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2019年经济学人 一周要闻 沃尔玛停售手枪弹药 优步股价创新低 互联网公司爆隐私丑闻

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Uber’s share price hit a new low ahead of the expected passage of a bill in California that would reclassify the employment status of the company’s drivers in the state from contractor1 to employee, a threat to its low-labour-cost business model.

预计加州将通过一项法案,将优步司机在加州的就业状况从合同工重新划分为雇员,这对优步的低劳动力成本商业模式构成威胁。在此之前,优步股价创下新低。

Walmart decided2 to stop selling ammunition3 that can be used in military-style weapons and handguns. The retailer4 has come under pressure to do more to curb5 gun sales since last month’s mass shooting at one of its stores in El Paso. This week a gunman murdered seven people at random6 in west Texas. Walmart stopped selling handguns in the 1990s and semi-automatics in 2015, but the latest surge in shootings has led to calls for parents to boycott7 its stores in the back-to-school season.

沃尔玛决定停售可用于军用武器和手枪的弹药。自上月埃尔帕索一家门店发生大规模枪击案以来,这家零售商一直面临着采取更多措施遏制枪支销售的压力。本周,一名枪手在德克萨斯州西部持枪杀害了7人。沃尔玛在上世纪90年代停售手枪,于2015年停售半自动手枪,但最近的枪击事件激增,引发了家长在返校季抵制其门店的呼声。

A key ally of Muhammad bin8 Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler, was put in charge of Saudi Aramco. The promotion9 of Yasir al-Rumayyan to chairman makes the on-off ipo of the state oil company more likely; it could come as early as next year.

沙特王储、实际统治者穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼的主要盟友被任命掌管沙特阿美(Saudi Aramco)。亚西尔·鲁迈扬(Yasir al-Rumayyan)晋升为董事长,使这家国有石油公司更有可能进行断断续续的上市事宜;上市最早可能于明年实现。

Nickel prices soared to five-year highs after the Indonesian government brought forward a ban on exports of nickel ore to December, two years earlier than it had proposed. The metal is used in stainless10 steel and increasingly in batteries for electric cars, an industry which Indonesia wants to develop domestically.

在印尼政府将镍矿石出口禁令提前两年至12月后,镍价飙升至5年高点。这种金属用于不锈钢以及越来越多的电动汽车的电池中,而印尼希望在国内发展电动汽车行业。

A web of intrigue11

阴云密布

There were more privacy scandals involving internet companies. Google was fined $170m in America for illegally collecting data from child users on its YouTube site in order to target them with ads. And a two-year hacking12 campaign was uncovered (by Google’s researchers) that tapped into text messages and photos on hundreds of thousands of iPhones. As a reminder13 that no one is immune, the Twitter account of Jack14 Dorsey, Twitter’s boss, was briefly15 hijacked16; a number of offensive messages and a bomb threat were tweeted out.

涉及互联网公司的隐私丑闻越来越多。谷歌在美国被罚款1.7亿美元,原因是该公司在其YouTube网站非法收集儿童用户的数据,目的是向他们投放广告。(谷歌的研究人员)还揭露了一项为期两年的黑客活动,该活动窃听数十万部iphone手机上的短信和照片。提醒大家,没有人能幸免,就连推特老板杰克·多尔西(Jack Dorsey)的账户也曾被短暂盗号;在推特上发布了一些攻击性言论和炸弹威胁。


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1 contractor GnZyO     
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
参考例句:
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 ammunition GwVzz     
n.军火,弹药
参考例句:
  • A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
  • They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
4 retailer QjjzzO     
n.零售商(人)
参考例句:
  • What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢?
  • The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。
5 curb LmRyy     
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
参考例句:
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
6 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
7 boycott EW3zC     
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
参考例句:
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
8 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句:
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
9 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
参考例句:
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
10 stainless kuSwr     
adj.无瑕疵的,不锈的
参考例句:
  • I have a set of stainless knives and forks.我有一套不锈钢刀叉。
  • Before the recent political scandal,her reputation had been stainless.在最近的政治丑闻之前,她的名声是无懈可击的。
11 intrigue Gaqzy     
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
参考例句:
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
12 hacking KrIzgm     
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句:
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
13 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
14 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
15 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
16 hijacked 54f3e68c506e45e75f9a155a27738c2f     
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
参考例句:
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
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