USPS（美国邮政局）作为重要的公共机构，是人们常常讨论和关注的对象。这些年它哪些方面存在问题呢？我们一起看看今天的文章。
老夏考研“每日一题”选自《《赫芬顿邮报》》。
今天给的这种题型，如果能够做对，一定给自己狠狠点赞哟。做题时，注意题干中“mainly”一词的限定。 ......
【题目】As regards the U.S. Postal Service, the author focuses mainly upon its
[A] managerial problems.
[B]hiring practices.
[C] unbalanced budgets.
[D] employee benefits.
【试题】
①The U.S. Postal Service wants Congress to help it make significant cuts to employee benefits as part of a plan to balance the agency’s books, according to a draft business plan HuffPost obtained. ②The proposal would save an estimated $18 billion on employee compensation over a decade by shaving paid leave, raising workers’ share of pension contributions, and shifting new employees into less secure 401(k)-style retirement plans. ③The change to pension contributions would amount to a cut in take-home pay for hundreds of thousands of workers, while saving the agency nearly $7 billion. ④And while excluding new employees from a pension plan is common practice for private corporations these days, it would mark a significant shift for a federal-sector job long seen as a steppingstone to the middle class.
【参考译文】
①The U.S. Postal Service wants Congress to help it make significant cuts to employee benefits as part of a plan to balance the agency’s books, according to a draft business plan HuffPost obtained. 据《赫芬顿邮报》获得的一份商业计划草案显示，美国邮政局希望国会帮助其大幅削减员工福利，以此作为平衡该局收支计划的一部分。
②The proposal would save an estimated $18 billion on employee compensation over a decade by shaving paid leave, raising workers’ share of pension contributions, and shifting new employees into less secure 401(k)-style retirement plans. 该提案将通过削减带薪休假、提高员工养老金缴款比例以及将新员工转入不太稳妥的401(k)式退休计划，在未来十年内就员工薪酬而言可节省约180亿美元。
③The change to pension contributions would amount to a cut in take-home pay for hundreds of thousands of workers, while saving the agency nearly $7 billion. 对养老金缴款的改变将使数十万工人的实得工资减少，同时为该机构节省近70亿美元。
④And while excluding new employees from a pension plan is common practice for private corporations these days, it would mark a significant shift for a federal-sector job long seen as a steppingstone to the middle class. 尽管目前私营企业普遍将新员工排除在养老金计划之外，这将标志着长期以来被视为通往中产阶级阶梯的联邦部门工作会发生重大的转变。
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【55】美国邮政局还是那个方面的问题哟！
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