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【头条播报】

A federal judge has given final approval to a legal settlement requiring Apple to pay a total of approximately $30.5 million to a group of 14,683 current and former retail workers in California. The settlement followed a lawsuit first filed in 2013 related to the tech giant's employee bag check policy. Workers argued the time spent for searches at the end of their shift qualified as compensable hours worked under California law.

【分句讲解】

①A federal judge has given final approval to a legal settlement requiring Apple to pay a total of approximately $30.5 million to a group of 14,683 current and former retail workers in California.

一名联邦法官最终批准了一项法律和解协议，要求苹果公司向加州14683名现任和前任零售员工支付总计约3050万美元的赔偿金。

1. approval n. 赞成，批准

approve v. 赞成，批准

win one's approval 赢得某人同意

in approval 赞成

give approval to sth 赞成某事，批准某事

Several people nodded in approval. 

好几个人点头表示同意

approve of sth 赞成某事

I don't approve of violence in any shape or form. 

我不赞成任何形式的暴力行为。

2. require sb to do sth 要求某人做某事

be required to do sth 被要求做某事

True marriage requires us to show trust and loyalty. 

真正的婚姻需要我们表现出信任与忠诚。

He was required to work at Friday night. 

他被要求在星期五晚上工作。

3. current adj. 现在的

former adj. 以前的，前任的

former President 前总统

former Soviet Union 前苏联

the former 前者

the latter 后者

He had a son and a daughter. The former was a doctor, while the latter was a teacher. 他有一个儿子和一个女儿。前者是医生，后者是老师。

②The settlement followed a lawsuit first filed in 2013 related to the tech giant's employee bag check policy. 

诉讼首先发起于2013年，与这个科技巨头对员工执行搜包政策有关，之后达成和解。

1. follow v. 跟随，在……之后发生

following adj. 接着的，下列的

He followed her into the house.  

他跟随她走进房屋。

A period of unrest followed the president's resignation. 

总统辞职之后有一段时期的动荡。

the following afternoon 第二天下午

Answer the following questions.  

回答下列问题

2. file v. 提起诉讼，提出申请，送交备案 n. 卷宗，档案

file for divorce 提交离婚申请书

file a claim 提交索赔

file a lawsuit 提起诉讼。

secret police files 警方秘密档案

a confidential file on someone 某人的机密档案

3. related adj. 与……相关的

be related to 与……有关

relate v. 相关

relate to 涉及到

relation n.  关系

a related issue 相关的课题

a stress-related illness 压力导致的疾病

We shall discuss the problem as it relates to our specific case. 

我们应针对我们的具体情况来讨论这个问题。

teacher-student relations 师生关系

the relation of the farmer to the land 农民和土地的关系 

③Workers argued the time spent for searches at the end of their shift qualified as compensable hours worked under California law. 

工人们辩称，根据加州法律，他们在轮班结束时花在搜包上的时间属于可补偿工作时间。

1. search n. & v. 搜查

in search of 寻找

He ranges far and wide in search of inspiration for his paintings. 

他四处漫步，寻找绘画的灵感。

search for sth 寻找某物

searching the Web for interesting sites 在网上寻找有趣的网站

search engine搜索引擎

2. shift n. 轮班 v. 转移，改变

on the day shift 上白班

on the night shift 上夜班

work on an eight-hour shift 8小时轮班制

We need to shift the focus of this debate.  

我们需要转换一下辩论的焦点。

3. qualify as 有作为……的资格

He qualified as a doctor last year. 

他去年获得了医生的资格。

4. compensable adj. 应该予以补偿的

compensate v. 补偿