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BBC随身英语|一周只工作四天,可行吗?

BBC随身英语|一周只工作四天,可行吗?

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Could a four-day working week work? People in the UK work longer hours than anyone else in the European Union but are far from the most productive. According to the Trades Union Congress, a UK body that brings together 49 member unions to improve their working conditions, employees in Denmark are 24% more productive per hour but work four hours fewer per week. 'Britain's long-hours culture… is robbing workers of a decent home life and time with their loved ones. Overwork, stress and exhaustion have become the new normal,' says TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady. They want businesses to cut the standard working week from five days to four. But would a four-day week work? It does for Rich Leigh, founder of a Gloucester-based PR business. Staff there work Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5:30pm, but still get paid the same as before. In an interview with the BBC, Leigh claims it makes the staff happier, which leads to better, more productive work. After a year, earnings and profits are up and sick days have halved. The 4 Day Week Campaign also believes a shorter week would benefit everyone. They claim that it would, among other things, more evenly distribute work between the overworked and the underemployed. They estimate that around 30 UK businesses operate a 'four day, same pay' system. However, not everyone is convinced. One of the UK's leading charities, the Wellcome Trust, conducted an organisation-wide consultation into whether a four-day week would fit. They decided against it. 'Many employees worried about their five-day workloads being compressed into just four days and some raised concerns that the time and energy used to implement a four-day week would distract the charity from its core work,' says Ed Whiting, director of policy at the Trust. So does a four-day working week work or not? Clearly it suits some… but not everyone. "We've got a lot to do before it can work for different sectors," says Emelia Quist from the Federation of Small Businesses in a BBC interview. 'Social care needs people present 24/7. How can we ensure those industries can work a four-day week?' she adds. Until we can answer questions like these, there's clearly more work to be done. 词汇表 four-day working week 每周四天工作制,上四休三 European Union [ˌjʊərəˈpiːən ˈjuːniən] 欧洲联盟,欧盟 Trades Union Congress [ˌtreɪdz ˈjuːniən ˈkɒŋɡres] 英国工会联盟(TUC) bring together 联合,汇集,集合 long-hours culture 长时间工作文化,超时工作文化,加班文化 rob of [rɒb] 剥夺,使丧失 decent [ˈdiːsnt] adj. 像样的,体面的,得体的 standard working week 标准工作周 sick days 病假天数,带薪病假 evenly distribute [ˈiːvənli dɪˈstrɪbjuːt] 均匀分配,均衡分布 the overworked [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt] 过度劳累者,过度工作者 the underemployed [ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd] 就业不足者,未充分就业者 organisation-wide consultation [ˌkɒnslˈteɪʃn] 全组织范围的咨询 workload [ˈwɜːkləʊd] n. 工作量,工作负担 be compressed into [kəmˈprest] 被压缩成,被缩减为 core work 核心工作 sector [ˈsektə(r)] n. 行业,部门,领域 24/7 全天候,每时每刻(一天24小时,一周7天) 📖 翻译、pdf见公众号【琐简英语】,回复"1"可进【打卡交流群】

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VOL.28 政治要闻 Jul, Week 2 | 特朗普出席北约峰会,美伊停火终结打击再升级,以获爱国者导弹生产许可

VOL.28 政治要闻 Jul, Week 2 | 特朗普出席北约峰会,美伊停火终结打击再升级,以获爱国者导弹生产许可

经济学人 | 声波周刊

【栏目介绍】国内Top 2双语播音专业出品,5分钟带你高效复盘每周全球政经要闻。配套中英双语对照,以专业声线还原地道新闻播报节奏,助你在碎片时间同步全球视野,沉浸式练就地道语感。 【免责声明】 本内容仅供英语学习交流使用,内容翻译及整理仅作参考。 本栏目仅供英语学习交流使用,原文版权归 The Economist 所有。 请勿将本笔记用于任何商业用途。 【内容索引】 Trump Airs Grievances at NATO Summit but Signs Defence Communiqué / 特朗普在北约峰会上发泄不满但签署集体防御公报 Donald Trump began the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey's capital, by airing his grievances with allies. He grumbled about their lack of support for the Iran war and said that the row over Greenland had also "hurt my relationship" with Europe, reiterating his belief that America should control the Danish territory. But he softened his tone during the gathering and signed up to a communiqué that reasserted NATO's "ironclad commitment to our collective defence". Mr Trump also made a significant concession to Ukraine by granting it a licence to make Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles, a response to a plea from Volodymyr Zelensky for more air-defence systems. 唐纳德·特朗普在土耳其首都安卡拉举办的北约峰会开幕之际,便向一众盟友倾诉了心中不满。他抱怨盟友并未为对伊朗的战事提供支持,还称格陵兰岛争端同样"损害了自己与欧洲的关系",并重申他认为美国应当掌控这片丹麦自治领地。但在峰会期间,他的语气有所缓和,签署了一份公报,再度重申北约"对集体防御牢不可破的承诺"。特朗普还向乌克兰作出重大让步,批准其获得生产"爱国者"防空拦截导弹的许可,以此回应弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基提出的增配防空系统的请求。 Russia Pounds Kyiv; Ukraine Strikes Russia's Largest Refinery 2,700km Away / 俄罗斯猛轰基辅,乌克兰无人机远袭2700公里外俄最大炼油厂 The Ukrainian president's request came after Russia again pounded Kyiv, killing 28 people. A bombardment a few days earlier killed 30. Ukraine could not stop the ballistic missiles used in the attacks. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck Russia's largest oil refinery at Omsk, 2,700km (1,680 miles) from Ukraine. Mr Trump said he backed Ukraine striking deep inside Russia as a means to end the war. 此前俄罗斯再度空袭基辅,造成28人遇难,乌克兰总统才提出这一诉求。数日之前的一轮轰炸已夺走30条生命。乌克兰无力拦截俄军此次袭击使用的弹道导弹。与此同时,乌克兰无人机袭击了俄罗斯位于鄂木斯克的大型炼油厂,该地距离乌克兰2700公里(1680英里)。特朗普表示,他支持乌克兰深入俄罗斯境内发动打击,以此促成战争结束。 Trump Declares Ceasefire "Over" After Iran Attacks Tankers / 伊朗袭击油轮后特朗普宣布停火"终结" Iran launched drone attacks on three tankers it said had ignored designated shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz. Mr Trump ordered new strikes on Iran and revoked the waiver of sanctions covering Iranian oil exports. Mark Rutte, NATO's secretary-general, supported America's actions as "absolutely necessary". Iran responded with attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The American president said that Iran's leaders were "scum" and the ceasefire was "over". 伊朗出动无人机袭击了三艘油轮,称这些船只无视了指定的通过霍尔木兹海峡的航道。特朗普下令对伊朗发动新一轮打击,并撤销了伊朗石油出口相关制裁的豁免。北约秘书长马克·吕特表态支持美方行动,称此举"完全必要"。伊朗随即袭击了巴林、科威特与卡塔尔。美国总统称伊朗领导层是"渣滓",双方停火状态已经"终结"。 Funeral Held for Iran's Former Supreme Leader Killed on First Day of War / 伊朗前最高领袖葬礼举行,其子至今未露面 The funeral was held of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's former supreme leader, who was killed in February on the first day of the war. His coffin travelled for six days over 2,600km (1,600 miles), across five cities in Iran and Iraq. Mojtaba Khamenei, his son and successor, did not appear at the funeral; he has not been seen since the strike that killed his father. 伊朗前最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的葬礼如期举行,他于今年二月开战首日遇袭身亡。他的灵柩巡游六天,行程2600多公里(1600英里),途经伊朗与伊拉克的五座城市。他的儿子、继任者穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊并未现身葬礼;自其父遇袭之后,他便再未公开露面。 完整版详见: 经济学人· 政治要闻 | The World this Week 如果你喜欢我们的节目,欢迎你分享到更多的地方,也欢迎你在我们的评论区留言交流。 Stay informed, stay happy.

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