Shadowchaser, facing sunlight

~ Belgium refuses to budge over hunger strikers ~

# budge over/ budge from
　　讓步;稍微移動


# Belgium/ belgian
　　比利時/ 比利時人;比利時的


The Belgian government has warned it will not give in to the demands of hundreds of illegal immigrants who are staging a hunger strike.

# give in
　　讓步

# illegal immigrants
　　非法移民

# hunger strike
　　絕食抗議

Around 600 people in different locations across Belgium have not eaten for weeks in the hope authorities will grant them work permits.

# grant
　　1.准予,同意
　　2.承認

# permit
　　許可;執照


With one person already reported to have been rushed to intensive care in Brussels, doctors are calling on the government to act.

# Brussels
　　布魯塞爾(比利時首都)

# call on
　　1.號召;請求
　　2.拜訪


Despite the health risks, and pleas from authorities to end the protest, the requests have fallen on deaf ears.

# despite
　　n. (noun)惡意,怨恨,侮辱,損害
　　prep.(preposition)儘管,任憑

# plea
　　1.請求;懇求
　　2.抗辯,答辯;藉口

# fallen on deaf ears
　　1.對牛彈琴
　　2.被忽視,沒被注意到


In March, Belgium’s five party ruling coalition announced a new immigration policy based on a points system, which includes among other things so called long-term local integration.

# coalition
　　聯合;聯盟


But, the guidelines remain obscure, despite calls for clarification

# obscure
　　1.暗的,黑暗的;朦朧的
　　2.模糊的;含糊不清的;晦澀的,難解的[(+to)]
　　3.隱匿的;偏僻的
　　4.無名的;微賤的

# clarification
　　澄清;說明






~ Good news from Goldman Sachs ~

Goldman Sachs has announced a much higher-than-expected first-quarter profit of 1.66 billion dollars (1.25 billion euros).

The New York based bank also plans to sell five billion dollars worth of new shares to pay back some of the US government bailout money it received.

# bailout money
　　紓困金

Analysts say that and recent upbeat news from Wells Fargo are signs that the US banking industry is stabilising.

# upbeat
　　復甦;興旺


Nicolas現在還在Goldman Sachs實習,不知道有沒有怎樣...
放一下照片緬懷一下好了...

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