1. 來源
The Telepraph
2.完整新聞標題:
'Gap yah' backpackers begging for money should be ashamed of themselves
西方背包客討錢，應當感到羞愧
(註：Gap yah為gap year的揶揄)
3.新聞內文
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.
走在曼谷街頭會看到有許多人在討錢，但卻不是想要溫飽家庭的泰國遊民，而是西方背包客。他們休學來到亞洲旅遊，在青年旅社酒吧花天酒地後散盡盤纏，需要旅費。
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.
背包客討錢的風潮近來熱絡，連最貧窮的國家都能看到他們身影，想要藉由乞討或是兜售旅遊相片來換取旅費。其他旅客和當地人都看不下去了，於是就拍照上傳。
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.
這些西方乞討客遍佈東南亞熱門旅遊路線，包括泰國、柬埔寨、寮國、越南和馬來西亞。新加坡女士Maisarah Abu Samah看到白人情侶竟然在街頭販賣明信片、彈奏音樂賺錢，對此深感訝異。
“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.”
他說：“要人家來贊助你旅遊，真的很怪，隨便在街上乞討兜售不太好吧，那些真的乞丐和小販是真的有困境，是在求溫飽、求還債、圖小孩能夠上學，而不是為了能享受到旅遊。”
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塊的青年旅館，環遊世界不是與身俱來的基本人權，而是一種奢侈享受，全球數千萬人都望之莫及。背包客可能會辯解說，他們又沒有強迫人家給錢、或是他們真的沒錢沒機票了、或是街頭表演不算乞討云云，但心底都明白此舉不可取。
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.
在貧窮國家待過，就一定明白手機被偷和肚子挨餓是兩回事。就算只是去開趴玩樂，也不可能沒看見該國的貧窮。
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.
背包客無權向人家要錢。他們在街頭表演收錢，就會排擠到隔壁真正窮人的收入。連這點都不能明白的話，就真的是白人特權表露無遺。他們覺得在異國兜售明信片很新奇，回國可以跟朋友分享故事，但實際上此舉卻搶走了當地小販的生意，這些小販遠比背包客更需要錢。他們面臨困境是那些背包客根本無法感同身受的。
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.”
我有個朋友現在在東南亞旅行。他跟我說，那些背包客花天酒地的，難怪會散盡盤纏。他們一天花的錢比當地人一個月賺的還多，根本無權在街上乞討。有夠噁心。如果真需要錢，可以賣掉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.
背包客盤纏用盡，有許多籌錢之道，可以在青年旅館打工、或是找其他打工換宿的機會，真的沒有必要穿個瑜珈褲、弄個勃肯鞋，在街頭用紙板寫個“我窮遊亞洲，請贊助”來乞討。，
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.
最近幾年，還有人用群眾募資來籌錢旅遊，不管是度蜜月還是海外志工，都有人大言不慚的在Kickstarter募資。
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.
背包客都認為自己對當地社群有所貢獻，或是自己在“體驗道地文化”，但其實只是在要錢度假。
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.
觀光客去落後國家拍乞丐已經夠噁心了，但現在卻有人加入乞丐行列，把討來的錢拿去玩泛舟之類的，實在是耍特權。
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5.備註:
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