没吃饱不用付账？世界各国奇怪法律.docVIP

没吃饱不用付账？世界各国奇怪法律 　　Ever thought that chewing gum could land you in jail？ Well， in Singapore， it has been completely illegal since 1992. The only exception is nicotine gum， but even smokers can only get it from a pharmacy with a prescription. Chewing gum is legal in New York， of course， but cinema owners there must chisel all gum off the undersides of their auditorium seats every month. Popcorn seem positively pleasant. 　　你以前有没有想过吃口香糖也会让你进监狱？在新加坡，从1992年起，吃口香糖就是一种违法行为。唯一的例外是尼古丁口香糖，但即使是吸烟者也只能凭处方才能从药店买到这种口香糖。在纽约，吃口香糖当然是合法的，但是电影院的老板们每个月不得不从座椅下面清除粘在上面的口香糖。所以电影院老板更愿意你吃爆米花。 　　In the remote Arctic town of Longyearbyen， dying is against the law. Actually， this is because it was found that bodies didn’t decompose in the permafrost. The graveyard stopped accepting newcomers 70 years ago； so if someone fall serious ill there now， he will be hastily dispatched by plane to the mainland， where he can end his days without getting arrested. 　　遥远的北极城镇朗伊尔城的法律禁止死亡。事实上，这是因为人们发现那里都是冻土，尸体不会腐烂。那儿的墓地在70年前就已经不再接收任何新成员了。所以如果一个人现在在那儿病入膏肓的话，他将会立即被飞机送回大陆。病人在大陆上可以安全度过最后的日子，而不用被逮捕。 　　The people of Brunei， Indonesia and Malaysia simply love the durian fruit， which looks a little like a cross between a pineapple and a porcupine. However， many local authorities have completely banned the consumption of this delicacy from buses， subways， hotels and airports. 　　文莱、印度尼西亚和马来西亚的人民都很喜欢吃榴莲，这种水果看起来有点像菠萝和豪猪的结合体。但是许多地方政府部门都完全禁止人们在公交车上、地铁、酒店及机场食用这种水果。据说榴莲闻起来有点像猪的粪便、松脂及洋葱的混合物。 　　You are forbidden to be fat in Japan. Although their country already has one of the world’s lowest obesity rates （less than 5 per cent， in contrast to the USA’s 35 per cent）， that didn’t stop Japanese lawmakers from setting a maximum waistline size in 2009. Every man aged 40 and over must not have a waist measuring 80cm or above， every woman， 90cm or above. And it is this country that brings us sumo wrestling… 　　在日本，法律不允许人们肥胖。日本目前已经是世界上肥胖率最低的国家之一（低于5%，而美国却达到了35%），虽然如此，日本的立法者还是在2009年制定了一个最大腰围标准：40岁及40岁以上的男性，其腰围不能超过80厘米，相应年龄的女性则不能超过