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- (2010-06-08) －－－－－－
- China Company Halts Compensation for Suicide Victims' Families
- 中国公司停止对自杀者家属发放抚恤金
- Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn says it will stop offering financial compensation to the families of employees who kill themselves, in an effort to stop a recent spate of suicides.
- 中国电子製造商富士康公司表示，公司将停止对自杀工人的家属发放抚恤金，目的是设法阻止最近接连发生的自杀事件。
- Eleven workers have killed themselves at Foxconn plants in China this year.
- 在中国的富士康工厂今年以来已经有 11 名工人死亡。
- Chinese state media (Xinhua) reported Tuesday that most victims' families receive more than $14,600 in compensation.
- 中国官方媒体新华社週二报道说，大多数遇难者家属获得超过 1 万 4600 美元的赔偿。
- The report cites Foxconn officials who say they have solid evidence that some employers killed themselves for the financial payoff.
- 报道引述富士康官员的话说，他们有确凿的证据显示，一些工人自杀是為了让家人得到抚恤金。
- Foxconn, which manufacturers products for companies including Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, recently announced plans to raise salaries by up to 66 percent to improve working conditions.
- 富士康為一些电子製造商代工生產產品，包括苹果公司，惠普和戴尔等；富士康最近宣佈计划提高工人的工资高达 66 %，以改善工作条件。
- Shares in Foxconn's parent corporation, Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, fell in recent trading due to concerns that the pay increase will cut into profits.
- 富士康母公司台湾鸿海精密工业公司的股票价格在近期的交易中下跌；投资者担心给工人加薪会减少利润。
- Protesters demonstrated outside of Hon Hai's shareholder meeting in Hong Kong Tuesday, calling on Apple to put more pressure on the company to improve labor conditions.
- 抗议者星期二在鸿海香港股东大会会场外面举行示威，要求苹果公司向富士康施加更大的压力，改善劳动条件。
- Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has expressed concern about the recent deaths at plants that make Apple's iPhone, but has denied the factories are sweatshops.
- 苹果首席执行官史蒂夫‧乔布斯已经表示对生產苹果公司 iPhone 工厂最新发生的工人死亡事件表示关注，但他否认这些加工厂是血汗工厂。
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- Coast Guard: Efforts to Contain Oil Spill Are Progressing
- 艾伦上将表示：漏油收集工作取得进展
- The Obama administration says efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are making progress, with more oil captured each day.
- 欧巴马政府表示，控制墨西哥湾泄漏的石油的工作正在取得进展，每天收集的石油都有增加。
- Speaking to reporters in Washington Tuesday, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said almost 15,000 barrels of oil were contained in the past 24 hours, up from about 11,000 barrels the previous day.
- 美国海岸警卫队海军上将泰德-艾伦星期二在华盛顿对记者说，过去 24 小时内已经收集大约 1 万 5 千桶石油，而前一天则收集了 1 万 1 千桶石油。
- Allen leads the government's response to the crisis.
- 艾伦上将领导政府处理石油危机的工作。
- He says vessels on the surface collecting the oil have yet to reach their maximum capacity.
- 他说，海上收集石油的船隻还没有装满。
- Oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and Allen says experts led by the U.S. Geological Survey are working on finding an accurate flow-rate estimate to determine how much oil has been released into the Gulf.
- 石油继续从破裂的油井中泄漏出来。艾伦上将说，由美国地质调查局领导的专家正努力制定精确的流量估计，以确定已经流入墨西哥湾的石油总量。
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