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1--Do you have the day off today?How come you're not at work now?
2--I don't have the day off. Our labor union is staging a nationwide strike today,all of the workers in our department are supporting the labor union by participating and not going in to work this week.
1--Are you serious? Why would they have to go to such extreme measures like a strike? Doesn't your company have a pretty good corporate image? I'll bet the folks at headquarters are going nuts over something as serious as a strike....
2--It happens quite often,actually.Whenever there arises a dispute between the union and the executive group,the first thing they do is to call a strike. Usually it only lasts a day or two before both sides can come to an agreement and we start work again. Anyhow,it's a nice,unanticipated holiday...
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注解:
1.day off休假日
2.nationwide全國范圍的
3.unanticipated意料之外的
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譯文:
1--今天你們放假了?你現(xiàn)在怎么不去上班?
2--我沒放假.我們工會今天要在全國舉行罷工,我們部門的所有工人都支持工會,或去參加罷工或這周不上班.
1--你這話當真?他們?yōu)槭裁床扇∠窳T工這樣極端的手段?你們公司的企業(yè)形象不是很好嗎?我敢說總部的那些人對這樣嚴重的罷工快發(fā)瘋了…
2--實際上,這類事情經常發(fā)生.只要工會和管理者之間出現(xiàn)爭執(zhí),他們要做的第一件事就是號召罷工.通常在雙方達成一致之前一至兩天,然后我們再開始工作.不管怎樣,這個意想不到的假日也不錯.