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新概念英语第二册第84课 Lesson 84 On strike?罢工 First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Who will be driving the buses next week????Busmen?have?decided?to go on?strike?next week. The?strike?is?due?to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last. The?busmen?have?stated?that the?strike?will continue until general?agreement?is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the?strike?will last for at least a week. Many owners of private cars are going to offer free rides to people on their way to work. This will?relieve?pressure?on the trains to some?extent. Meanwhile, a number of university students have?volunteered?to drive buses while the?strike?lasts. All the students are expert drivers, but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the test in two days time. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its?gratitude?to the students in letters to the?Press. Only one or two people have?objected?that the students will drive too fast! New words and expressions?生词和短语 strike n.?罢工busman??????????n.?公共汽车司机state????????????????v.?正式提出，宣布agreement???????n.?协议relieve????????????v.?减轻pressure??????????n.?压力，麻烦extent?????????????n.?程度volunteer????????v.?自动提出，自愿gratitude?????????n.?感激Press??????????????n.?新闻界object?????????????v.?不赞成，反对 参考译文? ? ?公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。罢工定于星期二开始，谁也不知道会持续多久。司机们声称此次罢工将一直持续到就工资和工作条件问题达成全面协议的时候为止。多数人认为此次罢工至少会持续一个星期。很多私人汽车的车主正准备为乘车上班的人们提供“免费乘车”的服务，这将在某种程度上减轻对火车的压力。与此同时，有一部分大学生自愿在罢工期间驾驶公共汽车。所有的学生都是开车的能手，但在驾驶公共汽车之前，他们必须通过一项专门测验。学生们准备在两天后就接受测验。即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。但到目前为止，公众已经向新闻界写信表达他们对学生们的感激之情了。只有一两个人提出反对意见，说学生们会把车开得太快！ 课文解释 1．Busmen have decided to?go on strike next week.? ?公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。 1)句中的busmen是busman(公共汽车司机)的复数形式，但其读音和busman是一样的。这个词多用在英式英语中(美式英语中多用bus driver)。 这里顺便给大家介绍一个与这个词有关的一个短语：a busman’s holiday,字面意思是“公交车司机的假日”，但其真正含义指的是“照常工作的节假日或有名无实的假期(指虽然是假日，但仍需要做平时的工作)”。例如：Uncle Tom spent a busman’s