考研英语外刊选读｜外刊如何描述江南布衣JNBY的“童装事件”？

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‘Welcome to Hell’

JNBY Withdraws ‘Inappropriate’ Clothing for Kids
Chinese clothing label JNBY said on Thursday that it has withdrawn its collection of children’s apparel with “inappropriate designs” after consumers called out the company for its “violent, problematic, and racist content” on some outfits.中国服装品牌江南布衣JNBY周四表示，已撤回“设计不当”的儿童服装系列。此前，消费者控诉该公司在一些服装上添加“暴力、问题和种族主义内容”。

withdrawn

v. （使）撤离；撤销

call out

唤起；出动

The brand landed in hot water over the weekend when a user posted photos of clothes featuring questionable prints on microblogging platform Weibo. One T-shirt showed a demon-like creature trying to cut a person’s leg, accompanied by the caption “I just need a foot,” as well as other text such as “Welcome to hell” and “Let me touch you.”
上周末，一名用户在微博上发布了带有控诉图案的衣服照片，该品牌陷入了困境。一件T恤上有一个恶魔般的生物试图剪断人的腿，旁边的文字说明是“我只需要一只脚”，以及“欢迎来到地狱”和“让我摸摸你”等文字。

land in hot water

陷入困境

be accompanied by

伴随有（附有，带着）；相伴而生

a demon-like creature

怪物般的生物

The post has driven many other JNBY consumers to re-examine the print on their children’s clothes. A user on social platform Little Red Book said that she found her child’s vest was inscribed with racist words, while others questioned the use of photos sexualizing kids.这篇帖子促使JNBY的许多其他消费者重新审视他们童装上的印花。社交平台小红书(Little Red Book)的一名用户表示，她发现孩子的背心上写着种族主义文字，而其他人则质疑用孩子衣服上的图案含有性暗示。

drive sb. to do sth

驱使/强迫某人做某事

inscribe

vt. 题写；题献

“The whole place is full of Indians. I will take this gun and blow them to pieces,” read the print.“这里到处都是印第安人。我要用这把枪把他们炸成碎片。”

blow sth./sb. to pieces

吹……成碎片

A customer service representative at JNBY told Sixth Tone on Friday that “the related products have been pulled completely,” though the brand didn’t mention the specifics.周五，JNBY的一名客服代表告诉《第六声》，“相关产品已被完全撤下”，不过该品牌并未提及具体细节。

pull

v. 拉；拔；拖

JNBY Group was founded in the eastern city of Hangzhou in 1994 and is one of the most popular Chinese brands with hundreds of shops across the country. The company launched the kids line jnby by JNBY in 2011. JNBY集团于1994年在杭州成立，是中国最受欢迎的品牌之一，在全国拥有数百家门店。2011年，该公司推出了儿童系列jnby by jnby。

launch the kid line

推出儿童产品线

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