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五月份 第 01 课

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  • Castro Absent From Cuba's May Day Celebrations
  • 卡斯特罗缺席古巴五一庆祝活动
  •   Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro has not yet made an appearance at May Day celebrations in Havana Tuesday, despite predictions he might appear in public for the first time since handing over power to his brother Raul last July.
  • 儘管有预测说,古巴总统卡斯特罗可能自去年 7 月将权力移交给他的弟弟劳尔以来首次公开露面,但是健康欠佳的卡斯特罗星期二仍然没有在哈瓦那的五一国际劳动节的庆祝活动中露面。

  •   Cuba held its annual May Day parade has begun, without any sign of the 80-year-old leader.
  • 古巴举行了一年一度的五一节游行,但未看到现年 80 岁的这位领导人的身影。

  •   Mr. Castro published an article Monday urging workers to use Tuesday's marches to protest the release of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles from a U.S. prison.
  • 卡斯特罗星期一发表文章,敦促工人利用星期二的游行抗议古巴流亡者卡里莱斯从一家美国监狱获释。

  •   Mr. Castro described the exile as a "monster of terrorism." This is his fourth published article in recent weeks.
  • 卡斯特罗称这名流亡者是「恐怖主义恶魔」.这是卡斯特罗最近几个星期发表的第 4 篇文章。

  •   Posada Carriles is wanted in Cuba on suspicion of plotting the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people.
  • 卡里莱斯因涉嫌策划 1976 年炸毁一架古巴民航客机、导致 73 人丧生的事件在古巴受到通缉。

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  • Human Right Watch Accuses Wal-Mart of Exploiting Labor Laws
  • 人权观察指责沃尔玛钻劳工法律漏洞
  •   An international human rights group has accused giant U.S. retailer Wal-Mart of violating the rights of its workers by exploiting weak U.S. labor laws.
  • 一个国际人权组织指责美国零售巨头沃尔玛利用缺乏力度的美国劳工法来侵害员工的权利。

  •   In a 210-page report released Monday, New York-based Human Rights Watch says Wal-Mart uses sophisticated tactics to thwart union organization and create a climate of fear for its one-point-three million American workers.
  • 设在纽约的人权观察星期一在一份 210 页的报告中说,沃尔玛利用周密的手段阻挠组织工会,并且在其 130 万名美国员工中製造惧怕气氛。

  •   The report says Wal-Mart begins to indoctrinate workers and managers to oppose unions from the moment they are hired.
  • 报告说,沃尔玛从僱用工人和经理人员的时刻开始,就向他们灌输反工会的思想。

  •   But Wal-Mart rejected the report as untrue and unsubstantiated.
  • 但是,沃尔玛驳斥这项报告是不真实,缺乏事实依据。

  •   In a statement Monday, a Wal-Mart spokesman said Wal-Mart gives employees every opportunity to express their ideas, comments and concerns.
  • 沃尔玛发言人星期一在一份声明中说,沃尔玛為僱员提供一切机会表达自己的想法、意见和关注。

  •   The spokesman said that is why Wal-Mart employees have repeatedly rejected unionization.
  • 这位发言人还说,这就是為什麼沃尔玛的僱员一再拒绝成立工会的原因。

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