The mayor delivered the unwelcome news that city employees may have to take unpaid time off.

市长宣布了人们不想听到的消息，所有城市雇员可能不得不进行不带薪休工。

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"That would take a long time to explain," said the Stork, and with these words off he went.

“这要花很长时间才能解释清楚。”鹳鸟说完就走了。

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Learn to switch off from work by leaving the office, switch off the BlackBerry, and do not take any calls at a certain time after work.

学会离开办公室停止工作，关掉黑莓，下班后的某个特定的时间不接任何电话。

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So the decision to take a hands-off approach this time, was that because the previous attempts failed and the President wanted to see how it would work without him playing a role?

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The on-ear controls are also hard to reach, meaning we had to take the cans off every time we wanted to make an adjustment -- a much easier task with the AmPlug which is always near your fingertips.

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' But the way we have structured the bill, if the employee says I'll take it in time off instead of time-and-a-half pay, anytime the employee changes his mind after that, he can have the money.

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