近日，西安發布“城市道路清掃保潔作業標準”，考核人員用毛刷刷浮塵，在電子秤上進行稱重，“以克論凈”考核道路的清潔程度。一級路面每平方米灰塵超過5克，則視為清掃不合格。三次檢查不合格者將被辭退。這樣的規定不禁讓廣大網友大呼“太苛刻”。

Road cleaners in China are being measured by a new and unusual method.
中國的道路清潔工們正在接受一種與眾不同的全新考核辦法。

City inspectors have started weighing dirt found on the street, in order to determine how good a job the cleaners are doing.
為了確定清潔工的工作是否做到位，城市考核人員開始給街上的污垢稱重。

The exercise started on Wednesday in Xi'an, the capital of the Shaanxi province. Inspectors draw out a random square meter on the street, and sweep up the dust within, placing it on a weighing scale.
這一試行辦法于周三始于陜西省會西安市。考核員在街上隨機畫出一平方米，把里面的灰塵掃干凈放在秤上。

Streets which exceed 5 grams of dust per square meter will count as a strike against its cleaner. Three strikes gets the cleaner fired, and their supervisors will face disciplinary action too, reported the state-run People's Daily.
據中國國家媒體《人民日報》報道，街道上每平方米的灰塵超過5克，負責的清潔工就被記一次不合格。三次不合格的清潔工將被開除，其主管也將受到紀律處分。

A 62-year-old cleaner, Wang Guanhai, told China News Service that he's started having to work overtime in order to meet the cleanliness standards.
62歲的清潔工王冠海（音）告訴中新社，為了達到清潔度標準，他不得不開始加班。

He said he works from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m., and cleans the roads under his charge four to five times daily.
王冠海說，他從早上4點工作到下午6點，每天對負責的道路清掃4-5遍。

The new rules have drawn criticism from netizens, many of whom say it's unfair to the cleaners.
這項新規招來了網友們的指責，許多人表示這對清潔工不公平。

Some have pointed out that with the air pollution problem unsolved, it's a Sisyphean task for cleaners to prevent dust from collecting on streets.
有人指出，空氣污染問題不解決，讓清潔工保證街道一塵不染就是徒勞。

On Thursday afternoon, the air pollution level in Xi'an was 159 - unhealthy on the AQI scale.
27日下午，西安的空氣指數是159，空氣質量指數范圍屬于不健康。

One Weibo user said: "Are you trying to kill the sanitation workers? The air is full of dust, so they'll never be able to keep the roads entirely dust-free."
一位微博網友稱：“你們想累死環衛工人嗎？空氣中充滿了灰塵，他們永遠也無法讓道路一塵不染。”

"Don't you think the dust on the road is because of the dust in the air?" said another.
另一位網友說：“難道你們不覺得，路上的灰塵是空氣中的塵埃造成的嗎？”

英文來源：Mashable
翻譯&編輯：董靜
審校：yaning