经济学人:一周要闻沃尔玛停售手枪弹药

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Uber's share price hit a new low ahead of the expected passage of a bill in California
预计加州将通过一项法案，

that would reclassify the employment status of the company's drivers in the state from contractor to employee, a threat to its low-labour-cost business model.
将优步司机在加州的就业状况从合同工重新划分为雇员，这对优步的低劳动力成本商业模式构成威胁。在此之前，优步股价创下新低。

Walmart decided to stop selling ammunition that can be used in military-style weapons and handguns.
沃尔玛决定停售可用于军用武器和手枪的弹药。

The retailer has come under pressure to do more to curb gun sales since last month's mass shooting at one of its stores in El Paso.
自上月埃尔帕索一家门店发生大规模枪击案以来，这家零售商一直面临着采取更多措施遏制枪支销售的压力。

but the latest surge in shootings has led to calls for parents to boycott its stores in the back-to-school season.
但最近的枪击事件激增，引发了家长在返校季抵制其门店的呼声。

A key ally of Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler, was put in charge of Saudi Aramco.
沙特王储、实际统治者穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼的主要盟友被任命掌管沙特阿美(Saudi Aramco)。

The promotion of Yasir al-Rumayyan to chairman makes the on-off ipo of the state oil company more likely; it could come as early as next year.
亚西尔·鲁迈扬(Yasir al-Rumayyan)晋升为董事长，使这家国有石油公司更有可能进行断断续续的上市事宜;上市最早可能于明年实现。

Nickel prices soared to five-year highs after the Indonesian government brought forward a ban on exports of nickel ore to December, two years earlier than it had proposed.
在印尼政府将镍矿石出口禁令提前两年至12月后，镍价飙升至5年高点。

The metal is used in stainless steel and increasingly in batteries for electric cars, an industry which Indonesia wants to develop domestically.
这种金属用于不锈钢以及越来越多的电动汽车的电池中，而印尼希望在国内发展电动汽车行业。

Google was fined $170m in America for illegally collecting data from child users on its YouTube site in order to target them with ads.
谷歌在美国被罚款1.7亿美元，原因是该公司在其YouTube网站非法收集儿童用户的数据，目的是向他们投放广告。

And a two-year hacking campaign was uncovered (by Google's researchers) that tapped into text messages and photos on hundreds of thousands of iPhones.
(谷歌的研究人员)还揭露了一项为期两年的黑客活动，该活动窃听数十万部iphone手机上的短信和照片。

As a reminder that no one is immune, the Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, Twitter's boss, was briefly hijacked;
提醒大家，没有人能幸免，就连推特老板杰克·多尔西(Jack Dorsey)的账户也曾被短暂盗号;

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1.calls for 要求

The ceasefire resolution calls for the release of all prisoners of war.

停火决议要求释放所有战俘&g)sJ73nS;*v0。

2.brought forward 提出

She brought forward a new proposal.

她提出了一项新的建议zN]JxDkpXvS2A!9A4。

3.electric cars 电动汽车

Volkswagen also plans to launch several electric cars in China by 2013.

大众还计划到2013年在中国推出几款电动汽车R_ng.pESnr4w2D._3xwn。

4.in charge of 负责；主管

No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

除了你，没有人可以为你的幸福负责0Svb0cjKfeh9Bx9!_。

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