2006年VOA标准英语-Chicago Passes "Living Wage" Law

By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 31 July 2006 watch Living Wage report Lawmakers in the Midwest U.S. city of Chicago have approved a measure requiring large-scale discount stores to pay their employees a so-called living wage. As VOA's George Dwyer

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NOEL KING, HOST: A basic principle of economics is that when demand for something goes up, the cost of it goes up, too. So economists wonder why today's high demand for workers isn't translating into bigger increases in pay. Even Federal Reserve Chai

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今天我们要学的词是 wage. Wage 作为动词，有发动的意思。A top CIA expert on Asia said that China is waging a quiet kind of cold war against the United States. 中央情报局一位亚洲问题专家说，中国正在对美国发动一

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Why aren't you earning more at your age? 你为什么不在这个年纪多赚一点？ I work for a small company. 我在一家小公司工作。 My employer finds my work valuable and indispensable to the company'success. 老板认为我的工作很有

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The government will bring back a lower starting wage for young people between the ages of 16 and 19. For the first 6 months of a new job, they will be paid $10.80 an hour. This is 80% of the adult minimum wage which is $13.50. In 2008, the Labour gov

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AS IT IS 2015-06-14 The Living Wage Debate Has Many Sides Workers and employers around the world argue over the issue of a minimum wage. Workers says they want to receive a minimum living wage that permits them to meet the most basic needs of life su

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The Gender Wage Gap In The Arts STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We heard a lot during the presidential campaign about the wage gap, the fact that women often earn less than men for the same kinds of work. Hillary Clinton pushed that issue, and she lost. But it

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Is better off finding a secure job that you can count on for the rest of your life? Those are nearly extinct. 是找到了一个稳定的工作，一辈子都不用愁，就意味着生活安逸吗？这种情况几乎不存在。 People move jobs, o

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Todd: So Greg, we're talking about controversial issues and one of the issues in your book is income disparity. So, what do you think about minimum wage? Greg: Minimum wage. Minimum wage I think is very important to have otherwise employers are going

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Jennifer Lawrence is the highest-earning actor or actress to earn an Oscar nomination in this years awards, according to Forbess magazine. The magazine, which publishes an annual list of the top-earning male and female actors, lists Lawrence as the w

Govt aims to close income gap with wage hike

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You're in the job you always wanted and you're doing well, even making more money than your husband. But beware（当心）. Women who become the chief breadwinners（养家糊口的人） in their domestic partnerships are more likely to pay the pri

2006年VOA标准英语-Congress Debates Minimum Wage Hike

By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 19 July 2006 watch Minimum Wage report U.S. law has guaranteed most workers a minimum wage since the 1930s. The last increase in the wage was in 1997. Now Democrats in the U.S. Congress say it's time for another raise.

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BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Forbes listed Hollywood's highest-earning actors on Monday with Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp on top, according to media reports. Hollywood careers are built on smart (and not always obvious) choices, and DiCaprio a

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Todd: So Greg, we're talking about controversial issues and one of the issues in your book is income disparity. So, what do you think about minimum wage? Greg: Minimum wage. Minimum wage I think is very important to have otherwise employers are going

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Amanda was unhappy with the amount of money she was making at her job, so she went after a position with a competitor and negotiated a higher salary. Amanda对目前的薪水不满意，于是她到一家同行公司 求职 ，该公司可以提供更高

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