法律话题

　　法律话题的确棘手，但也没那么可怕，毕竟雅思口语考试不是司法考试。像有位网友提到的禁用塑料袋只是个规定而已，严格的讲不算law，但考官不会太在乎，因为规定、规章制度、法律什么的他基本上都可以接受。下面的话题我选的是新劳动合同法，前一阵炒得沸沸扬扬的，尤其是由于华为事件。样板答案以素材为主，并不是完整答案，仅供大家参考。

　　Describe a law in your country that you think is good.

　　You should say

　　what the law is

　　when it went into effect

　　what contents

　　and explain how this law affects people /how good you think this law is.

　　素材

　　什么法律

　　新劳动法 new labor law 或者labor contract law

　　I've never seen a law attract so much public attention. At the factory level people are talking about it everywhere.

　　时间

　　Jan. 2008

　　内容

　　The new law greatly limits the use of short-term contracts. The new law allows employers to assign only two consecutive fixed-term contracts. After that the employer must offer the employee an open-ended contract.

　　The LCL imposes severe restrictions on the use of probationary periods in the employment relationship. Probationary periods are permitted, but the length is limited. Furthermore, an employee can only be subject to a single probationary period by a single employer. Wages during the probationary period must also be no less than 80% of the contract wage.

　　好处

　　Chinese workers are increasingly aware of their rights

　　these laws seem more favorable to workers

　　The LCL has been actively publicized and employees are well informed about their rights under the new law.

　　try to redress the balance of power between workers and employers.

　　For example, mines and construction sites have been getting a lot of attention for several years now. workers were clearly being abused. All of this represented a source of social instability, and I think they just decided they couldn't afford it. So they decided to get at one root cause: the lack of contracts.

　　Implementation and enforcement are traditionally the weakest points of labor law in China.