双语新闻

Maternity leave shake-up is a ￡2bn headache say businesses Maternity leave has been extended to nine months in UK

Businesses in UK claim reforms of maternity leave which came into force yesterday will saddle them with a ￡2billion bill.

The period of paid leave to which new mothers are entitled has been extended from six to nine months.

Lobbyists say this is good for working women - but bad for business. The￡2billion cost will come from recruiting and training workers to cover new mothers' longer absences.

Family groups, however, welcomed Labour's extension of maternity leave, which they say will encourage women to stay home with their children for longer.

The Forum of Private Business said it was worried about the changes. Chief Executive Nick Goulding said: 'The extension of maternity leave is a major concern for many small businesses.

"It would appear that little thought has been given to the financial impact for businesses who can't easily find a replacement for the absent worker."

Small firms which employ fewer than 49 people account for 99 per cent of all UK businesses. Mr Goulding said these companies will struggle the most.

The average cost of filling a job vacancy is ￡10,000, according to recruitment consultancy Angela Mortimer.

This includes the 'hard' costs, such as placing a job advert, and the 'hidden' costs, such as time spent conducting interviews.

Ashley Williams, a director of Angela Mortimer, warned:

"Business leaders are frequently unaware of the true costs involved in recruiting new people.

"Intangible costs such as time spent sifting through CVs need to be taken into account on top of the more obvious expenses."

英国产假改革方案于昨日生效，各企业叫苦不迭，称这一改革会让他们背上20亿英镑的负担。

英国女员工的产假从之前的半年延长到了九个月。

游说人士称，这一新规定对女员工有利，但对企业不利。由于产假的延长，企业将在招聘及培训“补缺”员工上花费20亿英镑的成本。

然而，一些家庭组织则对劳工部的此项改革表示欢迎，他们认为这将使女性能有更多的时间在家照顾孩子。

私营企业论坛则对这一改革表示担忧。论坛首席执行官尼克·高尔丁说：“产假的延长成为很多小企业的一大担忧。”

“这似乎没有考虑到产假的延长将给那些难以找到替代者的企业所造成的经济影响。”

雇佣人数少于49人的小企业占英国所有企业的99%。高尔丁先生说，这些企业受到的影响将会最大。

据Angela Mortimer招聘咨询公司介绍，填补一个职位空缺的平均成本为1万英镑。

其中包括投放招聘广告等“硬成本”，以及花在面试上的时间等“隐形成本”。

Angela Mortimer公司的一位主管艾什莉·威廉姆斯发出警告：“企业的领导常常意识不到招聘新员工所要花费的实际成本。”

“除了那些能看得见的成本外，花在筛选简历上的时间等无形成本也需要考虑在内。”

Vocabulary:

maternity leave :产假

on top of :另外；除…之外

Bank customers queue round the block

as cash machine pays out

DOUBLE their money

Once the word was out, there was no stopping them. A British cash machine became a big hit this week after it started paying out twice as much money as it should.

The ATM, outside a supermarket in the city of Hull in northern England, began spewing out double the money Tuesday afternoon and continued doing so for several hours, drawing a crowd of hundreds eager to cash in on the mistake.

At one stage, the queue for the cash machine was a 100-strong - with many making multiple withdrawals.

"They were walking away with huge wads of cash and big smiles on

their faces," said a witness.

"And people were calling their mates up and telling them to get down there."

The crowd began gathering at the store in Hull at around 5pm on Tuesday and finally dispersed at 8pm when the faulty ATM ran out of notes.

One man, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was driving past when I saw a huge queue at the cash machine.

"I parked up and learned that it was paying out double. I joined the queue and when I finally got to the front, I drew out ￡200, but it gave me ￡400.

"The statement said I only drew out ￡200. I don't know whether I will have to pay it back."

Payzone, a company that administers ATMs, would not comment in detail on the incident but said it appeared one of its machines had malfunctioned.

Police said those who had benefited could face charges but only if the operator complained.

Most debit cards have a daily cash withdrawal limit of ￡300 - meaning that those lucky enough to use the haywire machine were able to take out a maximum of ￡600.

(Agencies)

“说出去的话就像泼出去的水。”英国的一台自动取款机在本周可是大受欢迎，因为人们可在这台提款机上取到双倍的钱。

这台提款机位于英格兰北部城市赫尔的一家超市外，它于本周二下午出现“双倍吐钱”故障，并持续了数小时，这一消息传出后，数百人都跑来“捡便宜”。

排队取款的人数一度达到一百多人——很多人还取了好几次。

一位目击者说：“取到钱的人都满脸笑容地拿着一大叠钱走了。”

“还有人打电话给丈夫或妻子，让他们来取钱。”

当天下午5点左右，这家超市外开始排起了长队，直到晚上8点提款机“弹尽粮绝”，排队的人才散去。

一名不愿透露姓名的男子说：“我开车路过这里时，看到提款机前有很多人在排队。”

“我停了车，得知提款机正双倍吐钱，于是我也去排队，轮到我时，我本来是要取200英镑，结果出来了400英镑。”

“可取款单上写的是200英镑，我不知道是不是应该返还多给的钱。”

专门管理自动提款机的Payzone公司拒绝对此事发表详细评论，但称这是提款机发生了故障。

警方称，至于储户会不会受到指控，这得取决于Payzone公司。

英国大部分贷记卡每日最高取款金额为300英镑，也就是说，当天成功取款的“幸运儿”们最多从这个出故障的机器里取走了600英镑。

Lloyd's insures winemaker's nose for $8 million

The Lloyd's of London insurance market has insured the nose of a leading wine maker and taster for 5 million euros ($7.9 million), covering the Bordeaux producer against the loss of his nose and sense of smell.

Lloyd's is famous for creating policies for giant corporations but also

for insuring celebrity limbs, from Fred Astaire's legs to the hands of Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.

It said on Tuesday that Ilja Gort, the Dutch owner of Chateau de la Garde in Bordeaux, producer of Tulipe Wines, said his nose could distinguish millions of different scents and was essential to guarantee the quality of his wines.

"The nose and sense of smell of a winemaker are as important as the fingers of a chef," Jonathan Thomas, lead underwriter at Watkins Syndicate who co-insured the policy.

Lloyds worked with Allianz Nederland and British reinsurance broker Benfield to create the policy, co-insured by Watkins.

Gort's will not be the first nose insured by Lloyd's, which famously insured U.S. comedian Jimmy Durante's trademark. It also insures the taste buds of restaurateur Egon Ronay.

(Agencies)

近日，伦敦“劳合社”为一位知名酿酒师兼品酒师的鼻子上了500万欧元（合790万美元）的保险，如这位波尔多酿酒师的鼻子受伤或丧失嗅觉即可获得赔偿。

劳合社在业内享有盛名，它不仅为大型集团设计保单，还能为名人身体的“重要部位”提供保险，弗莱德?亚斯坦（舞蹈家）的腿和滚石乐队凯斯?理查兹的手就是他们的“保户”。

该公司于本周二称，波尔多丽嘉庄园主伊尔加?高特的鼻子能够分辨上百万种味道，这为他的葡萄酒品质提供了重要保障。“郁金香葡萄酒”就是这位荷兰人酿造出来的。

这笔保险的共保人、沃特金斯“辛迪加”的首席保险人乔纳森?托马斯说：“酿酒师的鼻子和嗅觉与厨师的手指一样重要。”

劳合社与荷兰的安联保险及英国的再保险经纪人本菲尔德合作，共同设计了这份保单，并由沃特金斯集团共同承保。

高特的鼻子并不是劳合社承保的第一个鼻子，此前，劳合社曾为美国喜剧演员吉米?杜兰特的“招牌鼻子”上过保险。此外，该公司还为食评家艾戈?罗内的味蕾上过保险。

Vocabulary:

Lloyd's of London insurance market:又称“劳埃德保险社”，从劳埃德咖啡馆演变而来，为英国最大的保险组织；“劳合社”本身是个社团，更确切地说是一个保险市场，与纽约证券交易所相似，但只向其成员提供交易场所和有关的服务，本身并不承保业务。

cover...against:给...保险;使免受损失

underwriter:保险商；提供保险者

(news from Chinadaily)

人生中每一次对自己心灵的释惑，都是一种修行，都是一种成长。相信生命中的每一次磨砺，都会让自己的人生折射出异常的光芒，都会让自己的身心焕发出不一样的香味。

我们常常用人生中的一些痛，换得人生的一份成熟与成长，用一些不可避免的遗憾，换取生命的一份美丽。在大风大雨，大风大浪，大悲大喜之后，沉淀出一份人生的淡然与淡泊，静好与安宁，深邃与宽厚，慈悲与欣然……

生活里的每个人，都是我们的一面镜子，你给别人什么，别人就会回待你什么。当你为一件事情不悦的时候，应该想想你给过人家怎样负面的情绪。

世界上的幸福，没有一处不是来自用心经营和珍惜。当你一味的去挑剔指责别人的时候，有没有反思过自己是否做得尽善尽美呢？

假如你的心太过自我，不懂得经营和善待，不懂得尊重他人的感受，那么你永远也不会获得真正的爱和幸福……

人生就像一场旅行，我们所行走的每一步都是在丰富生命的意义。我们一边穿越在陌生的吸引里，一边咀嚼回味着一抹远走光阴的旧味，一切都是不可预料，一切又似在预料之中。

人生看的多了，走的多了，经历的多了，也就懂得多了。每一份深刻的感悟大多来自一个人深刻的经历。

人生总有那么一两件重大的事情让你成熟和改变。这份错失，会让你反思自己，检讨自己，叩问自己，也让你意识到了自己真正的缺失，这或许就是一份痛苦的领悟吧！

人生可以平平淡淡，亦可以异彩纷呈。相信只要自己的德馨足够善美，上天就会把最好的一切赐予你。予人快乐，收获快乐；予人幸福，收获幸福；予人真情，收获厚意。人生的一切往来皆有因果，生活只善待有心人……

假如你有一颗计较的心，你就会很难获得一份幸福。当一个人放下了自己内心的那份累心的奢求，你的心空就会变得更加蔚蓝干净。

宽容，不仅是一种豁达的态度，更是一种心灵的品德，是一种处事的修行，宽容别人不是低矮了自己，而是释放了自己，升华了自己。你把世界宽待在心中，世界也同样装饰了你的一份美丽。

当你简约、释然了自己的时候，你会发现另一份生命中的快乐。那快乐是发自一颗简单的心，那快乐是从心灵的草地里欢快的迸发出来，通过你温柔的眼眸和开心的笑声来传递。

所以，心宽便心悦，你人生的天空是什么颜色，往往取决于你对人生的态度和对于自己情绪的驾驭……

世界上美好的东西那么多，有缘来到你的身旁，被你握到掌心的却又那么少。所以一切在的时候请学会珍惜，因为大多美丽的东西只会为你来过一次。你一不小心就会失落，无处找寻，增加了你人生的又一次遗憾……

过往，终是回不去的曾经。人总是在失去的时候才懂得珍惜，人总是在回味的时候才知道甜美。往事已矣，该放下的终归要放下，该忘记的一定要学会忘记。

其实这个世界上什么都不是我们的，在人间，我们只是一场心灵的路过而已……或许唯一属于过我们的，只是生命刹那的快乐与悲伤，以及自己一颗思索的灵魂……

站在时光的路口回望曾经，盘点每一份经历过的心情，人生有太多得不到的美好，有太多想不到的结局。终有一天，我们热望过的，贪念过的，彷徨过的，握紧过的，放手过的，都将化作尘埃随风飞去……

人生渺如尘埃，小如露珠，寻常如泥土，从不可知处而来，到不可知处而去。我们用灵魂结伴身体，走过这短暂的一朝一夕的寒暖，踏过流年的坎坷与花香，便是在世间真正的来过了。

21世纪英语报双语新闻

女性读者向我问得最多的问题是──如何 能既拥有成功的事业又拥有幸福的家庭？她们中的很多人已经在事业上获得成功了，她们实际上要问的是如何同时获得一个幸福的家庭。 Here's the #1 question I get from women readers: How can I have a successful career and a happy family? Many of these readers already are successful in their careers. What they're really asking is how to also have a happy family. 对我们女性而言，这是一个非常新的问 题。许多世纪以来，女人的职业就是“照顾家人”。我们活着是为了取悦父亲、丈夫以及儿子。我们为他人服务，获得的回报是一生安稳的保障。 This is a very new question for us. For centuries, women's careers were our family. Our career was 'caregiver.' We lived to please our fathers, our husbands, our sons. In return for our service, we received a lifetime guarantee of stability and security. 然而，这种“交易”如今已经消失。虽然我 们依然在履行照顾家人的职责，但对许多人来说（如果不是大多数人的话），婚姻正成为巨大的不安全感的来源。 But today that bargain has vanished. We're still doing our part by serving our families. But for many if not most, marriage now is a source of deep insecurity. 大多数年轻人的婚姻如今以离婚告终 Most young marriages now end in divorce 在步入婚姻殿堂时，没有人会抱着这种 想法──“有一天我们会厌恶对方”，但这正是中国大多数80后一代的经历。根据民政部的统计，2005年时，80后的离婚率就已经达到了57%。 No one enters a marriage thinking, 'Someday we'll hate each other,' but that's been precisely the experience of most of China's born-post-1980 generation. The Ministry of Civil Affairs reports that by 2005, the divorce rate for this generation already had reached 57 percent. 中国历史上首次出现了在破碎家庭中长大的一代儿童。女性在离婚期间常常遭 受巨大的痛苦，但至少我们可以掌控自己的生活然后继续向前。然而，我们的孩子却不能。在离婚事件中，他们才是真正意义上的受害者。 For the first time in Chinese history, a generation of children now is growing up in broken households. Women often suffer greatly during divorce, but at least we can take charge of our lives and move on. Our children, on the other hand, cannot. When divorce occurs, they're victims in the truest sense. 离婚对孩子的影响可能会持续一生，我恰好对此有直接的了解。我1969年在美国出生，正如中国现在的情况一样，上世纪70年代正是离婚潮首次在美国爆发之时。我们那一代人是第一代成长在离异家庭的孩子。虽然我的父母一直都在 一起生活，但那些年我还是目睹了父母The impacts on children of divorce can last a lifetime. I happen to know this first-hand, since I was born in America in 1969, and it was in the 1970s that divorce first exploded in America as is happening now in China. My generation was the first to grow up as the children of divorce.

中英双语新闻：各种效应的英文怎么说

中英双语新闻：各种效应的英文怎么说 效应”的原义是“物理的或化学的作用所产生的效果”，也可泛指“某个人物的言行或某种事物的发生和发展在社会上所引起的反应或效果”。英语的对应词是effect。自然界和人间社会存有各式各样的效应。其中“温室效应” (green-house effect)是我们最常见的一种大气保温效应，与地球变暖(global warming)相关。例如： 1. The term “greenhouse effect” has two commonmeanings. There is a natural greenhouse effect that keeps the Earth’s climate warm and habitable.There is also a man-made greenhouse effect, which is the enhancement of Earth’s naturalgreenhouse effect by the addition of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels (mainlypetroleum, coal, and natural gas). “温室效应”这个词有两个基本意思：一个是使地球气候保持温暖和适宜居住的自然温室效应;另一个是人为温室效应，即因为燃烧化石燃料(主要是石油、煤和天然气)造成温室气体增多而导致的地球自然温室效应增强。 2. Earth’s natural greenhouse effect is critical to supporting life. But human activities, primarilythe burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests, have intensified the natural greenhouse effect,causing global warming. 地球的自然温室效应对维持生命是至关紧要的，但是人类活动，主要是燃烧化石燃料和砍伐森林，已加剧了这种自然温室效应，引起世界变暖。 与我们生存环境密切相关的另一种自然效应是“城市热岛效 应”(urban heat island effect)。例如：

英语双语新闻：想与爱人携手白头谨记20条箴言

英语双语新闻：想与爱人携手白头谨记20条箴言 1. Never underestimate the value of asking your partner how his day went. 1、永远不要低估问你的另一半“今天过得怎么样”这句话的重要性 2. Some fights are just fights. They don't have to be deal breakers. 2、吵架归吵架，没有必要成为分裂的导火线。 3. Accept that relationships come with obligations. 3、接受婚姻和责任相伴相随这个事实 4. But be honest about which events you feel strongly that your partner attend. 4、但如果你强烈觉得你的另一半应该参加某个活动，就要实话实说。 5. Little surprise purchases go a long way. 5、各种小的意外惊喜能让你的婚姻走得长远。 6. Don't force group or double dates when all couples aren't friends. 6、如果不同的约会夫妇(情侣)之间不是朋友，不要勉强实行组团约会或四人约会。 7. Kiss hello before doing anything else when you get home. Kiss good-bye when you leave. 7、回到家先亲一个再做别的事，出门前来个吻别。

8. Sometimes you have to say no to invitations so you can spend time with each other. 8、有时你必须拒绝应酬，那样你们就能够有时间待在一起。 9. Treat his family like yours. 9、像对待自己的家人那样对待对方的家人。 10. More "I love you"s are better than fewer. 10、经常说“我爱你”比很少说这三个字要好。 11. Be sympathetic when your significant other is sick. 11、当你的另一半生病了要有同情心。 12. Take on more of the errands/household chores when the other one is swamped at work. 12、当另一半忙于工作时，多跑跑腿、多做点家务啥的。 13. Don't make jokes at each other's expense. 13、不要把快乐建立在对方的痛苦上。 14. Be on time. 14、守时。 15. If someone talks shit about your S.O., defend him. 15、如果有人辱骂你的另一半，要坚决维护。 16. Keep each other informed of your individual plans. 16、要让对方知道自己的个人计划。 17. Respond to each other's texts, calls, etc. 17、要回复对方的短信、电话等等。

新闻英语听力测试题

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