CNN News: 美國西弗吉尼亞州提高教職工待遇

 
AZUZ: In the Coral Sea off the eastern coast of Australia, a U.S. battleship has been observedfor the first time since it was sunk during World War II. These are the remains of the USSLexington, also known as Lady Lex. It's one of the first aircraft carriers ever built and it tookpart in what's considered the first carrier battle, the Battle of the Coral Sea. It was an alliedvictory over the forces of Japan, even though the USS Lexington eventually sank after beinghit by a bombardment of Japanese torpedoes. Other U.S. ships in the area were able to rescue more than 2,000 sailors from Lady Lex. Twohundred sixteen members of its crew were lost, along with 35 aircraft that were aboard it.The ship is relatively well-preserved, and because it's considered a war grave by the U.S. Navy, it will not be raised from its resting place two miles below the ocean surface. It waslocated by a team of explorers led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
 
阿祖茲：在澳大利亞東海岸附近的珊瑚海，一艘在二戰(zhàn)時期沉沒的美國戰(zhàn)艦首次被發(fā)現(xiàn)。這些是美國航空母艦“列克星敦”號的殘骸，該航母也被稱為“列太太”。這艘航空母艦是美國海軍最早建造的航母之一，它參加了被認為是史上首次航母大戰(zhàn)的珊瑚海之戰(zhàn)。美國航空母艦“列克星敦”號幫助盟軍戰(zhàn)勝了日本部隊，但是在日軍的魚雷轟炸中被擊中并最終沉沒。當時在該區(qū)域的其他美國船只從“列太太”號上救出了2000多名水手。艦上216名海員和35架飛機失蹤。這艘航母相對來說保存完好，由于其被認為是美國海軍的戰(zhàn)爭公墓，所以該航母不會從其在海底的安息之地被打撈上來。這艘航母是由微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人保羅•艾倫領導的探索團隊發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
 
Schools in the U.S. state of West Virginia are expected to be back in session as early as Wednesday, following a nine-day strike by teachers and school staff. It started on February 22nd when 20,000 teachers walked out of schools. They were demonstrating for higher wages and better benefits, particularly concerning a state employee health insurance program. The state's governor, Jim Justice, agreed to set up a task force to look into that program. Meantime, he signed a bill on Tuesday that gives a 5 percent pay raise to all state employees. That includes teachers and school staff. A state senator says it's the largest pay raise in West Virginia's history, and that it only paid for by reducing government spending on other programs. Some state legislators are concerned about that. The National Education said before the pay raise that West Virginia ranked 48th out of the 50 states in what it paid teachers.
 
美國西弗吉尼亞州學校最早將于周三重新開課，此前教師和學校職員進行了為期9天的罷工。罷工從2月22日開始，2萬名教師離開學校。教職員工舉行示威，要求提高工資和更好的福利待遇，他們尤為關注州雇員健康保險計劃。該州州長吉姆•賈斯提斯同意成立工作小組調(diào)查該計劃。同時，他于周二簽署法案，給所有州雇員漲薪5%。漲薪人員包括教師和學校職工。一名州參議員表示，這是西弗吉尼亞州史上最大幅度漲薪，這筆支出只能通過縮減其他項目的政府支出來提供。一些州議員對此感到擔心。美國全國教育協(xié)會此前指出，西弗吉尼亞州教師的收入在全美50個州中排名第48位。