夏说英语新闻晨读 第462期:谷歌员工全球大罢工

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Staff at Google offices around the world have staged an unprecedented¹ series of walkouts in protest at the company's treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration² - a move which would make it possible for victims to sue. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has told staff he supports their right to take the action.

stage a walkout: 举行罢工
unprecedented：史无前例的
key changes: 关键性的改变
sexual misconduct: 不当性行为
allegation: 指控
forced arbitration: 强制仲裁
victim: 受害者
sue: 上诉

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 arbitration   

n.调停，仲裁

参考例句：

• The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。