拼多多員工加班猝死，外媒如何報(bào)道？
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拼多多23歲員工加班到凌晨一點(diǎn)半猝死，引發(fā)媒體熱議，“996”再次成為互聯(lián)網(wǎng)人無(wú)法回避的問(wèn)題。這幾天我從《金融時(shí)報(bào)》和彭博社中找了相關(guān)報(bào)道，和大家一起分享。
今天的文章包括：
《金融時(shí)報(bào)》是怎么報(bào)道的？
《南華早報(bào)》是怎么報(bào)道的？
從「寫(xiě)作」角度，我們可以積累到哪些表達(dá)？
一、《金融時(shí)報(bào)》（Financial Times）
Pinduoduo faces growing PR crisis over employee death
China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation into its working conditions after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
The employee’s death, which occurred in the early hours of December 29, has revived concerns over the brutal work culture at some Chinese tech companies. The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.
這兩段話句子結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜，信息密集。
我們先來(lái)看題目：
Pinduoduo faces growing PR crisis over employee death
題目是從公司角度切入的：拼多多因員工去世而面臨愈加嚴(yán)重的公關(guān)危機(jī)。
growing表示increasing in size, amount or degree「規(guī)模、數(shù)量或程度增加的」，此處可理解成「愈加嚴(yán)重的」。
PR是public relations的縮寫(xiě)，即「公關(guān)」，每家公司都有公關(guān)部門，主要處理公司與外界的關(guān)系，幫公司建立良好形象（build up a good image 建立好形象，polish up the image 改善形象）。
再來(lái)看第一段話：
China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation into its working conditions after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
拼多多（中國(guó)增長(zhǎng)最快的電商集團(tuán)）在其員工于回家途中暈倒去世之后，面臨一場(chǎng)愈加嚴(yán)重的公關(guān)危機(jī)，其工作條件也受到調(diào)查。
這段只有一句話，主干部分點(diǎn)明拼多多面臨的雙重不利處境：Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation (into its working conditions)，既面臨公關(guān)危機(jī)，又面臨調(diào)查。
說(shuō)到拼多多，自然要介紹一下它的地位，于是作者在Pinduoduo前加了一個(gè)同位語(yǔ)：China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group「中國(guó)發(fā)展最快的電商集團(tuán)」。
investigation后面加介詞into，表示「針對(duì)...的調(diào)查」，文中an investigation into its working conditions就是「對(duì)其工作條件的調(diào)查」，working conditions指「工作環(huán)境、工作條件」，舉個(gè)例子，Governments should urge companies to improve their working conditions.「政府應(yīng)該督促公司改善工作環(huán)境?！?br />
拼多多為什么會(huì)面臨公關(guān)危機(jī)和調(diào)查？最后作者通過(guò)after補(bǔ)充了其前因后果：after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work「在一名員工在下班回家途中暈倒去世之后」。
collapse在這里指人因疲憊或生病而「暈倒、癱倒」，比如，After ten consecutive hours of work, I got home and collapsed on the sofa.「連續(xù)工作10小時(shí)后，我回到家癱倒在沙發(fā)上?！?br /> 在金融市場(chǎng)中，collapse也可以表示股票「暴跌」、股市「崩盤」、經(jīng)濟(jì)「崩潰」，我們?cè)靷€(gè)句子：
Pinduoduo's share price collapsed after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
第二句話：
The employee’s death, which occurred in the early hours of December 29, has revived concerns over the brutal work culture at some Chinese tech companies.
該員工于12月29日凌晨時(shí)分去世，這再次引發(fā)了人們對(duì)一些中國(guó)科技公司的野蠻工作文化的擔(dān)憂。
這句話講了拼多多員工猝死事件所引發(fā)的影響，先看主干部分：The employee’s death has revived concerns over / the brutal work culture / at some Chinese tech companies.
revive可從詞綴角度分析，“re-”表示again的意思「又、再」，“viv”表示「生命」，比如survive「存活」，根據(jù)這個(gè)規(guī)律，revive就是「再次存活」的意思，即「使復(fù)活、使蘇醒」，可以和人、行業(yè)、經(jīng)濟(jì)、趨勢(shì)、感情等搭配，比如：
revive the economy 復(fù)興經(jīng)濟(jì)；
The death of Pinduoduo's employee revived people's hatred for the "996" scheme. 拼多多員工去世再次激起了人們對(duì)“996”工作制的厭惡。
文中The employee’s death has revived concerns over...的意思是「拼多多員工去世再次激起了關(guān)于...的擔(dān)憂」，concern作名詞，后面加about/for/over，表示「對(duì)...的擔(dān)憂」。
the brutal work culture指「殘酷的工作文化」，也就是“996”工作制，《南華早報(bào)》的相關(guān)報(bào)道中用的是 notorious “996” overwork culture「臭名昭著的“996”加班文化」。
在The employee’s death后面，作者通過(guò)一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句補(bǔ)充了去世的時(shí)間：which occurred in the early hours of December 29「死亡發(fā)生在12月29日的凌晨時(shí)間」。
the early/small hours指“凌晨時(shí)分”。
第三句話是對(duì)“the brutal work culture”的具體化，也暗示了員工的死因：
The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.
公司希望員工多加班——這種漫長(zhǎng)的加班被稱為“996”，也就是說(shuō)他們從早上9點(diǎn)開(kāi)始工作，直到晚上9點(diǎn)下班，每周工作6天。
我們先把這句話的主干拎出來(lái)：The long hours are known as “996”「這一漫長(zhǎng)時(shí)間被稱為“996”」。
often expected of employees是后置定語(yǔ)，修飾The long hours，還原成定語(yǔ)從句的形式：The long hours that are often expected of employees.
expect sth of/from sb指「要求某人某事，指望某人做某事」，我們體會(huì)一下它的英文解釋：demand that someone does something，比如，父母對(duì)我們的期望都很高，可以說(shuō)：Our parents expected high standards from us.，再比如，Don't expect too much from him.「不要對(duì)他期望過(guò)高」。
老外不一定了解什么叫“996”，于是作者在后面又通過(guò)一個(gè)狀語(yǔ)，解釋了什么是“996”：meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week「也就是說(shuō)他們從早上9點(diǎn)開(kāi)始工作，直到晚上9點(diǎn)下班，每周工作6天」。
這句話可以「拿來(lái)主義」，放在「加班、工作與生活」話題的寫(xiě)作中，向大家介紹流行的加班文化。
二、彭博社（Bloomberg）
Pinduoduo Worker’s Death Renews Scrutiny of 996 Work Culture
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours commonly practiced at China’s tech companies, which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices.
The e-commerce company confirmed that a female employee collapsed while walking home with colleagues at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The employee, who was born in 1998 and joined Pinduoduo in July 2019, could not be resuscitated and died after nearly six hours of first aid, according to a statement. Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules expected of its employees, with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
我們看一下標(biāo)題：
Pinduoduo Worker’s Death Renews Scrutiny of 996 Work Culture
拼多多員工的死亡再次引發(fā)了人們對(duì)996工作文化的審視
renew和revive類似，指「再次re變新new」，即「重新開(kāi)始、再次（做）」，比如會(huì)員到期后，軟件會(huì)提醒你 renew your subscription「續(xù)訂」。
scrutiny指careful and thorough examination「仔細(xì)的審視、徹底的檢查」，比如 Government should be open to public scrutiny.「政府應(yīng)該接受公眾監(jiān)督」。
題目中 renew scrutiny of 的意思是「再次引發(fā)對(duì)...的審視」，《南華早報(bào)》的相關(guān)報(bào)道中也出現(xiàn)了類似的表達(dá)：
renew controversy over...「再次引發(fā)關(guān)于...的爭(zhēng)議」，是不是跟前面講 revive 很相似？
第一句概述了事件：
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours commonly practiced at China’s tech companies, which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices.
拼多多公司的一名員工最近去世，這再次引發(fā)人們對(duì)中國(guó)科技公司中普遍存在的加班現(xiàn)象的批評(píng)。中國(guó)科技公司已經(jīng)因反競(jìng)爭(zhēng)商業(yè)行為而受到監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的審查。
主干點(diǎn)明了員工去世所引發(fā)的影響：
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours
Inc.是incorporated的縮寫(xiě)，指「公司、股份有限公司」，比如 Apple Computer Incorporated「蘋(píng)果電腦公司」，Inc.也可以換成 Ltd.（limited）。
renew criticism of...「再次引發(fā)了對(duì)...的批評(píng)」，renew又一次出現(xiàn)，這里可以用前面學(xué)到的revive替換。
the long hours后面跟了一個(gè)分詞形式的后置定語(yǔ)：commonly practiced at China’s tech companies
可先還原成定語(yǔ)從句的形式：the long hours that are commonly practiced at China’s tech companies
practice在這里是「踐行、實(shí)踐」，從句的意思是：中國(guó)科技公司普遍踐行的長(zhǎng)時(shí)間（加班）。
China’s tech companies后面又跟了一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，介紹了中國(guó)科技公司的處境：which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices
be under scrutiny by...指「被...審查，處于...審查中」，for anti-competitive business practices點(diǎn)明under scrutiny的原因：因?yàn)榉锤?jìng)爭(zhēng)商業(yè)行為。
這里的practice是名詞，指“行為”。
第二段很簡(jiǎn)單，描述了這名女員工去世過(guò)程及后續(xù)影響：
The e-commerce company confirmed that a female employee collapsed while walking home with colleagues at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The employee, who was born in 1998 and joined Pinduoduo in July 2019, could not be resuscitated and died after nearly six hours of first aid, according to a statement.
female、at 1:30 a.m.、born in 1998補(bǔ)充了幾個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)：花季年齡，加班到深夜。
resuscitate同revive，指「使復(fù)蘇、復(fù)活」，比如，Doctors managed to resuscitate him.「醫(yī)生把他搶救了過(guò)來(lái)」，「人工呼吸」就可以說(shuō) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
第三句講了員工去世所引發(fā)的影響：
Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules expected of its employees, with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
其主干為：Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules「她的去世在社交媒體上引發(fā)了人們對(duì)拼多多及無(wú)情工作安排的強(qiáng)烈批評(píng)」。
spark此處指「激起、引起」，后面加某種問(wèn)題或情緒，也可以同trigger, set off等替換。（老生常談，可用「號(hào)內(nèi)搜」搜一下）
backlash就是strong criticism的意思，文中sparked a social media backlash against...的意思是「引發(fā)社交媒體上對(duì)...的批評(píng)」。
relentless同strict, cruel「殘酷的」，the relentless working schedules和上面的the brutal work culture都是一回事，指殘酷的加班制度。
the relentless working schedules后面還跟了一個(gè)分詞形式的后置定語(yǔ)，進(jìn)行修飾：expected of its employees
be expected of...我們前面講過(guò)了，指demand that sb will do sth，所以這里可以理解成：要求員工過(guò)度加班。
文中sparked a social media backlash是一個(gè)比較抽象的說(shuō)法，于是后面作者加了個(gè)狀語(yǔ)with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service，把backlash具體化。
hashtag意為「標(biāo)簽、話題」，就是社交媒體上兩個(gè)#之間的內(nèi)容，新浪微博上的「熱門話題、熱搜榜」就可以說(shuō) trending hashtag：（點(diǎn)此復(fù)習(xí)：蘇大強(qiáng)作妖記）
drawing more than 200 million views指「吸引了2億多閱讀量」，view在這里是名詞，指「閱讀量、點(diǎn)擊量」，比如我們公眾號(hào)平均每篇文章有40 thousand views「4萬(wàn)閱讀量」。
the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service指「像推特一樣的新浪微博平臺(tái)」，“-like”是一個(gè)常見(jiàn)的構(gòu)詞法，指「像...一樣的」，《新概念三》第一課就出現(xiàn)過(guò)這個(gè)說(shuō)法：Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service也可以說(shuō)：Sina Weibo service, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter.
equivalent此處是名詞，指something that has the same value, purpose, job etc as something else「對(duì)等物、等同物」，后面加介詞to，the Chinese equivalent to Twitter就可以理解成「等同于推特的中國(guó)平臺(tái)」。英國(guó) Daily Mail（《每日郵報(bào)》）在報(bào)道這一事件中也出現(xiàn)了equivalent：
The news came to light on Monday after several posts emerged on Zhihu, the Chinese equivalent to Quora, alleging the passing of a Pin Duo Duo worker due to working overtime.
周一，知乎(中國(guó)版Quora)上出現(xiàn)了幾條帖子，稱一名拼多多員工因加班而去世，這一消息才曝光。
come to light是個(gè)很形象的表達(dá)，指become known「為人所知、曝光」。
三、「加班」話題的寫(xiě)作表達(dá)
（一）加班文化：
notorious “996” overwork culture（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
the brutal work culture（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
overwork culture（《南華早報(bào)》）
brutal "996" work schedule（《南華早報(bào)》）
（二）介紹“996”：
The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
996 – referencing the notorious work schedule of 9am to 9pm, six days a week（《南華早報(bào)》）
「加班」怎么說(shuō)：（《每日郵報(bào)》）
overworked employees（overworked, adj.加班的）
employees have been overworked（overwork, v.使加班）
「猝死」怎么說(shuō)：（《每日郵報(bào)》）
pass suddenly（v.）
sudden death（n.）
事件引發(fā)熱議、討論、反響：
XX renewed controversy over...
XX has revived concerns over...
XX renewed criticism of...
...(主干，描述事件), sparking controversy over... and renewing discussions on social media about...（根據(jù)《南華早報(bào)》改變）
XX sparked a social media backlash against..., with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than YY million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
今天的文章包括：
《金融時(shí)報(bào)》是怎么報(bào)道的？
《南華早報(bào)》是怎么報(bào)道的？
從「寫(xiě)作」角度，我們可以積累到哪些表達(dá)？
一、《金融時(shí)報(bào)》（Financial Times）
Pinduoduo faces growing PR crisis over employee death
China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation into its working conditions after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
The employee’s death, which occurred in the early hours of December 29, has revived concerns over the brutal work culture at some Chinese tech companies. The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.
這兩段話句子結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜，信息密集。
我們先來(lái)看題目：
Pinduoduo faces growing PR crisis over employee death
題目是從公司角度切入的：拼多多因員工去世而面臨愈加嚴(yán)重的公關(guān)危機(jī)。
growing表示increasing in size, amount or degree「規(guī)模、數(shù)量或程度增加的」，此處可理解成「愈加嚴(yán)重的」。
PR是public relations的縮寫(xiě)，即「公關(guān)」，每家公司都有公關(guān)部門，主要處理公司與外界的關(guān)系，幫公司建立良好形象（build up a good image 建立好形象，polish up the image 改善形象）。
再來(lái)看第一段話：
China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation into its working conditions after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
拼多多（中國(guó)增長(zhǎng)最快的電商集團(tuán)）在其員工于回家途中暈倒去世之后，面臨一場(chǎng)愈加嚴(yán)重的公關(guān)危機(jī)，其工作條件也受到調(diào)查。
這段只有一句話，主干部分點(diǎn)明拼多多面臨的雙重不利處境：Pinduoduo is facing a growing public relations crisis and an investigation (into its working conditions)，既面臨公關(guān)危機(jī)，又面臨調(diào)查。
說(shuō)到拼多多，自然要介紹一下它的地位，于是作者在Pinduoduo前加了一個(gè)同位語(yǔ)：China’s fastest-growing e-commerce group「中國(guó)發(fā)展最快的電商集團(tuán)」。
investigation后面加介詞into，表示「針對(duì)...的調(diào)查」，文中an investigation into its working conditions就是「對(duì)其工作條件的調(diào)查」，working conditions指「工作環(huán)境、工作條件」，舉個(gè)例子，Governments should urge companies to improve their working conditions.「政府應(yīng)該督促公司改善工作環(huán)境?！?br />
拼多多為什么會(huì)面臨公關(guān)危機(jī)和調(diào)查？最后作者通過(guò)after補(bǔ)充了其前因后果：after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work「在一名員工在下班回家途中暈倒去世之后」。
collapse在這里指人因疲憊或生病而「暈倒、癱倒」，比如，After ten consecutive hours of work, I got home and collapsed on the sofa.「連續(xù)工作10小時(shí)后，我回到家癱倒在沙發(fā)上?！?br /> 在金融市場(chǎng)中，collapse也可以表示股票「暴跌」、股市「崩盤」、經(jīng)濟(jì)「崩潰」，我們?cè)靷€(gè)句子：
Pinduoduo's share price collapsed after one of its employees died after collapsing on her way home from work.
第二句話：
The employee’s death, which occurred in the early hours of December 29, has revived concerns over the brutal work culture at some Chinese tech companies.
該員工于12月29日凌晨時(shí)分去世，這再次引發(fā)了人們對(duì)一些中國(guó)科技公司的野蠻工作文化的擔(dān)憂。
這句話講了拼多多員工猝死事件所引發(fā)的影響，先看主干部分：The employee’s death has revived concerns over / the brutal work culture / at some Chinese tech companies.
revive可從詞綴角度分析，“re-”表示again的意思「又、再」，“viv”表示「生命」，比如survive「存活」，根據(jù)這個(gè)規(guī)律，revive就是「再次存活」的意思，即「使復(fù)活、使蘇醒」，可以和人、行業(yè)、經(jīng)濟(jì)、趨勢(shì)、感情等搭配，比如：
revive the economy 復(fù)興經(jīng)濟(jì)；
The death of Pinduoduo's employee revived people's hatred for the "996" scheme. 拼多多員工去世再次激起了人們對(duì)“996”工作制的厭惡。
文中The employee’s death has revived concerns over...的意思是「拼多多員工去世再次激起了關(guān)于...的擔(dān)憂」，concern作名詞，后面加about/for/over，表示「對(duì)...的擔(dān)憂」。
the brutal work culture指「殘酷的工作文化」，也就是“996”工作制，《南華早報(bào)》的相關(guān)報(bào)道中用的是 notorious “996” overwork culture「臭名昭著的“996”加班文化」。
在The employee’s death后面，作者通過(guò)一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句補(bǔ)充了去世的時(shí)間：which occurred in the early hours of December 29「死亡發(fā)生在12月29日的凌晨時(shí)間」。
the early/small hours指“凌晨時(shí)分”。
第三句話是對(duì)“the brutal work culture”的具體化，也暗示了員工的死因：
The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.
公司希望員工多加班——這種漫長(zhǎng)的加班被稱為“996”，也就是說(shuō)他們從早上9點(diǎn)開(kāi)始工作，直到晚上9點(diǎn)下班，每周工作6天。
我們先把這句話的主干拎出來(lái)：The long hours are known as “996”「這一漫長(zhǎng)時(shí)間被稱為“996”」。
often expected of employees是后置定語(yǔ)，修飾The long hours，還原成定語(yǔ)從句的形式：The long hours that are often expected of employees.
expect sth of/from sb指「要求某人某事，指望某人做某事」，我們體會(huì)一下它的英文解釋：demand that someone does something，比如，父母對(duì)我們的期望都很高，可以說(shuō)：Our parents expected high standards from us.，再比如，Don't expect too much from him.「不要對(duì)他期望過(guò)高」。
老外不一定了解什么叫“996”，于是作者在后面又通過(guò)一個(gè)狀語(yǔ)，解釋了什么是“996”：meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week「也就是說(shuō)他們從早上9點(diǎn)開(kāi)始工作，直到晚上9點(diǎn)下班，每周工作6天」。
這句話可以「拿來(lái)主義」，放在「加班、工作與生活」話題的寫(xiě)作中，向大家介紹流行的加班文化。
二、彭博社（Bloomberg）
Pinduoduo Worker’s Death Renews Scrutiny of 996 Work Culture
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours commonly practiced at China’s tech companies, which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices.
The e-commerce company confirmed that a female employee collapsed while walking home with colleagues at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The employee, who was born in 1998 and joined Pinduoduo in July 2019, could not be resuscitated and died after nearly six hours of first aid, according to a statement. Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules expected of its employees, with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
我們看一下標(biāo)題：
Pinduoduo Worker’s Death Renews Scrutiny of 996 Work Culture
拼多多員工的死亡再次引發(fā)了人們對(duì)996工作文化的審視
renew和revive類似，指「再次re變新new」，即「重新開(kāi)始、再次（做）」，比如會(huì)員到期后，軟件會(huì)提醒你 renew your subscription「續(xù)訂」。
scrutiny指careful and thorough examination「仔細(xì)的審視、徹底的檢查」，比如 Government should be open to public scrutiny.「政府應(yīng)該接受公眾監(jiān)督」。
題目中 renew scrutiny of 的意思是「再次引發(fā)對(duì)...的審視」，《南華早報(bào)》的相關(guān)報(bào)道中也出現(xiàn)了類似的表達(dá)：
renew controversy over...「再次引發(fā)關(guān)于...的爭(zhēng)議」，是不是跟前面講 revive 很相似？
第一句概述了事件：
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours commonly practiced at China’s tech companies, which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices.
拼多多公司的一名員工最近去世，這再次引發(fā)人們對(duì)中國(guó)科技公司中普遍存在的加班現(xiàn)象的批評(píng)。中國(guó)科技公司已經(jīng)因反競(jìng)爭(zhēng)商業(yè)行為而受到監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的審查。
主干點(diǎn)明了員工去世所引發(fā)的影響：
The recent death of a Pinduoduo Inc. employee renewed criticism of the long hours
Inc.是incorporated的縮寫(xiě)，指「公司、股份有限公司」，比如 Apple Computer Incorporated「蘋(píng)果電腦公司」，Inc.也可以換成 Ltd.（limited）。
renew criticism of...「再次引發(fā)了對(duì)...的批評(píng)」，renew又一次出現(xiàn)，這里可以用前面學(xué)到的revive替換。
the long hours后面跟了一個(gè)分詞形式的后置定語(yǔ)：commonly practiced at China’s tech companies
可先還原成定語(yǔ)從句的形式：the long hours that are commonly practiced at China’s tech companies
practice在這里是「踐行、實(shí)踐」，從句的意思是：中國(guó)科技公司普遍踐行的長(zhǎng)時(shí)間（加班）。
China’s tech companies后面又跟了一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，介紹了中國(guó)科技公司的處境：which are already under scrutiny by regulators for anti-competitive business practices
be under scrutiny by...指「被...審查，處于...審查中」，for anti-competitive business practices點(diǎn)明under scrutiny的原因：因?yàn)榉锤?jìng)爭(zhēng)商業(yè)行為。
這里的practice是名詞，指“行為”。
第二段很簡(jiǎn)單，描述了這名女員工去世過(guò)程及后續(xù)影響：
The e-commerce company confirmed that a female employee collapsed while walking home with colleagues at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The employee, who was born in 1998 and joined Pinduoduo in July 2019, could not be resuscitated and died after nearly six hours of first aid, according to a statement.
female、at 1:30 a.m.、born in 1998補(bǔ)充了幾個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)：花季年齡，加班到深夜。
resuscitate同revive，指「使復(fù)蘇、復(fù)活」，比如，Doctors managed to resuscitate him.「醫(yī)生把他搶救了過(guò)來(lái)」，「人工呼吸」就可以說(shuō) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
第三句講了員工去世所引發(fā)的影響：
Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules expected of its employees, with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
其主干為：Her death sparked a social media backlash against Pinduoduo and the relentless working schedules「她的去世在社交媒體上引發(fā)了人們對(duì)拼多多及無(wú)情工作安排的強(qiáng)烈批評(píng)」。
spark此處指「激起、引起」，后面加某種問(wèn)題或情緒，也可以同trigger, set off等替換。（老生常談，可用「號(hào)內(nèi)搜」搜一下）
backlash就是strong criticism的意思，文中sparked a social media backlash against...的意思是「引發(fā)社交媒體上對(duì)...的批評(píng)」。
relentless同strict, cruel「殘酷的」，the relentless working schedules和上面的the brutal work culture都是一回事，指殘酷的加班制度。
the relentless working schedules后面還跟了一個(gè)分詞形式的后置定語(yǔ)，進(jìn)行修飾：expected of its employees
be expected of...我們前面講過(guò)了，指demand that sb will do sth，所以這里可以理解成：要求員工過(guò)度加班。
文中sparked a social media backlash是一個(gè)比較抽象的說(shuō)法，于是后面作者加了個(gè)狀語(yǔ)with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than 200 million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service，把backlash具體化。
hashtag意為「標(biāo)簽、話題」，就是社交媒體上兩個(gè)#之間的內(nèi)容，新浪微博上的「熱門話題、熱搜榜」就可以說(shuō) trending hashtag：（點(diǎn)此復(fù)習(xí)：蘇大強(qiáng)作妖記）
drawing more than 200 million views指「吸引了2億多閱讀量」，view在這里是名詞，指「閱讀量、點(diǎn)擊量」，比如我們公眾號(hào)平均每篇文章有40 thousand views「4萬(wàn)閱讀量」。
the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service指「像推特一樣的新浪微博平臺(tái)」，“-like”是一個(gè)常見(jiàn)的構(gòu)詞法，指「像...一樣的」，《新概念三》第一課就出現(xiàn)過(guò)這個(gè)說(shuō)法：Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service也可以說(shuō)：Sina Weibo service, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter.
equivalent此處是名詞，指something that has the same value, purpose, job etc as something else「對(duì)等物、等同物」，后面加介詞to，the Chinese equivalent to Twitter就可以理解成「等同于推特的中國(guó)平臺(tái)」。英國(guó) Daily Mail（《每日郵報(bào)》）在報(bào)道這一事件中也出現(xiàn)了equivalent：
The news came to light on Monday after several posts emerged on Zhihu, the Chinese equivalent to Quora, alleging the passing of a Pin Duo Duo worker due to working overtime.
周一，知乎(中國(guó)版Quora)上出現(xiàn)了幾條帖子，稱一名拼多多員工因加班而去世，這一消息才曝光。
come to light是個(gè)很形象的表達(dá)，指become known「為人所知、曝光」。
三、「加班」話題的寫(xiě)作表達(dá)
（一）加班文化：
notorious “996” overwork culture（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
the brutal work culture（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
overwork culture（《南華早報(bào)》）
brutal "996" work schedule（《南華早報(bào)》）
（二）介紹“996”：
The long hours often expected of employees are known as “996” — meaning they start work at 9am, leave at 9pm and work six days a week.（《金融時(shí)報(bào)》）
996 – referencing the notorious work schedule of 9am to 9pm, six days a week（《南華早報(bào)》）
「加班」怎么說(shuō)：（《每日郵報(bào)》）
overworked employees（overworked, adj.加班的）
employees have been overworked（overwork, v.使加班）
「猝死」怎么說(shuō)：（《每日郵報(bào)》）
pass suddenly（v.）
sudden death（n.）
事件引發(fā)熱議、討論、反響：
XX renewed controversy over...
XX has revived concerns over...
XX renewed criticism of...
...(主干，描述事件), sparking controversy over... and renewing discussions on social media about...（根據(jù)《南華早報(bào)》改變）
XX sparked a social media backlash against..., with a hashtag about the incident drawing more than YY million views on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service.
