A Mexican state water company worker has sewn his lips together to draw attention to his five-year fight to get a promotion.
一名墨西哥國營水公司的勞工已將他的兩片嘴唇縫起來，藉此吸引外界關注他歷時5年的升遷抗爭。
The man used a needle and thread to put five stitches through his lips in front of the water company headquarters in the eastern city of Veracruz.
這名男子在位於東部城市韋拉克魯斯的水公司總部前面，用針線把他的嘴唇縫了5針。
He handed a statement to reporters saying he has pleaded his case before several state institutions.
他交給記者們一份聲明，表示他已將他的案子向許多政府機構提出訴願，但只得到沒有下文的承諾。
The man has been a laborer at the company for 18 years and has been seeking an office job since 2004.
這名男子在這家公司做工達18年，2004年起開始爭取辦公室職位。
Water company labor-union leader Angelica Navarette dismissed the man as a troublemaker whose demands are unfounded. She said the company has offered him better benefits but he refuses to compromise.
水公司工會領袖安潔莉卡．納瓦雷特將該男子斥為麻煩製造者，並說他的要求根本沒有事實根據。她說，公司曾提供他較好福利，但他拒絕妥協。
新聞辭典
sew：動詞，縫補。sew up，片語（非正式用法），大獲成功；完全控制／獨占；確保。例句：The Japanese baseball team has sewn up the 2009 WBC championship.（日本隊贏得2009年世界棒球經典賽冠軍。）
stitch：名詞，縫了一針。A stitch in time saves nine，諺語，事半功倍。in stitches，片語（非正式用法），無法控制地狂笑。例句：He had us all in stitches with his funny gestures.（他的滑稽動作讓我們狂笑不止。）
unfounded：形容詞，沒有事實根據的；未建立的。例句：The candidate’s Senate bid has been attacked with an unfounded accusation.（這名候選人的參議院選情遭到不實指控的攻擊。）
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