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Police in this conservative Texas city are keeping close tabs on a young entrepreneur’s recently opened cleaning service that offers nude maids.
一座保守的德州城市警察正嚴密觀察一名年輕企業家近日開張營業、提供裸體女僕的清潔服務的生意。
Lubbock police Sgt. Jonathan Stewart said the owner of Fantasy Maid Service of Lubbock doesn’t have a permit to operate a sexually oriented business and officers are watching for any violation, which would bring a $2,000 fine.
拉伯克市的警佐強納森．史都華表示，拉伯克的夢幻女僕服務公司的老闆，並未獲准經營跟性有關性質的生意，警方正觀察是否有任何可處以2000美元罰款的違規之舉。
But owner Melissa Borrett insists she’s not operating such a business. Customers pay $100 an hour for one maid or $150 an hour for two maids, and no touching is allowed, she said.
但該公司老闆梅麗莎．波瑞特堅稱，她並非經營這樣的事業。她說，客人1小時支付100美元聘請一名女僕，或1小時150美元請兩名女僕，但不准碰觸女僕。
"I run a maid service," the 26-year-old entrepreneur said. "We really just clean houses. These girls are not performers. They’re maids."
「我經營的是女僕服務，」這名26歲的企業家說。「我們真的只是清理房子。這些女孩不是表演者，她們是女僕。」
The West Texas native and mother said she started the business about a month ago because she was struggling as a waitress to make ends meet.
這名西德州土生土長、已為人母的女企業家說，她在大約1個月前開業，因為她過去當女侍（的薪水）僅能勉強餬口度日。
If requested, the maids would clean fully clothed, but the cost is the same. "It is kind of pricey, but we’re fantasy maids," Borrett said.（AP）
倘若客人要求，女僕們也會穿好衣服打掃，但價錢還是一樣。「這樣有點貴，但我們是夢幻女僕。」波瑞特說。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
raise（a few/some）eyebrows：片語，令人驚訝、引人側目、不以為然。例句：The styles now favored by many teenagers have raised a few eyebrows among parents.（當今許多青少年偏好的流行風格讓家長們很不以為然。）
keep tabs on：片語，非正式用法，仔細觀察。
make ends meet：片語，賺的錢剛好能應付支出，勉強餬口度日。例句：He has to work at two jobs to make ends meet.（他得做兩份工作才能勉強餬口度日。）
文章出處：自由電子報
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