導(dǎo)語(yǔ)：　英國(guó)家庭每年接到大約十億個(gè)騷擾電話，許多老人甚至“都不敢接電話”。你知道騷擾電話的英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)嗎

　　Up to one billion nuisance calls are received by British families each year, leaving many elderly people "too scared to answer the phone".

　　Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said nuisance calls were a "plague" on families and had to stop.

　　The Government's Nuisance Calls Task Force said new rules should be introduced to make company bosses responsible for cold-callers causing "severe distress" to families.

　　Under the plan, Payment Protection Insurance cold-callers could face fines of up to 20 per cent of their annual turnover.

　　英國(guó)家庭每年接到大約十億個(gè)騷擾電話，許多老人甚至“都不敢接電話”。

　　文化部長(zhǎng)艾德·維濟(jì)將這些騷擾電話比作一場(chǎng)急需制止的“瘟疫”。

　　政府成立的“騷擾電話調(diào)查小組”表示，應(yīng)該出臺(tái)新規(guī)讓那些對(duì)人們生活帶來(lái)“嚴(yán)重騷擾”的推銷公司付出代價(jià)。

　　受這項(xiàng)規(guī)定的影響，“支付保障險(xiǎn)”的電話推銷員將面臨高額罰款，處罰金額高達(dá)年?duì)I業(yè)額的20%。

　　【講解】

　　文中的nuisance call就是“騷擾電話”的意思，其中nuisance是名詞，意為“騷擾行為;討厭;妨害”，如：make a nuisance(惹人討厭)，smoke nuisance(煙霧公害)?？谡Z(yǔ)表達(dá)中，What a nuisance!則表示“真討厭;多煩人啊”的意思。

　　第二段中的plague作名詞，意為“瘟疫;禍患”，如：Plague was then prevailing in that city.(當(dāng)時(shí)瘟疫正在該城流行。);也可以作動(dòng)詞，意為“困擾，折磨”，如：plague with doubts and fears(為疑慮和恐懼所困擾)