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　　課外閱讀1

　　At least 1,000 staff at Cambridge University are earning below the "living wage", unions claim, around 20 times less than the annual package of the vice-chancellor.

　　英國工會稱，劍橋大學至少1000名職工薪水低於“基本生活工資”，是大學副校長年收入的近1/20。

　　Figures suggest some housekeepers, cleaners, waitresses, kitchen porters and gardeners takehome the equivalent of less than £12,334 a year — the minimum wage for a 40-hour week.

　　資料顯示，按一週工作40小時來算，某些女管家、清潔工、女服務員、廚房雜工、園丁每年實得工資還不到最低水平12334英鎊。

　　At the same time, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the university's head, earns almost £250,000. The average vice-chancellor is paid £219,000 but some earn more than £400,000, including benefits.

　　與此同時，大學校長、教授雷斯澤克•伯瑞奇威茨爵士年薪近25萬英鎊。副校長的平均年薪為21.9萬英鎊，某些副校長年薪加福利甚至超過了40萬英鎊。

　　The National Union of Students published the figures as it launched a joint campaign today — alongside Unison — to highlight the stark pay differentials in British higher education.

　　釋出這一資料的英國國家學生聯盟今日聯合英國工會發起了一場運動，目的是凸顯英國高等教育界存在的赤裸裸的收入差別。

　　They are lobbying for all colleges, universities and student unions to pay a "living wage" for allstaff.

　　他們正面向各個高校和學生會進行遊說，呼籲給所有職工發放“基本生活工資”。

　　It has pledged to publish figures "naming and shaming" those universities that pay largenumbers of staff below the minimum wage.

　　國家學生聯盟聲稱將發表這些資料，“點名指出並羞辱”那些給眾多職工發放不到最低線工資的大學。

　　Cambridge insisted that the staff named in the research were trainees or those on "zero-hourcontracts" who only work when it is available.

　　劍橋大學堅稱調查中提到的職員是培訓生或是有需要時才工作的小時工。

　　Dannie Grufferty, NUS vice-president, said: "There is clearly an inherent injustice in theaverage vice-chancellor getting paid more than 17-times more than a minimum wageemployee on their campus.

　　國家學生聯盟的副主席丹尼•格魯菲提說：“副校長的平均工資是校內員工最低工資的17倍還多，這顯然是內在體制的不公平。”

　　"Colleges and universities are a community and everyone within that community needs to betreated with dignity and that means paying them a wage they can live on for their work.

　　“高校是一個社群，社群內的每個人都需要有尊嚴的待遇，這意味著給他們發放的工資必須能讓他們維持基本生活。

　　"Employers at colleges and universities have six-months to get their house in order before wename and shame those that allow such shocking disparities to continue."

　　“高校的僱主們有六個月時間來整頓薪酬體制，如果他們允許這種令人震驚的不平等繼續存在，我們將對它們進行點名批評。”

　　The NUS and Unison published a breakdown of the number of staff working centrally forCambridge and its individual colleges on less than the minimum wage.

　　國家學生聯盟和工會發布的這一分析報告涵蓋的工資不到最低線的職員主要在劍橋大學及其獨立分院工作。

　　But Cambridge insisted last night that its minimum pay levels have increased, with those onthe lowest wages receiving a higher rise than those on upper pay spines.

　　不過劍橋大學昨晚堅稱，它的最低工資水平已經有所提高，那些底層收入職員的薪水漲幅將超過高層收入群。

　　課外閱讀2

　　London has come second, beaten only by Paris, in a ranking of the world's 50 best cities forstudents.

　　近日釋出的世界最佳大學城市排行榜中，倫敦位列第二，僅次於巴黎。

　　Researchers considered cities with populations of more than 250,000 and home to two or moretop universities.

　　研究人員認為，入榜的城市應擁有25萬以上的人口和兩所以上的一流大學。

　　They looked at affordability and quality of life as well as the number and reputation ofuniversities.

　　他們還考察了城市的經濟可承受性、生活質量以及大學的數量和名氣。

　　Ben Sowter, lead researcher on QS Best Student Cities, said that though London had moreworld class universities than Paris it was more expensive.

　　QS最佳大學城市排行的首席研究員本•薩奧特說，儘管倫敦擁有的世界一流大學數量比巴黎多，但學費更昂貴。

　　London scored well on the quality and reputation of its universities, including ImperialCollege, University College London and King's College London.

　　在大學的質量和名氣上，倫敦的大學獲得了好評，包括倫敦帝國理工學院、倫敦大學學院和倫敦國王學院。

　　The two cities did similarly well on quality of life, student mix and how well employers ratedtheir universities as a source of good recruits.

　　這兩個城市在生活質量、學生構成和僱主對大學畢業生的滿意度方面不相上下。

　　But fees — calculated in this survey as £20,000 a year for international students from outsidethe European Union - meant that London lost out against Paris, where they are just £1,000 ayear.

　　不過據該調查估算，來自非歐盟國家的留學生在倫敦的大學學費為一年兩萬英鎊，這意味著倫敦在這方面不敵巴黎，巴黎一年的大學學費僅為一千英鎊。

　　Mr Sowter said: "While high tuition fees make London a far more expensive proposition thanParis, London's array of world-class universities means it is worth the investment for manystudent."

　　薩奧特說：“儘管高學費使得倫敦成為比巴黎昂貴得多的求學之地，但是倫敦所擁有的世界一流大學的數量意味著它還是值得莘莘學子投資的。”

　　The ranking is primarily aimed at international students who are considering where to study.

　　這一排行主要面向那些正在考慮去哪個地方求學的留學生。

　　The research team considered nearly 500 cities, shortlisted just under 100 and are publishingthe top 50.

　　研究團隊考評了近500個城市，最後列入候選名單的不到100個城市，併發布了前50名的排行榜。

　　They looked at indicators such as "quality of life", which included measures of crime and thecost of living.

　　他們關注了“生活質量”等指數，包括犯罪率和生活成本。

　　They also looked at student mix which includes both the overall number of students andproportion from overseas.

　　他們還考察了學生構成，包括學生總數和海外學生所佔比例。

　　Measures of affordability included the cost of a burger and the amount charged for tuition.

　　經濟可承受性的衡量指標包括漢堡包的價格和學費高低。

　　The top ten cities for students are:

　　最佳大學城市前十名為：

　　1 Paris

　　2 London

　　3 Boston

　　4 Melbourne

　　5 Vienna

　　6 Sydney

　　7 Zurich

　　8 Berlin

　　8 Dublin

　　10 Montreal

　　1. 巴黎

　　2. 倫敦

　　3. 波士頓

　　4. 墨爾本

　　5. 維也納

　　6. 悉尼

　　7. 蘇黎世

　　8. 柏林

　　8. 都柏林和柏林並列第八

　　10. 蒙特利爾