11月6日英语：麦当劳CEO因谈恋爱被炒

Fast food boss shown door

麦当劳CEO因谈恋爱被炒

McDonald's chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company after violating internal policy by engaging in a relationship with an employee, the corporation said on Sunday. The fast food giant said CEO Steve Easterbrook demonstrated poor judgment, and that McDonald's forbids managers from having romantic relationships with direct or indirect subordinates. In an email to employees, Easterbrook acknowledged he had a relationship with an employee and said it was a mistake. "Given the values of the company, I agree with the board that it is time for me to move on," Easterbrook said in the email. Easterbrook had been CEO since 2015.

快餐食品巨头麦当劳3日称，公司首席执行官(CEO)史蒂夫•伊斯特布鲁克已被解雇，原因是他与公司的一名雇员交往，违反了公司的内部规定。麦当劳称，公司禁止经理与直接或间接下属恋爱，伊斯特布鲁克在此事上表现出了"糟糕的判断力"。在给员工群发的一封电子邮件中，伊斯特布鲁克承认他与一名员工存在恋爱关系，并表示这是一个错误。他写道："鉴于公司的价值观，我同意董事会的意见，现在是时候离开了。"伊斯特布鲁克自2015年起担任麦当劳CEO一职。

Acorn craze in South Korea

橡果健康食谱风靡韩国

The booming popularity of acorn-based products is putting the squirrel population in South Korea at risk as human foragers steal the rodent's staple diet. In South Korea food that is made from acorns, including noodles, jelly and powder, has grown in popularity after it was declared a healthy superfood that had the potential to fight obesity and diabetes. As a result, foraging for these ingredients has becoming increasingly common at green campuses, popular hiking trails and anywhere where the oak tree is a common feature of the landscape. But it is a fad that is putting squirrels and other animals that rely on the nut, and the oak trees they come from, for sustenance at risk. A researcher at the National Institute of Forest Science Park Chan-ryul said squirrels needed more than 100 acorns to survive the cold wintry season. But if humans continue to forage for their main source of food there will be no more acorns 50 years from now in South Korea. "We should sympathize with the squirrels' hardship," he said.

以橡果为原料的产品越来越受欢迎，这使得韩国的松鼠陷入危机，因为人类觅食者要把它们的食物都偷走。有人宣称橡果是对抗肥胖和糖尿病的超级食物之后，橡果制成的面条、果冻和橡果粉等食品在韩国越来越受欢迎。因此，在绿色校园、热门徒步旅行路线和任何遍布橡树之地，越来越多的人开始捡拾橡果。但是，这一时尚却使得松鼠和其他依靠坚果和橡树生存的动物失去了食物来源。韩国国家森林科学研究所的研究员朴灿录(音)说，松鼠需要超过100颗橡果才能度过寒冷的冬季。但是，如果人类继续捡拾橡果，50年后，韩国将不会再有橡果。他说："我们应该同情松鼠的苦难。"

E-cigarette online sales ban

我国发电子烟网售禁令

China called on companies and e-commerce platforms to stop selling e-cigarettes online, in a bid to curb underage vaping as global health authorities raise alarms about its potential effect on public health. China's tobacco and market regulators ordered companies and individuals making or selling vaping products to close down their sales websites and mobile apps and e-commerce platforms to shut e-cigarette shops and remove all products. It also called for the withdrawal of online e-cigarette ads. Many e-cigarette companies target young people, misleading them with ads suggesting that their products are harmless aids to wean people off smoking, the regulator said. Many portray e-cigarettes as fashionable and trendy to attract minors, it added.

在全球卫生部门纷纷就电子烟对公众健康的潜在影响发出警告之际，中国敦促企业和电商平台停止在网上销售电子烟，以遏制未成年人吸食电子烟。中国的烟草和市场监管部门要求电子烟生产、销售企业或个人及时关闭电子烟互联网销售网站或客户端；敦促电商平台及时关闭电子烟店铺，并将电子烟产品及时下架。监管部门还要求撤回通过互联网发布的电子烟广告。监管机构表示，很多电子烟企业以年轻人为目标，用"帮助戒烟"、"健康无害"等广告误导他们。此外，很多电子烟企业将电子烟标榜为"时尚"、"潮流"的代表以吸引年轻人。

US begins Paris Agreement out

美启'巴黎协定'退出程序

The US began on Monday the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, according to a statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. US President Donald Trump announced in June 2017 that his country would leave the Paris Agreement. Trump announced the withdrawal soon after he took office, citing concerns about the pact's threat to the US economy. According to the agreement, its signatories can only formally request to quit the pact three years after it takes force, which falls upon Nov 4, 2019, and the withdrawal will take effect one year from delivery of the notification, meaning that the US will formally pull out of the pact on Nov 4, 2020. The decision made the US the only nation among nearly 200 signatories that abandoned this global agenda on combating climate change. 

根据美国国务卿蓬佩奥发表的声明，美国4日启动退出《巴黎气候协定》的进程。2017年6月，美国总统特朗普宣布美国将退出这项协定。特朗普就职不久后即宣布退出《巴黎气候协定》，他表示担心该协定会对美国经济造成威胁。根据协定，签署国只能在协定生效三年后，即2019年11月4日才能正式申请退出，且在通告发布一年后才能生效，也就是说2020年11月4日美国才能正式退出这项协定。这个决定使美国成为近200个签署国中唯一一个退出这项应对气候变化的全球议程的国家。