河南一公司强制员工观看《新闻联播》 缺席就扣钱

 　　A company in China is now requiring their employees to tune¹ in to the state-run news broadcast at noon every day or else their salary will get deducted² every single time they miss a program.

　　国内某家公司现在要求公司员工每天中午必须观看《新闻联播》重播，缺席一次将面临扣除薪水的命运。

　　Qingyang Pharmaceutical³ in Zhengzhou, Henan Province wants their staff to watch the daily news or face a deduction⁴ of $14.50 from their salary.

　　河南省郑州市庆阳制药公司要求其员工每天准时收看《新闻联播》，缺席一次将从薪水中扣除100元（合14.5美元）。

　　According to South China Morning Post, this new rule was rolled out by the company at the beginning of the month.

　　据《南华早报》报道，该公司是从月初才开始实行这项新规定的。

　　河南一公司强制员工观看《新闻联播》 缺席就扣钱

　　In the announcement, the management reiterated⁵ the importance of watching the daily broadcast saying that if they don't watch the program, they could "miss the whole world."

　　在公司发布的公告中，管理层反复强调了关于每天观看新闻的重要性，并表示如果每天不收看新闻，你将会“错过全世界”。

　　They also highlighted the importance of being aware of the current situation of the nation and how it affects business.

　　此外，该公司还重点强调了关注国家时事的重要性及这是如何影响商机的。

　　To cite an example of what watching the news can do, the report stated an announcement made by the CCTV broadcast on April 1 about an international metropolis⁶ called the Xiongan New Area which will sprawl⁷ on 2,000 sq. km of land.

　　为了向员工举例证明观看新闻的用处，公司在公告中特意提到了央视在4月1日关于规划建设覆盖2000平方公里的雄安特区的新闻。

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 deducted   

v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
• The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

4 deduction   

n.减除，扣除，减除额；推论，推理，演绎

参考例句：

• No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
• His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。

5 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

6 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。

7 sprawl   

vi.躺卧，扩张，蔓延；vt.使蔓延；n.躺卧，蔓延

参考例句：

• In our garden,bushes are allowed to sprawl as they will.在我们园子里，灌木丛爱怎么蔓延就怎么蔓延。
• He is lying in a sprawl on the bed.他伸开四肢躺在床上。