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India's domestic workers law 印度家政工人保障政策

Fighting online crime 打擊網絡犯罪

E-cigarettes less damaging, says study 報道說電子香煙對人體危害小

文字稿

These women are part of India's vast army of domestic workers. Despite the numbers, it's a sector with few rules. But that might change – there are plans for laws giving workers a minimum wage and compulsory leave – and there would be social security cover too their employers would have to fund, at least in part.

這些女性都是來自印度的家政人員大軍。盡管很多人從事家政工作，但這個行業缺少相對應的監管條例。但此現象很快會得到改觀。印度政府計劃出臺法律保障家政人員的權益，希望出臺的政策中包括最低工資保障和強制性休假；與此同時，家政人員的雇主也需要至少提供部分資金給此類人員購買社保。

This is not science fiction. This is our world, now in the 21st Century. Here in California they're at the cutting edge of cyber security, using this virtual reality map of millions of computers to hunt hackers.

這不是科學幻想，這是我們所居住的二十一世紀。這家位于加利福尼亞洲的公司走在保護網絡安全的前沿，他們使用一個連接了上百萬臺電腦的虛擬現實地圖來追蹤黑客的行蹤。

Vaping – in less than a decade, it's gone from nowhere to a habit for more than two and half million British people. Now after claims and counterclaims about the risks of e-cigarettes an official health organisation says they're good news. That's because former smokers like Elaine, have been helped to kick the habit – in her case 40 years – encouraged by a clinic she switched to e-cigs which do contain nicotine but not the damaging tobacco smoke.

電子煙－在不到十年的時間里，電子煙的發展從無人問津到目前僅英國就有兩百五十多萬使用者。在對電子煙帶來的風險進行了一輪又一輪的討論與反駁后，一個專業組織說電子煙是煙民的福音。抽了四十年煙的老煙民伊萊恩（Elaine）在一家診所的鼓勵下改吸含有尼古丁但又沒有煙草危害的電子煙，從而成功地戒掉了給身體帶來危害的草煙。

詞匯

vast army                         大軍

cutting edge                     尖端，前沿

vaping                              吸電子煙

kick the habit                   戒除惡習，改掉習慣

練習

請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。注意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。

vast army / cutting edge / vaping / kick the habit

1. Since Rob started ________, his clothes smell a lot fresher.

2. I've tried to stop having sugar in my tea but I just can't seem to ________.

3. A _______ of supporters turned up at the stadium for the big match but there weren't enough tickets so some of them couldn't get in.

4. The company was at the _______ of design and had won many awards

答案

1. Since Rob started vaping, his clothes smell a lot fresher.

2. I've tried to stop having sugar in my tea but I just can't seem to kick the habit.

3. A vast army of supporters turned up at the stadium for the big match but there weren't enough tickets so some of them couldn't get in.

4. The company was at the cutting edge of design and had won many awards.