骚扰电话招人烦 英政府开50万英镑罚单
<p><span word="Bosses">Bosses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nuisance">nuisance</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="with">with</span> £500,000 <span word="fines">fines</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Government">Government</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="unwanted">unwanted</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="texts">texts</span>.</p><p>英国政府出台了一项新规定，意在遏制骚扰电话和垃圾信息的泛滥。根据规定，骚扰电话拨出公司的负责人将被处以50万英镑的罚款（约合人民币500万元）。</p><p><span word="Up">Up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span> <span word="people">people</span> '<span word="too">too</span> <span word="scared">scared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>', <span word="ministers">ministers</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>各相关部门的部长表示，英国家庭每年接到大约十亿个推销电话。许多独自在家的老人“都不敢接电话”。</p><p><span word="Culture">Culture</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Ed">Ed</span> <span word="Vaizey">Vaizey</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="nuisance">nuisance</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> '<span word="plague">plague</span>' <span word="on">on</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span>.</p><p>文化部长艾德·维济（<span word="Ed">Ed</span> <span word="Vaizey">Vaizey</span>）将这些骚扰电话比作一场急需制止的“瘟疫”。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Government">Government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Nuisance">Nuisance</span> <span word="Calls">Calls</span> <span word="Task">Task</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="bosses">bosses</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="cold">cold</span>-<span word="callers">callers</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> ‘<span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="distress">distress</span>’ <span word="to">to</span> <span word="families">families</span>.</p><p>政府成立的“骚扰电话调查小组”表示，应该出台新规让那些对人们生活带来“严重骚扰”的推销公司付出代价。</p><p><span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span>, <span word="Payment">Payment</span> <span word="Protection">Protection</span> <span word="Insurance">Insurance</span> <span word="cold">cold</span>-<span word="callers">callers</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="fines">fines</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 20 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="turnover">turnover</span>.</p><p>受这项规定的影响，“支付保障险”的电话推销员将面临高额罚款，处罚金额高达年营业额的20%。</p>
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