男子患脑瘤为手机所致
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据法新社报道,当地时间4月20日,意大利一家地方法院裁定,该国一名男子因工作需要长时间使用手机罹患脑瘤,他每月可以从工伤保险机构领取535美元的赔偿金。这名男子名叫罗伯特·罗密欧,现年57岁,在审判过程中,他表示自己已经在一家电信公司工作了15年,而工作职责迫使他每个工作日要使用3-4个小时的手机。
A man has been awarded monthly social security(社会保障) payments after a court found that his brain tumor was caused by a company-issued cellphone.
在一家法院裁定一名男子的脑瘤是由公司电话所引起的之后,他获得了每月的社会保障金赔偿。
Roberto Romeo was given a phone by Telecom Italia, which he used for three hours a day for 15 years in the job. Over time, he developed a non-cancerous tumor and the loss of hearing in one ear.
15年来,罗伯特·罗密欧在工作中每天要使用由意大利电信公司提供的电话长达3个小时。渐渐地,他长了一个良性肿瘤,一只耳朵也失去了听力。
Last Thursday, it emerged a court in the northern city of Ivrea has sided with Romeo, ordering the mobile network giant to pay him up to 7,000 euro a year (around $7,500).
上周四,该事件在意大利北部城市伊夫雷亚开庭,法院站在了罗密欧这一边,并要求电信公司每年支付他近7000欧元(约7500美元)的赔偿金。
It was the first trial court verdict(n. 裁定) in the world 'to recognize a link between cellphone use and the development of brain tumor'.
这是世界上首例法院裁决承认使用手机与脑瘤有关联。
"The norms say intense(adj. 密集的) use is one hour a day," Romeo said. " I went well beyond the limits.”
罗密欧说道:“标准规定打电话的时间是最多一天一小时。我远远超出该规定限制。”
Romeo sued the state social security agency, not Telecom Italia, where he still works. He said he is not against cellphone use, but that consumers should adopt safety measures.
罗密欧起诉的是国家社会保障机构,而不是自己现在所在的公司--意大利电信。他表示,自己并不反对使用手机,只是消费者应该用安全的方式使用。
Key Words:
social security
社会保险,社会保障
verdict
['və:dikt]
n. 结论;裁定
intense
[in'tens]
adj. 强烈的;紧张的;密集的;繁重的
本文源自:可可英语
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