英语新闻听写 标靶百货提高最低时薪

Discount retailer² Target Corporation has started raising employee wages to a minimum of $10 an hour, its second hike in a year.

折扣店“标靶”百货公司提高员工最低时薪，这也是“标靶”今年第二次升薪。

Sources tell Reuters the company has been pressured by a competitive job market and labor³ groups calling for higher wages at retail¹ chains.

消息人士对路透社表示，因劳工组织要求加薪，加之劳动力市场竞争激烈，“标靶”压力重重。

Target management has informed store managers, who in turn have started informing employees about the wage hike.

商店管理层已告知店长，并将由店长告知员工。

Two sources with direct knowledge of the situation say most employees who earn less than $10 per hour should see their base pay go up in May.

据两名业内人士表示，时薪低于10美元员工将于今年5月加薪。

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

3 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。