劳动者劳动节劳动忙 People stick to posts on Int'l Workers' Day

Many Chinese workers(劳动者) stick to(坚守) their posts(岗位) on the 2018 International Workers' Day(劳动节) as the country enjoys the three-day holiday(假期).

A farmer(农民) looses the soil(松土) for potatoes(土豆) in a field in Laoquan Village, Zaozhuang City(枣庄市涝泉村) of east China's Shandong Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Mingxiang)

A driver prepares(准备) before driving on a train at the Yantai Railway Station(火车站) in Yantai(烟台), east China's Shandong Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Tang Ke)

A worker deals with materials for making wine at a wine company in Xuyi County, Huai'an City(淮安市盱眙县) of east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)

Workers patrol(巡逻) at a scenic spot of Yimeng Mountain in Linyi County(临沂市沂蒙山), east China's Shandong Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Yin Zhaogong)

A worker weaves(纺线) at a chemical fiber company in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Tang Dehong)

A worker builds scaffold(脚手架) on a construction site(建筑工地) in Lianyungang City(连云港市), east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)

Worker Zhu Chuanming conducts gas welding work at a skyscraper construction site in Beijing, capital of China, May 1, 2018.  (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Worker Li Jibao works at a skyscraper construction site in Beijing, capital of China, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Workers Zhang Duozhong (L) and Wang Junjie work at a skyscraper construction site in Beijing, capital of China, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

A staff member commands(指挥) train departures(出发) and arrivals(到达) at Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2018.(Xinhua/Li Xiang)

A worker conducts welding(焊接) work at a railway project construction site in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

Worker Chen Jiankang works at a skyscraper construction site in Beijing, capital of China, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

A worker cleans(打扫) a platform(站台) at Guiyang North Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 1, 2018.  (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A worker binds steel bars(扎钢筋) at a railway project construction site in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

A worker conducts welding work at a railway project construction site in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

Staff members command train departures and arrivals at Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

A platform staff works at Guiyang North Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

词汇 Words:

[gǎng wèi] 岗位 post
[láo dòng zhě] 劳动者 worker
[jià qī] 假期 holiday
[nóng mín] 农民 farmer
[zhǔn bèi] 准备 prepare
[zhǐ huī] 指挥 command
[chū fā] 出发 departure
[dào dá] 到达 arrival
[dǎ sǎo] 打扫 clean
[kǔn zhā] 捆扎 bind

重点词汇 Key word:

劳动

• <名词 n.> work; labour
  E.g. Láodòng chuàngzào yīqiè。
  劳动创造一切。
  Labour creats each and everything.

• <名词 n.> physical/manual labour
  E.g. Mǔqīn zuìdà de tèdiǎn shì yīshēng bùcéng tuōlí guò láodòng。
  母亲最大的特点是一生不曾脱离过劳动。
  The most prominent character of my mother was her lifelong paticipation in physical labour.

• <动词 v.> do physical labour
  E.g. Tā zhèngzài dìlǐ láodòng。
  他正在地里劳动。
  He is working in the field.