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冈比亚将实行三休日制度

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-02-01 08:15 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The Gambia has started a four-day week for public sector¹ workers, with Fridays now an extra day off.

冈比亚已经对过硬部门员工实行四工作日制，周五也是休班日。

President Yahya Jammeh has said the shorter week will give The Gambia's mainly Muslim population more time to pray, socialise and tend to fields.

Mr Jammeh, who took power in a bloodless coup² in 1994, is known for his eccentric（古怪的） behaviour.

Critics say his latest decision will promote laziness and disrupt the poor West African state's economy.

Agriculture, especially peanut exports, forms the backbone³ of The Gambia's economy.

It is also a popular tourist destination, because of its beaches.

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1 sector
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
参考例句：
The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。 The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 coup
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
参考例句：
The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。 That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

3 backbone
n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气
参考例句：
The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。 The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。