1The Irish government has announced it will hold a referendumon whether to allow same sex marriages. Civil partnerships havebeen legal in Ireland since 2010, but activists have beencampaigning to amend the constitution and give gay people equal access to civil marriage.The mayor of Canada's biggest city Toronto Rob Ford has admitted that he once smoke the drugcrack cocaine. The mayor surprised admission comes after months of speculation began whenreports service to a video that appeared to show the Mayor smoking the drug. From Toronto LeeCarter reports.愛(ài)爾蘭政府宣布將就是否允許同性婚姻舉行全民公投。愛(ài)爾蘭自2010年以來(lái)民事伴侶關(guān)系就已合法化，但是激進(jìn)分子一直在進(jìn)行斗爭(zhēng)要求修改憲法給予同性戀者平等的世俗婚姻權(quán)。加拿大最大城市多倫多的市長(zhǎng)羅伯·福特承認(rèn)他曾吸食過(guò)毒品可卡因。市長(zhǎng)的坦白令人驚訝，之前的報(bào)道中有視頻顯示市長(zhǎng)吸毒，之后引發(fā)數(shù)月猜想，李·卡特多倫多報(bào)道。The South African Department of Labor reported last month that the nation has too few jobs forunskilled labourers. The department also said there are not enough workers for highly skilledpositions.The sharp differences between jobs and skills were apparent recently when officials advertised ajob opening in the government. The position was that of auditor-general or chief financialsupervisor.With a 26 percent unemployment rate nationwide, there was no shortage of interest in the job. 90 people asked to be considered. But officials said many of them lack the necessary skills ofeducation. The auditor-general is responsible for supervising and independently examining SouthAfrica's finances.The advertisement said, the position required the person to be a trained accountant. It saidcandidates had to have at least a Master's degree and years of experience. Yet among the jobhopefuls were laborers, a security guard, a secretary and some whose highest education level washigh school.The Labor Department report blamed the nation's poor education system. But for unskilledworkers, the story is very different.Restaurant industry official TJ Van der Walt says the business he works with get a huge number ofapplications for every job."We deal in an industry where there's no real skill needed, so we get literally thousands ofapplicants for the positions that we get."Mr Van der Walt notes that good workers are hard to find. He says he spends a lot of timestudying the job qualifications of people who don't have the required skills. In his words, peoplejust want jobs.Sejamothopo Motau is a member of South Africa's Parliament. He says the job market is difficult,and both skilled and unskilled workers are feeling the pain. He says education has been a majorproblem in South Africa's development. He notes that many Blacks received a poor educationunder white-minority rule. Apartheid officially ended in 1994.He says many people are university graduates, still they can't get jobs where there is a need forskilled workers. This is because the education these graduates have is not enough to place them injobs with high skill requirements."So what it tells us is -- and I think everybody in this country now accepts that -- is that there's amismatch between our education system and the products of that system, and the needs, theeconomic needs, of the country."南非勞動(dòng)部上過(guò)月報(bào)道稱：該國(guó)為非熟練工人提供工作太少。勞動(dòng)部還說(shuō)高技能職位也缺少員工。工作和技能最明顯的區(qū)別在近來(lái)有官員為一個(gè)空缺的政府職位打廣告時(shí)，表現(xiàn)得非常明顯。招聘職位是審計(jì)長(zhǎng)或者叫財(cái)務(wù)主管。南非全國(guó)有26%事業(yè)的情況下，人們對(duì)該職位的興趣非常大。有90個(gè)人申請(qǐng)?jiān)撀毼?。但是官方認(rèn)為他們中的很多人缺乏教育技能。審計(jì)長(zhǎng)要負(fù)責(zé)監(jiān)督和獨(dú)立檢查南非的財(cái)政。廣告上說(shuō)，該職位要求應(yīng)聘人員為訓(xùn)練有素的會(huì)計(jì)。據(jù)說(shuō)，候選人必須至少要有碩士學(xué)位，并且具有多年工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)。然而在求職者中有工人，一名保安，一位秘書(shū)，以及一些最高學(xué)歷為高中的人。南非勞動(dòng)部報(bào)告將其原因歸咎于教育體系的落后。但對(duì)非熟練技工來(lái)說(shuō)，情況又明顯不同。餐飲業(yè)員工范德沃爾特（TJ Van der Walt）表示，他就職的公司的每個(gè)職位都收到了大量申請(qǐng)?！拔覀冞@個(gè)行業(yè)不需要實(shí)際的技能，所以我們招聘的職位收到了上千封申請(qǐng)書(shū)。”范德沃爾特指出好員工很難招。他說(shuō)他花了很多時(shí)間研究不具備工作所需工作技能的人工作經(jīng)歷。用他自己的話來(lái)說(shuō)，人們想要的只是工作。莫泰（Sejamothopo Motau）是南非議會(huì)的議員。他說(shuō)就業(yè)市場(chǎng)非常難，無(wú)論有無(wú)技能的人，都覺(jué)得很艱難。他認(rèn)為，教育已經(jīng)是南非發(fā)展的主要問(wèn)題。他指出，在少數(shù)白人統(tǒng)治地區(qū)，許多黑人所受的教育非常差。南非種族隔離結(jié)束于1994年。他說(shuō)很多人大學(xué)畢業(yè)，但是他們還是不能在需要熟練技工的地方找到工作。這是因?yàn)檫@些畢業(yè)生所受到的教育不足以勝任高技能工作的要求“它告訴我們的是，我們的教育體系及其產(chǎn)品和我國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)需求之間存在失衡。我認(rèn)為南非大部分人現(xiàn)在都認(rèn)同這點(diǎn) France says President Francois Hollande will not attend theopening ceremony for 2014 winter Olympics in Russia, nor willany other top French official. The announcement was made bythe French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in a radio interview, but he did not elaborate on thereasons. Analysts say the Russian President Vladimir Putin has staked his personal prestige onstaging a successful Olympic in an effort to showcase his country.elaborate:闡明法國(guó)方面表示，弗朗索瓦·奧朗德總統(tǒng)將不會(huì)參加在俄國(guó)舉行的2014年冬奧會(huì)開(kāi)幕式，其他法國(guó)高層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人也不會(huì)參加。法國(guó)外交部長(zhǎng)在一次電臺(tái)采訪中發(fā)布了此聲明，但并未詳細(xì)闡明個(gè)中緣由。分析人士認(rèn)為，俄羅斯總統(tǒng)弗拉基米爾·普金為了展示自己的國(guó)家，不惜在這場(chǎng)奧運(yùn)會(huì)的成敗上賭上個(gè)人聲譽(yù)。The polls have now closed in Chile where people havebeen voting for a new president. The socialist candidateMichelle Bachelet has seen as the favourite, she fell justshort of the outright majority she needed in the firstround. The electoral authority says the turnout appears tohave been low despite repeated calls by both candidatesfor people to vote. 智利普選總統(tǒng)的投票已經(jīng)結(jié)束。社會(huì)黨候選人米歇爾·巴切萊特被視為熱門人選，在首輪中她的票數(shù)距超過(guò)半數(shù)只差一步之遙。選舉委員會(huì)表示，盡管兩位候選人都反復(fù)呼吁人民參與投票，但實(shí)際投票人數(shù)仍然不多。Some 200,000 opposition supporters have converged onindependence square in Ukrainian capital Kiev demandingthe resignation of the President Viktor Yanukovych. It'sthe latest protest over the government's refusal to sign adeal on close integration with the European Union. TheUS Senator John McCain was cheered when he toldcrowds that Washington support them. “Ukraine willmake Europe better and European will make Ukrainebetter. To all Ukrainians, America stands with you.”converge：聚集約20萬(wàn)反對(duì)派的支持者們聚集在烏克蘭首都基輔的獨(dú)立廣場(chǎng)，要求總統(tǒng)維克托·亞努科維奇辭職。這是自政府拒絕簽署與歐盟加強(qiáng)經(jīng)貿(mào)與政治關(guān)系的協(xié)定后的最新抗議活動(dòng)。美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)議員約翰·麥凱恩在表達(dá)了華盛頓的支持后贏得了在場(chǎng)人群的歡呼?！盀蹩颂m與歐洲會(huì)因相互促進(jìn)而變得更美好。烏克蘭人民，美國(guó)支持你們。”字?jǐn)?shù)超了分下條