2020考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day61

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研信息网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人:巴托比专栏: 休息一会(1)

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on November 22nd, and having gorged on turkey and cranberry sauce,will take the next day off as well to do some Christmas shopping. That represents a rare break in what, by global standards, is a Stakhanovite regime.

 

译文

美国人在11月22日庆祝感恩节，享受火鸡和小红莓果酱，第二天放假可以去采购一些圣诞节用品。从全球标准来看，这是斯达汉诺夫政权中的一次罕见休假。

In a typical year the average American works 100 more hours than a Briton, 300 more than a French employee and 400 more hours than a German.The gap with Europe is partly explained by the number of days' holiday that Americans take each year.

 

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在一个典型年中，美国人平均工作时长比一名英国人多100个小时；比一位法国员工多300小时；比一名德国人多400个小时。美国人每年的假期天数可以解释其和欧洲差距的部分原因。

In 2017 the average American took 17.2 days of vacation. That was a slight rise on the 16 days recorded in 2014 but still below the 1978- 2000 average of 20.3 days.Around half of all workers do not take their full allotment of days off, which averages around 23 days.In effect, many Americans spend part of the year working for nothing, donating the equivalent of $561 on average to their firms.

 

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2017年，美国人平均休假17.2天。相较2014年16天的休假天数稍有增长，但仍低于1978年至2000年的平均20.3天。将近一半的员工没有休完他们所有的假期，未休完假期平均约为23天。实际上，很多美国人一年里有部分时间都是在免费工作，他们把平均561美元的工资捐给了公司。

In the European Union workers are guaranteed by law a minimum of 20 paid days of holiday each year,with public holidays in addition to that (there is no mandatory minimum in America).The workers who can put their feet up for longest are those in Spain and Sweden, who get 36 days of holiday each.

 

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欧盟的法律为员工提供每年最少20天带薪休假的保障，除此之外，还有公定假日（在美国没有强制性最低标准）。休息天数最长的是西班牙和瑞典的员工，他们有36天的假期。

It is true that Americans do well in terms of public holidays; they have ten, two more than workers in Britain. But that doesn't make them relaxing.In both 2015 and 2016 the Sunday after Thanksgiving was the busiest day of the year for air travel.After a cramped flight and a long wait in the security line, workers may end up feeling worse than if they had never left the office.

 

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确实美国人在公共假期方面做的不错；他们有10个公共假期，比英国多2个。但这也没让他们轻松下来。在2015年和2016年，感恩节后的那个星期天是航空旅行一年中最繁忙的日子。挤在狭小的飞机上，在警戒线排完长队后，员工们或许会感觉比上班还累。

Americans also put in more hours per week. This was not always so.In 1870 the average European worker toiled for almost 66 hours a week, and those in America averaged 62.By 1929 there was little difference between the continents, with European hours at 47.8 and American ones at 48.By 2000 American males were well ahead, grinding out 43.3 hours against a European average of 39.2 (the female gap was smaller, at 37.2 to 36.1 hours).

 

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美国人每周工作时间也更长。但并非一直如此。在1870年，欧洲员工平均一周辛苦工作近66小时，美国人则为平均62小时。到1929年，两国差别很小，欧洲为47.8小时，美国为48小时。到2000年，美国男性遥遥领先，他们的工作时长为43.3小时，而欧洲则为平均39.2（女性员工之间的差距更小，为37.2比26.1）。

 

注释

1.gorge on 贪婪地吃

To be clear, Louisville doesn't allow its players to gorge on nothing but fast food.

要明确的是，路易斯维尔不允许玩家只狼吞虎咽地吃快餐。 来源于《WSJ》

 

2.donate 捐赠

Local contractors donate materials and services to the program.

当地承包商向该项目捐赠材料和服务。来源于《VOA》

 

3.guarantee 保证；担保

he government's new mortgage guarantee scheme is ambitious.

政府的新抵押担保计划雄心勃勃。来源于《BBC》

 

4.cramped 狭窄的

However, the cursor keys are annoyingly small and cramped.

然而，光标键又小又狭窄。来源于《THETIMES》

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