VOA标准英语2010年-Indian Committee Finds Games Construct
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(三月)
Workers labor 1 to renovate 2 Delhi's famous Connaught place for the upcoming Commonwealth 3 Games, in New Delhi, 04 Mar 4 2010
A committee appointed by the Delhi High Court has determined 5 workers building facilities for this year's Commonwealth Games in India are being exploited by contractors 6 apparently 7 unaware 8 of labor laws.
A preliminary report submitted to the Delhi High Court finds all allegations made in complaints about workers' conditions "are well founded."
Those charges include laborers 9 working and living in highly dangerous and deplorable conditions; earning less than the stipulated 10 minimum wage; with no access to basic sanitation 11 and health facilities; and, lacking safety equipment.
The four-member court-appointed monitoring panel blames the exploitation directly on private contractors being unaware of any liability in violating labor laws.
One of the advocates for the Commonwealth Games' site workers, Tariq Adeeb of the Human Rights Law Network, tells VOA News that India's central government and Delhi authorities should ultimately be held responsible.
"If the contractors are not aware of the rules and regulations of the government, then it's the responsibility of the government. Why they have given such contracts to those people who are not aware of anything," asks Adeeb.
A top official of the Sports Authority of India, Hardip Singh Kingra, tells VOA it wants to "ensure all labor laws are followed." But he contends it is the Central Public Works Department which has the responsibility to implement 12 them.
The chief engineer of the CPWD, V.K. Gupta, brushes off the committee's findings, calling violations 13 "isolated 14 cases" and contends that "by and large" the law is being followed. But he says, in reaction to the allegations, trade units "have been sensitized" to the need for observing workers' rights.
Despite some pessimism 15 that the legal process will drag on until after the Games begin in October, attorney Tariq Adeeb expects quick results because of the Delhi court's attention to the alleged 16 exploitation.
"Things will change definitely in a positive way because, on the next date of hearing, the court will direct the government to look after these workers because it is the responsibility of the government and the state," said Adeeb.
The next hearing is scheduled for April 7.
A report submitted to the court says there have been 43 deaths at project sites.
More than 400,000 people are believed to be working as daily wage contract workers on Games'-related construction projects, worth billions of dollars.
This is the first time India is to host the prestigious 17 athletic 18 event, which is expected to attract more than 8,000 participants and officials from most of the 54 countries of the British Commonwealth.
- 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。
- The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
- They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
- I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
- Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句
- The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
- Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
- He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
- There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。