2017考研英語:時文選譯:紐約最低工資標準提升至每小時15美元

 　　2017考研英語:時文選譯:紐約最低工資標準提升至每小時15美元

　　The governors of California and New York acted on Monday to raise their states’ minimum wages to $15 an hour – the highest in the nation – as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again seized on wage disparity and the plight of the working poor as a defining issue in the presidential race.

　　加利福尼亞及紐約的州長于周一簽訂法案，將最低工資標準提升至15美元每小時——這是全美最高的最低工資標準——希拉里·克林頓和伯尼·桑德斯又一次將工資差距和低薪階層的困境作為總統競選的一個籌碼。

　　Clinton joined Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York as he signed the law that will gradually boost that state’s pay rate and she predicted the movement would “sweep our country”.

　　紐約州長Andrew Cuomo簽訂法案，聲明將逐步提高紐約人民的工資水平，接著希拉里也緊隨其后，并預言此舉將“橫掃全國”。

　　In a statement, Sanders said his campaign was about building on the steps in California and New York “so that everyone in this country can enjoy the dignity and basic economic security that comes from a living wage”.

　　在一項聲明中，Sanders稱他的這項計劃將在加州和紐約逐步進行，此舉是“為了讓這個國家的所有人民能夠享有生存所需的工資水平，從而享受其所帶來的尊嚴與基本經濟保障”。

　　In Los Angeles, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that will lift the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.

　　在洛杉磯，Jerry Brown州長簽署了一項法案，將使洛杉磯的最低工資標準于2022年提升至每小時15美元。

　　The efforts in New York and California mark the most ambitious moves yet to close the national divide between rich and poor. Experts say other states may follow, given Congress’s reluctance to act despite entreaties from Barack Obama.

　　紐約和加州的種種努力展現了其消除整個國家貧富差距的雄心壯志。專家稱，盡管奧巴馬總統極力懇求，其他的一些州雖然不愿意(提高其最低工資標準)，但也還是有可能會跟進這一舉措。

　　“This is about economic justice. It’s about people. It’s about creating a little, tiny amount of balance in a system that every day becomes more unbalanced,” Brown said before signing the bill at the Ronald Reagan state building.

　　“這是有關經濟公平的、有關人民的一項運動。這是在一個日益發展不均衡的體制中努力創造一點點均衡，”Jerry Brown州長在羅納德·里根大廈簽署此法案前如是說。