世界節(jié)假日博覽 第50期:世界消費者權益日

　　World Consumer Rights Day is an annual day for consumers to get together and know they have rights, even in today’s world of multinational corporations. It started in 1983 and has grown ever since. It also aims to promote consumers’ rights and demand that the law and companies protect these rights. Also on this day, campaigns take place to highlight the socialinjustices that abuse consumers’ rights. These can include unethical marketing, the use of hazardous technologies and production processes, and the sale of harmful products. Previous campaigns have focused on junk food and children, unethical drug promotion, access for all to energy, and corporate control of the food chain.

　　每年的國際消費者權益日是為了讓消費者聚集在一起，了解自己的權利，就算在當今的跨國企業(yè)中這些權利也同樣適用。該節(jié)日開始于1983年，此后一直不斷發(fā)展壯大。該節(jié)日的目的是為了促進消費者權益，并要求企業(yè)和法律進行保護。同樣在這一天，人們會開展許多宣揚違背消費者權益的社會不公正活動。包括不道德營銷，使用有害技術和有毒生產(chǎn)流程，銷售有害產(chǎn)品。之前的活動將重心放在了垃圾食品、兒童、不道德藥品宣傳、企業(yè)控制食品鏈上。

　　The website Consumers International.org states World Consumer Rights Day has its origins in the 1960s. Former US President John F. Kennedy created four basic consumer rights: The right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be heard. The website has added another four to these: The right to satisfaction of basic needs, the right to redress, the right to education, and the right to a healthy environment. Kennedy also defined who consumers are: “Consumers, by definition, include us all….They are the largest economic group, affecting and affected by almost every public and private economic decision. Yet they are the only important group... whose views are often not heard.” Be heard today.

　　國際消費者權益日官網(wǎng)稱該節(jié)日的歷史能夠追溯到20世紀60年代。美國前總統(tǒng)約翰·肯尼迪設立了四項消費者基本權益：安全消費的權利、消費時被告知基本事實的權利、選擇的權利和呼吁的權利。官網(wǎng)又增加了四項權益：滿足基本需求的權利、公正解決糾紛的權利、掌握消費基本知識的權利和在健康環(huán)境下的權力?？夏岬线€指出了消費者的定義：“我們都是消費者，他們是最大的經(jīng)濟群體，他們與幾乎所有的公共和個人經(jīng)濟決策相互影響。但是，他們也是唯一一個不受重視的重要群體。”讓我們重視起來吧。

　　1.basic need 基本需求

　　例句：Even as the man expressed his desire for such a basic need, Go could hear the roar of the mighty Victoria Falls just a few kilometers away.

　　即便在這位老人表示他的這一基本需求能得到滿足的同時，高也能聽見僅僅幾公里之外的維多利亞瀑布發(fā)出的轟鳴。

　　2.food chain 食物鏈

　　例句：And one way to help, they say, would be to shift from eating predators to species lower on the food chain.

　　他們說，一個可行的辦法是將人們的飲食習慣從大型魚類轉向食物鏈次級的中中小型魚類。

　　3.consumer right 消費者權益

　　例句：Consumer right is always the of a public attention.

　　消費者權利一直都是公眾關注的焦點。

　　4.multinational corporation 跨國公司

　　例句：To serve as sales promoter in a multinational corporation with an aim for promotion and assignment in parent company's branch abroad.

　　擔任跨國公司的推銷員，期望在職位上能有晉升并能分派到母公司的海外分公司去工作。

　　本篇內(nèi)容翻譯來自可可英語網(wǎng)。