2012.12听力：尼泊尔保护海外女性劳工权益
由于尼泊尔年轻妇女海外劳务输出时受到剥削的状况越来越引发关注，尼泊尔政府将禁止30岁以下妇女千万中东国家工作，请听记者发回的报道：
The government's been under growing pressure to do more to protect its workers. Women employed in the informal sector as part of a household are very vulnerable. Nepal's Embassies in the region say they deal with numerous cases of alleged physical or sexual abuse, as well as complaints about unpaid wages and terrible conditions.
Many run safe houses to support women who flee their employer's homes. It's only 18 months since the government ended a 12-year ban on all women workers to the Gulf. That was imposed after a young woman working in Kuwait committed suicide. Now they're adopting this partial ban in the hope that older women might be less at risk. Nepal has a high unemployment rate and
trying to strike a balance between protection and allowing women to pursue opportunities. 播放音频：
Other countries face the same dilemma. Two months ago, Kenya banned its citizens from working in the Middle East because, it said, increasing numbers were being mistreated. Last year, Indonesia introduced a ban on women working as maids in the region. That followed numerous cases of abuse and the execution of an Indonesian maid who was accused of killing her former employer.
Quiz 测验
1、How many young Nepalese women are working in the Middle East according to government figures? ______________
2、What’s the purpose of the new ban? ______________
3、What does the word ’vulnerable’ mean? ______________
4、True or false? ______________
Glossary 词汇表
growing pressure 越来越大的压力
vulnerable 容易受到伤害的
alleged 被指称
safe houses 安全避难所
imposed 强制的
strike a balance 找到一种平衡
to pursue 追求
dilemma 困境
Answers 答案
1、60,000.
2、To protect young Nepalese women from being exploited.
3、It means being exposed to being hurt physically or emotionally.
4、The employment rate is low in Nepal.True. Nepal has a high unemployment rate.
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