文档介绍：西班牙钢琴家练琴被指扰民
To most people, noise pollution is a jet engine roaring over their head. For one Spanish woman, it was a neighbor playing the piano more softly than a spoken conversation.
西班牙一名钢琴家练琴被指扰民,受害人自称因“噪音污染”患上多种疾病。检方想要判处这名钢琴家及其家人七年半监禁。
 
The woman has taken her neighbors in the apartment below -- a 27-year-old pianist and her parents -- to court. Now prosecutors want to send all three to jail for over seven years on charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.
 
In a country known for its exuberant(繁闹的) noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows(惊讶,引人侧目). Neighbors plain about street and bar noise in Spain, but prosecutors seeking jail time for someone practicing the piano is unheard of -- especially since that musician is now a professional concert pianist.
 
At the trial in the northeastern city of Gerona, Sonia Bosom claimed she suffered noise pollution from 2003 to 2007 due to the five-days-a-week, eight-hour practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lived below her in the northeastern town of Puigcerda.
 
Martin, 27, denies that she played at home that often, saying she took regular classes in other towns. She claims she mostly practiced at home on the weekends.
 
On Monday, the first day of the trial, the El Pais newspaper reported that Bosom told the court she now hates pianos so much she can't even stand to see them in a film.
 
The prosecution claim