Beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

饮料企业开始生产取自遥远山泉的瓶装水，现在人们在办公室整天都会不假思索地喝着这些瓶装水。

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The workers, almost all women, get one day off a month, the day after payday so they can send money home.

大多是女性的工人们，每月在发工资后休息一天，这样她们就可以把钱寄回家。

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Hardly a day passes without reports of collapsing revenues and workers being laid off.

刚刚过去的一天没有收入减少和职工被解雇的报道。

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President Richard Nixon gave federal government workers the day off to watch the moon landing on television.

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Officials in Washington didn't want a repeat of 2011, when a rush-hour snowstorm stranded commuters for hours, so they told people to stay off the roads and gave workers the day off.

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Many growers actually gave their workers the day off.

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Thailand, and Singapore approved measures to give domestic workers a weekly day off, while Venezuela and the Philippines adopted broad laws for domestic workers ensuring a minimum wage, paid holidays, and limits to their working hours.

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