考研“We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,” says one researcher.

一位研究人员表示：“我们估计，要么消除童工等重大劳动权利问题，要么将企业捐赠增加20%左右，其罚款通常比贿赂外国官员的典型惩罚低40%。”。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研"We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials," says one

“我们估计，要么消除大量劳工权利问题，如童工，要么将企业捐赠增加20%左右，结果导致罚款通常比贿赂外国官员的典型惩罚低40%，”一位官员表示

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The Director General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis.

国际劳工组织总干事胡安·索马维亚指出，一些国家已采取措施应对全球危机的影响。

2016年6月听力原文

六级But that isn't why the government—under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardised packaging.

但这并不是政府在癌症慈善机构、卫生工作者和工党的压力下同意为标准化包装立法的原因。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.

最后，接近法国政府的人士私下表示，欧元区成员国应该同意某种财政和社会协调：例如，抑制公司税率或劳动力成本方面的竞争。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Mr.Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global jobs agreement to deal with unemployment.

索马维亚说，国际劳工组织正在提议一项全球就业协议，以解决失业问题。

2016年6月听力原文

六级In many countries immigrants have been filling such gaps in the labour force as have already emerged (and remember that the real shortage is still around ten years off).

在许多国家，移民填补了已经出现的劳动力缺口（记住，真正的短缺还有十年左右）。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研A group of labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture" award.

一群工党议员，其中包括伊维特·库珀（Yvette Cooper），在新的一年里呼吁设立英国“文化之城”（town of culture）奖。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area.

在最好的情况下，欧洲项目是非常自由的：建立在一个由27个富国和穷国组成的单一市场上，其内部边界对商品、资本和劳动力的开放程度远远高于任何可比贸易区。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?( ' , 9 ) A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.

弗雷德，你上过加拿大的大学吗？（’，9）国际劳工组织最近的一份报告说，世界各地真实工资的下降使人们对经济复苏的真实程度产生了疑问，特别是如果政府的救助计划过早地被取消的话。

2016年6月听力原文

六级A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.

国际劳工组织最近的一份报告说，世界各地实际工资的下降使人们对经济复苏的真实程度产生了疑问，特别是如果政府的救助计划过早地被取消的话。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

考研The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.

20世纪后半叶，一群天才、勇士、企业家和有远见的人努力创造了一台神奇的机器，它可以作为打字机和印刷机、工作室和剧院、画笔和画廊、钢琴和收音机、邮件和邮递员。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.

由于相信这样一个世界，许多政府已经终止了一些关于资本、劳动力和货物跨境流动的非常必要的规定，但收效甚微。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet: labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.

在某些方面，科学出版模式类似于社会互联网的经济：劳动力免费提供，以换取地位的希望，而巨额利润则由几家经营市场的大公司赚取。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.

去年2月，国会议员以压倒性多数投票赞成对《儿童与家庭法案》的劳工修正案，其中包括118项对普通包装进行监管的权力。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

去年2月，国会议员以压倒性多数投票赞成对《儿童与家庭法案》的劳工修正案，其中包括对普通包装进行监管的权力。

2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer.

为了计算母亲从分娩中能挣多少钱，报告建议了母亲可以扮演的角色，包括管家、兼职律师、私人教练和艺人。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and rad

20世纪后半叶，一群天才、勇士、企业家和有远见的人努力创造了一台神奇的机器，可以作为打字机和印刷机、工作室和剧院、画笔和画廊、钢琴和收音机

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers' choice.

这可能是因为他们有很多年轻人可供选择，一部分是因为战后婴儿潮，另一部分是因为在过去几十年中，更多的女性进入了劳动力市场，增加了雇主的选择。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级International Labour Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis.

国际劳工组织的经济学家说，一些国家已经制定了政策，以减轻经济危机期间工资下降的影响。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级To compensate for the fast-shrinking labour force, Japan would need large numbers of immigrants from overseas.

为了弥补劳动力的快速萎缩，日本需要大量海外移民。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级America will remain the best place on earth to do business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to interfere too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.

只要巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）和国会民主党人抵制过多干预的诱惑，只要有组织的工党不会过度施展其影响力，美国将仍然是地球上做生意的最佳地方。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories.

多产的农民意味着有多余的粮食可以养活城市；反过来，这又为工厂创造了大量劳动力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development.

工党同样希望停止地方规划，因为地方议会反对发展。

2016年考研阅读原文

六级That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers' choice

这可能是因为他们有很多年轻人可供选择，一部分是因为战后婴儿潮，另一部分是因为在过去几十年中，更多的女性进入了劳动力市场，增加了雇主的选择

2010年12月阅读原文

六级But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones.

但在未来几十年里，富裕国家的劳动力将大幅萎缩，移民流入将不得不大幅增加以弥补：在西欧最年轻的国家，移民数量至少是目前的两倍，而在较老的国家，则是目前的三倍。

2010年12月阅读原文

六级Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

国际劳工组织专家帕特里克·贝尔瑟（Patrick Belser）表示，工资率下降与失业率水平有关。

2016年6月听力原文

六级The report from the Bureau of Labour Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated.

劳工统计局的报告和预期的一样悲观。

2013年6月六级考试真题（二）

六级That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers’ choice.

这可能是因为他们有很多年轻人可供选择，部分原因是战后的婴儿潮，另一部分原因是在过去几十年里，越来越多的女性进入劳动力队伍，增加了雇主的选择。

2010年12月英语六级真题

六级But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe’s most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones.

但在接下来的几十年里，富裕国家的劳动力将大幅萎缩，移民流入将不得不大幅增加以弥补这一损失：在西欧最年轻的国家，移民数量至少是目前的两倍，在老年国家，移民人数是目前的三倍。

2010年12月英语六级真题

四级A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal.

工党议员迈克·福斯特正试图让议会批准一项新法律，该法律将把用狗狩猎野生动物定为非法。

2002年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

考研When Jane Matheson started work at Advanced Electronics Inc. 12 years ago, she laboured over a microscope, hand-welding tiny electronic computers and turned out 18 per hour.

12年前，当Jane Matheson开始在Advanced Electronics股份有限公司工作时，她在显微镜前工作，手工焊接微型电子计算机，每小时产出18台。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In the last half of the nineteenth century “capital” and “labour” were enlarging and perfecting their rival organizations on modern lines.

在19世纪后半叶，“资本”和“劳工”正在现代路线上扩大和完善它们的竞争组织。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题