山东泰安的"职业乞讨者"每月可赚大约7000元，这笔钱可供他们在火车站附近的小旅馆里安逸地生活。
So-called professional beggars in Taian, Shandong province can earn around 7,000 RMB in a month, enough that they can afford to live in small hotels near the railway station.
而这仅仅只是当地记者经过调查和采访后所爆料的一例。
This revelation is only one that has come from investigations and interviews done by local journalists.
据当地救济站的工作人员表示，泰安街头巷尾大多数乞讨者都是"职业的"，他们拒绝接受救济站的帮助，因为那样他们就会失去每日的收入。
Employees from local relief stations said that most of the beggars in Taian's streets are "professionals," refusing help from the relief stations for fear of losing their real daily income.
乞讨者们用来乞讨的法子也是多种多样。
The methods used by these beggars are various.
一些假装在川流不息的车流中给人洗车索要小费；一些人则显示自己患有疾病；一些则假装成贫困学生或者遇到困难的背包客。
Some pretend to wash cars in traffic for tips; some display physical maladies; some dress up as indigent students or unlucky backpackers.
这样的事情并不只在山东上演。中国许多大城市都面临类似的问题。
These cases are not limited to Shandong province. Many big cities in China face a similar issue.
自2016年年初以来，上海交警已经处理了5158起地铁站乞讨案件。
Traffic police in Shanghai have dealt with 5,158 cases of people begging in the subway since the beginning of 2016.
上海市已经建立了一个正式的制度来规范职业乞讨者，具体措施包括不间断巡逻、以及对无家可归之人进行登记。
A formal system has been established in Shanghai to regulate professional beggars, including constant patrolling and registering homeless people.
这些措施的目的是要将那些真正需要帮助的人和那些过度消费人民同情心的人区别开来。
These efforts are an attempt to separate those beggars really in need of help from the ones who exploit people's sympathy.
职业乞讨者不仅仅伤害了一个城市的形象，也扰乱了社会秩序。
Professional beggars not only harm the image of a city, they also disrupt social order.