近日印尼爪哇岛上一个叫Kepuh的村庄里有志愿者在夜间扮鬼吓唬村民,希望能通过此举让村民们隔离家中。

If fears of catching the new coronavirus aren t enough to keep you inside, maybe a ghost will scare you straight?
如果对感染新冠状病毒的恐惧还不足以让你待在家里,也许一个鬼魂会直接吓着你?
If you re out and about in Indonesia, you might run into one of these spirits.
如果你在印尼四处游荡,你可能会遇到其中一个“幽灵”。
The ghosts patrol the streets in Indonesia s central Java province. The goal is to scare people into staying home to stop the spread of COVID-19.
这些“鬼魂”在印尼中部爪哇省的街道上巡逻。目的是吓唬人们让他们呆在家里,阻止COVID-19的继续传播。
该志愿者活动由一个乡村青年组织与警方协调发起,目的是在新冠疫情期间将人们隔离家中。
They re playing the role of the shroud ghost, which is the soul of the dead trapped in the burial shroud, according to Indonesian and Malaysian legends.
他们扮成裹着尸布的幽灵,根据印尼和马来西亚的传说,这是被困在裹尸布里的死者的灵魂。

据称,志愿者扮鬼的目的本是吓唬村民不让他们出门,但是本月他们首次亮相时,却起到相反的作用。
Problem is, when the initiative started, it only brought more people out to see the ghosts to get pictures for social media.
问题是,当这个活动开始的时候,反而激发了更多人出来看鬼,并拍照传到网上。

后来组织者稍微改变了方式,让“鬼怪”们在夜间不经意地蹦出来,然后又像鬼一样飘走,吓唬毫无防备的村民。
But the head of a youth group in the area says it s starting to work, and more people are getting the idea to stay inside because the ghosts are on surprise patrols.
该地区一个青年组织的负责人表示,这种做法已经开始奏效,越来越多的人有了待在室内的想法,因为这些巡逻的“幽灵”会突然冲出来吓人一跳。

It takes the volunteers about 10 minutes to transform into ghosts before patrolling the dark streets.
在黑暗的街道上进行巡逻之前,志愿者们需要大约10分钟的时间把自己打扮成鬼魂。
If people don t listen, these ghostbusters will have to work day and night to get the message across。
如果人们不听话,这些鬼魂队伍将不得不夜以继日地传递信息。
英文来源:MSN







