84 On Strike

名称：84 On Strike
内容简介：
新概念英语第二册（英音）
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[00:12.53]Who will be driving the buses next week?
[00:18.19]Busmen have decided to go on strike next week.
[00:22.36]The strike is due to begin on Tuesday.
[00:25.66]No one knows how long it will last.
[00:28.82]The busmen have stated that the strike will continue
[00:31.95]until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions.
[00:37.80]Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week.
[00:43.19]Many owners of private cars are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work.
[00:50.36]This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent.
[00:54.89]Meanwhile, a number of university students have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts.
[01:02.95]All the students are expert drivers,
[01:06.00]but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test.
[01:12.49]The students are going to take the test in two days' time.
[01:17.23]Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work.
[01:21.77]But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in lettters to the Press.
[01:28.98]Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast!