穿越时空2,穿越时空双语读：1999年2月2日 历史上首次网络跟踪事件发生

February 2

　　1999 - Man charged in California cyberstalking case 加州一名男子被指控网络跟踪

　　Weeks after California passed a law against cyberstalking, Gary Dellapenta is charged with using the Internet to solicit the rape of a woman who had rejected his advances. (He pleads not guilty.) Dellapenta terrorized a North Hollywood woman by placing ads in her name that claimed she had rape fantasies and provided her address and instructions for disarming her security system. At least six men saw the Internet ads and came to the woman’s home. Many more called with obscene messages.

　　加州通过反网络跟踪法几周后，加里·德拉彭塔被控利用互联网诱骗一名拒绝其性侵的女子强奸她。（他拒不认罪。）德拉彭塔以一名北好莱坞女子的名义发布广告，声称她有强奸幻想，并提供她的地址和解除安保系统的说明，以此恐吓她。至少有六名男子看到了这些广告，并来到该女子家中。还有更多人打电话来，发送淫秽信息。

　　On January 1, 1999, California had become the first state to ban cyberstalking, or stalking that involves electronic communications. Dellapenta went afoul of the new law by using the Internet to get back at the woman who had repeatedly rejected his romantic interest in her.

　　1999年1月1日，加州成为美国第一个禁止网络跟踪（即通过电子通讯进行跟踪）的州。德拉彭塔利用互联网报复一位屡次拒绝他求爱的女子，违反了这项新法律。

　　At first the woman had no idea why men were banging on her door in the middle of the night saying that they were there to rape her. When she finally learned about the Internet ads, she placed notes on her door explaining that the ads were false. However, Dellapenta then placed new ads saying that the notes were part of the fantasy. He was caught when the victim’s father pretended to respond to the ads and traced their origin.

　　起初，这名女子完全不明白为什么会有男人半夜敲她的门，说要强奸她。当她最终得知这些网络广告后，便在门上贴了纸条，解释说这些广告是假的。然而，德拉彭塔随后又贴了新的广告，声称这些纸条是她幻想出来的。受害者的父亲假装回应了这些广告，并追查了它们的来源，德拉彭塔的行径被抓获。

　　In April, Dellapenta pleaded guilty to one count of stalking and three counts of solicitation of sexual assault and received a six-year prison sentence.

　　今年 4 月，德拉彭塔承认一项跟踪罪和三项教唆性侵犯罪，被判处六年监禁。

　　afoul: adv. to do something that is not allowed or legal, or that is against people's beliefs 和某人有冲突; 和某事物相抵触

　　get back at: 报复(某人)，回惩(某人)： I'll get back at him one day. 总有一天我会报复他。