Sweatshop
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定义
a sweatshop: 血汗工厂（指工人劳动条件差，工作时间长，工资低的工场或工厂）
There are many organizations which fight companies that exploit sweatshop labor. 有许多组织都会抵制榨取工人血汗钱的工厂。
sweat 汗水，湿气
a shop 商店
Pronunciation examples
UK: Your shoes were made by a 10 year old child in a sweatshop.
US: Sweatshops exploit children and sweet shops are bad for their teeth.
示例
- "Their facilities there were essentially sweatshops."
- "There's been a media circus surrounding their sweatshops and innumerable counts of worker exploitation."
- "Strategically, I must advise that we pursue a legitimate alternative to sweatshops and slave labor."
练习 1
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below based on the dialogue you just heard.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below based on the dialogue you just heard.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Susie says that Shmike was "guilty" of labor abuses in China, Vietnam and Indonesia in 1999. To be "guilty" of something is to be responsible for it (legally, financially, etc). A criminal is found "guilty" or innocent by a court of law. If Shmike was revealed to be guilty of labor abuses, they committed labor abuses.
Susie says that Shmike's facilities in Asia were essentially "sweatshops". A "sweatshop" is a factory or manufacturing plant in which workers are exploited, abused or underpaid. The term "sweatshop" is unrelated to "sweatshirts", or any type of merchandise.
Susie says that Shmike's products were "dominant", meaning they were successful (even that they dominated the market) during the 1990s. Susie adds that the products were dominant both "domestically", meaning on a national level (or within the U.S.), and "abroad", meaning "overseas" (or outside the U.S.). "Domestic" and "abroad" are synonymous with "national and international" in this context, and "dominant" shares a close meaning with the term "successful".
On the contrary, Susie says that Shmike refused to pay their Asian workers the money they were promised. This isn't an example of "overpaying", which is to pay more than what is expected or appropriate.
练习 2
Find the term which Susie uses to describe "a factory that abuses its workers":
Find the term which Susie uses to describe "a factory that abuses its workers": a sweatshop
a sweatshop: Susie mentions that Shmike's facilities are "sweatshops". A "sweatshop" is a factory that abuses its workers, usually by forcing them to work long hours with minimal compensation.
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