“我作为职业小丑已经34年了，但现在，这些事情正在摧毁我的事业，”来自美国新泽西州的职业儿童表演艺人、小丑特吉在接受英国广播公司采访时表示。

"I have been a professional clown for 34 years now but this is ruining my business," Fudgie the clown, a professional children's entertainer from New Jersey, USA, told the BBC.

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在西方，人们并不觉得小丑是个有利可图的职业，但是在亚洲，人们真的把它看作办公室或者工厂工作外的另一种选择。

In the West they don't think of clowning as a lucrative career... but in Asia people are really looking at it as an alternative to an office or factory job.

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每年百场演出外加每周训练其他小丑的收入，Ng先生将小丑作为唯一的职业挣足了钱。

With up to 100 performances a year, plus income from training other clowns at a weekly class, Mr Ng earns enough money from being a clown for it to be his only profession.

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