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听力文本
Air France Female Crew Members Object to Hijab
France's national airline will allow female staff to volunteer for a new route to Iran rather than require them.
Air France announced that female flight attendants must wear a headscarf, also known as hijab, on arrival in Iran.
Some flight attendants objected.
The union representing crew members said they worried that females would face discipline if they refused to work the flight.
The airline now says female participation on the route to Iran will be on a volunteer basis.
The airline begins three flights a week between Paris and Tehran on April 17.
The headscarf issue puts the two cultures in conflict. Women in Iran have been required to wear hijab since a revolution in 1979. In France, religious headscarves are not allowed in some schools and offices. It is also against the law to wear the full-faced veil in public in France.
I'm Kathleen Struck.
词汇解析
1.object to 反对；抗议
I object to our privacy being invaded.
我反对我们的隐私权受到侵害。
2.female staff 女职工；女员工
A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
女职员在兼职工作的人数中占很高的比例。
3.known as 被认为；被称为
He is known as a gifted orator.
众所周知，他是一位天才演说家。
4.against the law 违法的
They did not pardon him his first offence against the law.
他们没有宽恕他初次犯法。
内容解析
1.France's national airline will allow female staff to volunteer for a new route to Iran rather than require them.
rather than 宁可；而不是
I would describe her as handsome rather than beautiful.
我认为她是健美而不是貌美。
It ought to be you rather than me that sign the letter.
在信上签署的应该是你而不是我。
2.It is also against the law to wear the full-faced veil in public in France.
in public 公开的；当众的
He often speaks in public with a megaphone.
他常用扩音器当着大众演说。
Beggars are not allowed to solicit in public places.
乞丐不得在公共场所乞讨。
参考译文
法航妥协 空姐不愿戴头巾者可拒飞伊朗
法国航空公司将不强制机组人员飞行德黑兰航线，服务此航线的空姐可自愿申请。
法国航空公司要求飞往伊朗航班的女性机组人员须佩戴头巾，即佩戴希贾布。
有些机组人员对佩戴头巾这一要求表示反对。
代表机组人员的工会担心，女性机组人员拒飞或受到惩罚。
目前，法航发声明表示女性机组人员可自行决定是否服务飞往伊朗的航线。
预计从4月17日起，法航每周将开设3班巴黎飞往德黑兰的航班。
此次因头巾引发的风波凸显出两种文化的碰撞。1979年的伊斯兰革命后，伊朗要求女性必须佩戴“希贾布”。而在法国，有的学校和机构不允许女性佩戴宗教性质的头巾。在法国，公共场合配戴遮脸面纱也是违法的。
我是凯思琳·斯特拉克。
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