茶馆 ： 所有"无关紧要的"话题

　　报道提到，“祖国母亲”雕像是欧洲最高的纪念性雕塑，建于1981年，位于乌克兰国家二战历史博物馆内。

　　2022年7月，由乌克兰数字转型部推出的政务App“迪亚”（Diia）做了一项调查，结果显示85%受访者支持用乌克兰三叉戟替换“祖国母亲”雕像上的苏联国徽。

　　据称，“祖国母亲”雕像替换工程成本约为75.55万美元，项目未动用公共资金，所有资金来自私人投资者和各种捐助者。

Zhoudan wrote (Nov., 2009):

美国的同事最有发言权，看看他说得对不对。

http://shihb.blog.sohu.com/137288643.html

周三公布的新数据显示，墨西哥已在20年来首次超过中国，在官方统计中成为美国最大的进口来源国，这个重大转变凸显了中美日益紧张的关系正在如何改变贸易流动。

数据显示，美国去年的对华贸易逆差大幅收窄，美国从中国进口的商品额为4272亿美元，同比下降了20%。美国的消费者和企业转向墨西哥、欧洲、韩国、印度、加拿大和越南，购买汽车零部件、鞋子、玩具和原材料。

勞工局最新數據顯示，全國人均年薪約為5.9萬元。其中，亞裔平均年收入達7.94萬元，冠絕各族群。

政府數據顯示，國民的整體薪酬持續增長，人均年薪大約5.93萬元，其中亞裔人均每年收入達到7.94萬元，在各個族群中居冠，不過亞裔女性與男性之間的收入差距也最明顯。

據《今日美國》報道，勞工部公布2023年第4季度的統計報告，整體國民的5.9萬元薪資收入按年增加5.4%，增幅雖然低於2022年的7.3%，但考慮到去年通脹率只有3.4%，因此民眾的購買力依然有所上升。數字同時反映，不同地區、年齡、性別、種族以及行業的從業者收入差距明顯，若以族群區分，亞裔的7.94萬元遙遙領先，其中男性收入平均更達9萬元；白人平均為6萬元，當中男性為6.4萬元；非裔與西裔的年平均收入分別為5萬元和4.59萬元，兩者都低於全國平均值。

中国在去年暂停公布青年失业率后于本周三再次开始发布该信息，通过采用不同的统计标准，使得这个数字大幅下降。

去年，16至24岁年龄组的失业率连续六个月攀升，在6月份达到了创纪录的21.3%。那之后，中国国家统计局停止了公布青年失业率。政府在7月份宣布暂停发布数据时表示，该信息的统计方式“需要进一步完善和优化”。

对中国政府来说，失业年轻人的数量不断增加已成为一个不方便的数据点，似乎反驳了政府关于解除疫情限制后国内经济正在复苏的说法。

国家统计局表示，改变方式后的失业数据统计不包含在校学生，按这个方法计算，去年12月份的16至24岁年龄组的失业率是14.9%。

David Shen wrote:

我正好要写 Chop-Suey “炒杂碎”与 CHOP-Seattle，这下就不用炒了，整个拿来烤。

[Edited at 2020-07-02 16:07 GMT]

Lauren Bray and Holly Walton have been sacked by British Airways after a viral video showed them making slant-eyed gestures - allegedly in reference to an Asian family they had served earlier

British Airways have sacked the two women over a video shared online (Image: Getty Images)

20 Mar 2024

Two members of British Airways cabin crew have been sacked after sharing a video that showed them mocking Asian passengers.

Lauren Bray and Holly Walton were dismissed by the airline after Ms Walton was filmed appearing to make slant-eyed gestures and saying in an imitation Chinese accent: "Give me wine".

The video was reportedly shared on Ms Bray's Instagram but was later uploaded to TikTok - causing uproar among members of the public and fellow BA employees.

One crew member is said to have branded their actions "hugely damaging."

In the footage, which was shot on a night out between flights at the luxury Trade Winds hotel in Antigua, Holly Walton appears to make slant-eyed gestures with a bottle of Wadadli beer in front of her while Lauren films. A caption on the video reads: "2 weeks in a row with this dickhead." Only a few hours earlier, the pair had served passengers on flight BA2157 from London Gatwick Airport.

Outraged colleagues claimed they had been mimicking a Chinese family they had served drinks to on the flight who spoke little English. One British Airways worker of Asian descent told the Sun: "I’m reeling from seeing this video. It makes me question the airline and my colleagues. Action has to be taken. We won’t stand for it."

Another said "the stupidity of this duo really beggars belief", and that they were "deliberately laughing at a family who struggled to make themselves understood on a busy flight". The newspaper reported that Ms Bray was witnessed leaving a meeting at the airline’s HQ in "floods of tears"on Monday.

British Airways confirmed the two women were no longer employed by them. A spokesperson said: "All forms of racism are completely unacceptable, and we take allegations of this nature very seriously. These two individuals are no longer employed by us."

Sack verb
to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them

in floods of tears
phrase UK

crying a lot:
I found her in floods of tears in the toilets.