ESL Podcast 252 A Workers Strike GLOSSARY to strike to refuse to work because the workers are protesting (showing thatthey do not approve of) something* The teachers are striking because they want to get more money for the work that they do. manageme

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年ESL之商务英语

Zimbabwe's teachers say they will go on strike when the next semester opens next week after the inclusvie government said it has no money to increase their salaries. The teachers' return to school after the unity government was formed February was t

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Dealing with a Mass Transit Strike Marge: Where have you been? You should have been home over two hours ago! Homer: Ive been trying to get home. Havent you been watching the news? The transportation workers union has voted to strike. There was a mass

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Low-cost airlines have changed the travel business. Carriers like Southwest and Jetblue serve fewer cities than traditional airlines and offer fewer perks to passengers. They force the bigger carriers like United and Delta to change their business pr

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Nigerian Labor Leaders Call Strike Over Minimum Wage Nigerian labor leaders are calling for a three-day general strike next week to protest failures to pay a new, national minimum wage. Negotiations on a new minimum wage for Nigerians began more than

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Darren Taylor | Johannesburg 03 September 2010 Thousands of fuel and motor industry employees in South Africa have joined a national public service strike in the country, but many others continue to resist union calls for them to stay away from work.

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In Egypt, a one-day labor strike calling for higher wages has had mixed results amid a security crackdown. 埃及工人罢工一天,要求提高工资。随着罢工被保安人员镇压,罢工也产生了不同的结果。 Some people refused to

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Larry James Israeli forces have struck at suspected guerrilla positions in southern Lebanon, after an exchange of rocket and artillery fire with Hezbollah fighters. The attack came after two hours of

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Ross Dunn Israel has launched air-strikes at targets linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza City, in response to the killing of a pregnant Jewish woman and her four daughters. Witnesses sa

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今天我们要学的词是 hunger strike. Hunger strike 绝食抗议。Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on a hunger strike to protest his arrest in Ukraine. 格鲁吉亚前总统萨卡什维利绝食,抗议自己在乌克兰被

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词组是strike a deal。Strike a deal,意思是成交、达成协议。Los Angeles has struck a deal with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to a spokeswoman for the L.A. City Counc

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A DVD retails for $10 or more. Out of that, we writers currently get 4 or 5 cents. Were asking to get 8 cents per DVD. The producers and others say were asking for too much. That is television writer Saul Blooms argument as to why the Writers Guild o

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As search crews continued to look for more bodies and wreckage from last week's Air France plane crash, the French carrier has decided to immediately replace suspect speed sensors with new ones on all its long-haul Airbus carriers. The speed sensors

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Unionized workers at Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, have begun a 24-hour strike in a dispute with the government over the future of the company. The workers walked off the job Monday over modernization(现代化) plans that

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A merchant locking his shop to avoid getting caught violating the Maoist's strike, in Kathmandu, 3 May 2010 Related Links See more pictures of the strike here A power struggle in Nepal between the government of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and t

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They are called watersiders or wharfies and they work on the wharf, loading and unloading goods from ships in a port. Most belong to the Maritime Union. Today, 300 watersiders at the Ports of Auckland started a three-week strike. This is the 7th stri

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High school teachers will start their rolling strikes on Wednesday when Year 9 students have to stay at home. On Thursday there will be no Year 11 classes and next week Year 10 students will have no classes on one day. To go on strike means that teac

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今天我们要学的词是 hunger strike. Hunger strike 绝食抗议。Five Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike last Saturday, demanding Israel to end its policy of imposing detention without trial. 五个巴勒斯坦在押者上星期六开

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Students in Los Angeles have a new routine. When they arrive at schools in the morning, they are greeted by their teachers picketing outside. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER: What do we want? UNIDENTIFIED T

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今天我们要学的词是 strike down. Strike down 有取消的意思,过去时是 struck down。The Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that barred protests within 35 feet of abortion clinics. 美国联邦最高法院宣布麻萨诸塞州

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