CNN 2010-06-01

A Connecticut man says the state is attacking his Italian heritage. How? By telling him his kids can't work in the family pizza place. Michael Nuzzo's three children are 13, 11, and 8. And they were learning the family business on weekends making pizza like their dad did at his dad's restaurant years ago, but the state labor¹ department put a stop to that and said it was a violation² of labor laws. The Nuzzo's say this is about family tradition.

 

We're not slave drivers, you know. We're just teaching them what we know. You know, so that when they become adults, you know, if they go to college and do whatever they have to do in life and it's something they don't like, they have something to fall back on.

 

They're attacking my tradition, my culture. Being Italian, this is how we were raised, and it attacks my integrity.

 

All right. The Nuzzos are suing the state. The attorney general's office says it's looking at that lawsuit³. And the family's oldest child, by the way, turns 14 in just a few weeks. He will be old enough, by law, to work, just a few hours.

 

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1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

4 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。