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五月份 第 18 課

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  • Cuba's Castro Says Health Improving After Several Operations
  • 古巴卡斯特羅稱幾個手術之後健康好轉
  •   Cuban President Fidel Castro says his health has improved after several operations that -- at first -- were not successful.
  • 古巴國務委員會主席卡斯特羅說,經歷了幾次起初並不成功的手術之後,他的健康狀況已經有所改善。

  •   In an editorial released by the Cuban government Wednesday, Mr. Castro said that he is getting better and that his weight is stabilizing.
  • 在古巴政府星期三發表的一篇社論中,卡斯特羅說他的健康正在好轉,體重在穩定下來。

  •   He said his recovery from intestinal surgery last year was prolonged because of the initial trouble.
  • 卡斯特羅還說,由於最初遇到的麻煩,他在去年接受腸部手術後康復過程拉長。

  •   The 80-year-old leader said age is now his greatest danger.
  • 現年 80 歲的這位領導人說,年齡目前是他最大的危險。

  •   The editorial marks Mr. Castro's first mention of his health in months.
  • 這篇社論是卡斯特羅幾個月來第一次談到自己的健康。

  •   He has not appeared in public since temporarily handing power to his brother, Raul, last July.
  • 卡斯特羅自去年 7 月將權力臨時交給弟弟勞爾以來,一直沒有公開露面。

  •   However, Cuban media have released photographs and video of the president. Cuban officials regard Mr. Castro's health a state secret.
  • 不過,古巴媒體發表了卡斯特羅的一些照片和錄像。

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  • US Senate Curtails Foreign Workers Allowed Under Immigration Bill
  • 美國參議院減少移民提案所允許外國客工人數
  •   The U.S. Senate has drastically revised a guest worker program that is a key provision of a controversial new immigration reform bill.
  • 美國國會參議院對一項客工計劃作出重大修改,客工計劃是這項有爭議新移民改革議案中的關鍵條款。

  •   Lawmakers approved an amendment Wednesday to cap the number of foreign laborers allowed to enter the United States to only 200-thousand a year.
  • 參議員星期三通過一項修正案,將每年允許進入美國的外國勞工人數控制在 20 萬人以內。

  •   The original guest worker proposal would have allowed 400-thousand foreign laborers into the country, with an option to increase it to 600-thousand if there is a high demand for them.
  • 原先的客工計劃提議允許 40 萬外國勞工進入美國,而且可以選擇在需求巨大的情況下,將人數增至 60 萬。

  •   The White House says the guest worker program is a crucial component of the overall reform bill.
  • 白宮表示,客工計劃是全面移民改革議案的重要組成部份。

  •   But Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman, who sponsored the amendment, says the original proposal was too large and untested, and could depress wages for U.S. workers.
  • 但是,提出修正案的民主黨籍參議員傑夫.賓加曼說,最初提案中的客工人數太大,也沒有經過驗證,可能會壓低美國工人的工資。

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