上海青浦監獄風雲
Many people send greeting cards at Christmas as a token of love and friendship.
許多人會寄送賀卡以表達愛和友好，
a token of作為什麼的象徵manifestation(n.)展現
However, beneath these beautiful, glossy cards, there may lie a poignant tale of prisoners being forced to work in a sweatshop.
然而，在英國，一位六歲英國女孩從一盒由特易購連鎖超市購得的耶誕卡片裡，
glossy(adj.)poignant(adj.)錐心的、觸動人心的sweatshop(n.)血汗工廠
That’s exactly what a six-year-old English girl discovered after she opened a box of Tesco Christmas cards.
發現了閃亮精美的卡片下，暗藏囚犯被強迫勞動的血汗辛酸。
Florence Widdicombe, aged six, was writing cards when she noticed one of them already had a message on it.
六歲的佛羅倫斯在寫卡片的時候發現其中一張卡片上已經寫有文字，
In capital letters, it read: “We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China. Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization.”
英文大寫寫著：「我們是中國上海青浦監獄的外國囚犯，我們被迫強制勞動，請幫助我們並通知人權組織。」
notify(v.)正式的通知、通告
The desperate plea for help also urged whoever saw it to contact Peter Humphrey, a British journalist who was imprisoned at the same institution for 23 months.
這則迫切的求救訊息也拜託看到訊息的人聯絡亨佛萊，亨佛萊是位英國記者，也曾在中國上海青浦監獄服刑23個月。
make a plea for sth.懇求plead(v.)懇求、請求plead guilty or not guilty認罪或不認罪whoever=any person who
The girl’s father, Ben Widdicombe, thought it was a prank at first, but later he realized “it was potentially quite a serious thing.”
女孩的父親班，一開始認為這張卡片是惡作劇，後來才意識到：「這有可能是件嚴重的事」。
potentially(adv.)有可能地
The father then reached out to Humphrey, who had since contacted other ex-prisoners and shared their experiences in his writing.
女孩的父親聯絡上了亨佛萊，而亨佛萊找到其他前獄友，並分享他們在獄中的經驗。
reach out to找到、聯繫、伸出援手
When he was serving time at Qingpu, “manufacturing labor work was voluntary.”
在亨佛萊服刑期間，「工廠勞動是自願性的」。
serve time服刑manufacture(n.)大批生產、工廠製造voluntary(adj.)自願的mandatory(adj.)強制的、法定的
Apparently, a major change has taken place since his release in June, 2015.
顯然自從他2015年6月刑滿離開之後，獄中情形已有許多重大改變。
take place發生=occur
According to other ex-inmates, he said, foreign prisoners are now being forced to do “mundane manual assembly or packaging tasks.”
根據其他前獄友的說法，外籍囚犯現在都遭強迫進行「枯燥的手工組裝或包裝差事」。
inmate(n.)病友、獄友mundane(adj.)世俗的、單調的manual(adj.)手工的assembly(n.)組裝、集會
In response to the news, Tesco released a statement on Sunday.
特易購回應這起新聞，
“We abhor the use of prison labor and would never allow it in our supply chain,” it said.
於星期天發表聲明：「我們對於使用監獄勞工深惡痛絕，且絕對不會允許出現在我們的供應鏈中。」
abhor(v.)深惡痛絕supply chain供應鏈
The supermarket chain said it was shocked by these allegations.
特易購表示對這些指控深感震驚，
chain(n.)連鎖店allegation(n.)指控
It immediately suspended the factory where these cards are produced and launched an investigation.
已立即暫停與這些賀卡工廠的合作，並展開調查，
suspend(v.)懸吊、暫停、解除資格where=in which
The cards in question have also been withdrawn from sale.
同時有疑慮的卡片也已下架。
in question有疑慮的=questionablebe withdrawn from sale下架、停止販售