美國女孩因接吻被趕下車
Girls kicked off bus for kissing
Maika Rich and Jocelyn O'Neal, both 14, were ordered off a Portland, Ore., bus for kissing.
A transit agency chief of Portland apologized Wednesday to two teenage girls who were kicked off a city bus for kissing each other.The girls, both 14, said the driver called them "sickos" after a female passenger complained about their kiss. The driver then stopped the bus along the street and forced them off.
"Removing the girls from the bus was not consistent with our policy," said TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen. "I want to reiterate that we welcome all riders on our system."
The 64-year-old driver also violated company policy that requires operators to call for assistance before removing any minors, TriMet said in a statement.
The driver will be disciplined, TriMet officials said, though no details were released.
"TriMet sincerely apologizes to the girls and their families for this incident," Hansen said in the statement.
The mother of one of the girls, Ronnda Zezula, welcomed the apology.
"The only thing I had a problem with is they didn't really address why the driver broke those policies," Zezula said. "He knew it was wrong. He's been a driver for 11 years."
She also said she wished the agency had made the disciplinary action public to show it will not "be just a slap on the wrist."
Zezula said the family has been encouraged to consider a lawsuit, but they will "have to mull it over."
本週三，美國波特蘭一家運輸公司的主管向兩位十幾歲的女孩致歉，原因是這兩個女孩因在市公交車上接吻而被趕下了車。
這兩名14歲的女孩稱，先是一名女乘客抱怨她倆在車上接吻，之後司機便說她們是“神經病”。接着，這個司機便沿街停了車，強行讓她們下去。
TriMet運輸公司的總經理弗萊德·漢森說：“將兩個女孩趕下車不符合我們的規定。我想重申一下，我們歡迎所有乘客使用我們的運輸系統。”
TriMet公司在一份聲明中說，公司要求，司機讓任何未成年人下車之前必須尋求幫助。這位64歲司機的做法違反了公司的規定。
據TriMet公司的官員透露，這名司機將受到處罰，但他沒有透露具體細節。
漢森在一份聲明說，“TriMet向這一事件中的兩名女孩和她們的家人表示誠摯的歉意。”
其中一個女孩的母親朗達·澤茲拉愉快的接受了道歉。
澤茲拉說：“我唯一的困惑就是他們並沒有真正弄清爲什麼司機要違反那些規定。他明明知道那樣做是不對的。他都開了11年的車。”
她說，她希望運輸公司能將具體的處罰措施公佈於衆，以表示並不是“象徵性的做做樣子”。
澤茲拉說，有人鼓勵他們上法庭，但是他們得“考慮一下”。
mull over :to ruminate; ponder（思考；如：mull over the plan 考慮一個計劃）
