”Sheaddsthatshebelievessomepeopleopposethenewreforms.提到沙特女性，阿米拉说，“女性可以变得现代化但是她的家庭不会，女性可以这样但是她的丈夫不允许。”她还说她相信有一些人是反对新的改革的。

“There’sachange,that’strue,butI’mtalkingaboutsomethingveryminiscule,”shesaid.“Idon’tknowaboutotherplaces,othercities.I’mjusttalkingaboutJeddah.”她说，“现在在发生变化，这是真的，但是我说的是一些很小的事情，我不清楚别的地方、别的城市，我只是说吉达而已。”

I’mPhilDierking.菲尔·迪金报道。

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