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五月份 第 18 课

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  • Cuba's Castro Says Health Improving After Several Operations
  • 古巴卡斯特罗称几个手术之后健康好转
  •   Cuban President Fidel Castro says his health has improved after several operations that -- at first -- were not successful.
  • 古巴国务委员会主席卡斯特罗说,经歷了几次起初并不成功的手术之后,他的健康状况已经有所改善。

  •   In an editorial released by the Cuban government Wednesday, Mr. Castro said that he is getting better and that his weight is stabilizing.
  • 在古巴政府星期叁发表的一篇社论中,卡斯特罗说他的健康正在好转,体重在稳定下来。

  •   He said his recovery from intestinal surgery last year was prolonged because of the initial trouble.
  • 卡斯特罗还说,由於最初遇到的麻烦,他在去年接受肠部手术后康復过程拉长。

  •   The 80-year-old leader said age is now his greatest danger.
  • 现年 80 岁的这位领导人说,年龄目前是他最大的危险。

  •   The editorial marks Mr. Castro's first mention of his health in months.
  • 这篇社论是卡斯特罗几个月来第一次谈到自己的健康。

  •   He has not appeared in public since temporarily handing power to his brother, Raul, last July.
  • 卡斯特罗自去年 7 月将权力临时交给弟弟劳尔以来,一直没有公开露面。

  •   However, Cuban media have released photographs and video of the president. Cuban officials regard Mr. Castro's health a state secret.
  • 不过,古巴媒体发表了卡斯特罗的一些照片和录像。

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  • US Senate Curtails Foreign Workers Allowed Under Immigration Bill
  • 美国参议院减少移民提案所允许外国客工人数
  •   The U.S. Senate has drastically revised a guest worker program that is a key provision of a controversial new immigration reform bill.
  • 美国国会参议院对一项客工计划作出重大修改,客工计划是这项有争议新移民改革议案中的关键条款。

  •   Lawmakers approved an amendment Wednesday to cap the number of foreign laborers allowed to enter the United States to only 200-thousand a year.
  • 参议员星期叁通过一项修正案,将每年允许进入美国的外国劳工人数控制在 20 万人以内。

  •   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.
  • 原先的客工计划提议允许 40 万外国劳工进入美国,而且可以选择在需求巨大的情况下,将人数增至 60 万。

  •   The White House says the guest worker program is a crucial component of the overall reform bill.
  • 白宫表示,客工计划是全面移民改革议案的重要组成部份。

  •   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,提出修正案的民主党籍参议员杰夫.宾加曼说,最初提案中的客工人数太大,也没有经过验证,可能会压低美国工人的工资。

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