At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies _ and the cheers gave way to jeers.
一開始，歌迷們有禮貌地替與瑪丹娜同台演出的羅姆藝人鼓掌。但當這位流行樂歌手譴責羅姆人，或吉普賽人所遭到的廣泛歧視時，台下的歡呼就被噓聲所取代。
"It has been brought to my attention ... that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe," she said. "It made me feel very sad." Thousands booed and jeered her.
「我被告知……東歐地區的羅姆人與吉普賽人受到很多歧視，」她說。「這讓我覺得很難過。」數千人向她喝倒采或發出嘲弄聲。
"I jeered her because it seemed false what she was telling us. What business does she have telling us these things?" said Ionut Dinu, 23.
「我噓她是因為她說的話感覺很假。她有什麼資格來告訴我們這些？」23歲的狄努說。
The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000 underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.
台下6萬名歌迷情緒的劇烈轉變，也凸顯出東歐地區對吉普賽人的偏見仍舊根深柢固。
Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent.
雖然經過長時間的努力以杜絕猖獗的偏見，人權倡議人士仍說，羅姆人所遭到的羞辱及歧視，恐怕要比歐陸任何其他民族都要多。
新聞辭典
boo：動詞，指發出噓聲，喝倒采，如Her singing was so bad that she was booed off the stage.（她的歌唱得實在太糟，最後被人噓下台。）
give way to sth：指被其他（更好、更便宜、更容易等的）東西取代，如My excitement gave way to fear when I drove a car for the first time.（當我第一次開車時，原本的興奮很快就被恐懼所取代。）
entrenched ：形容詞，指根深柢固的、無法被改變的看法或態度（帶有負面、不贊同的含意），如It’s very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years.（要改變多年來早已根深柢固的態度非常困難。）動詞為entrech，原指用壕溝圍住，引申用來指確立某種想法或問題，使其無法被改變。如 The government’s main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself.（政府的主要任務就是要防止通貨膨脹正式確立。）
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