On Strike

更新：2023-11-22

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[00:13.69]Lesson 84
[00:16.26]On strike
[00:18.62]Busmen have decided to go on strike next week.
[00:22.57]The strike is due to begin on Tuesday.No one knows how long it will last.
[00:29.89]The busmen have stated that the strike will continue
[00:33.50]until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions.
[00:39.28]Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week.
[00:44.27]Many owners of private cars
[00:46.46]are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work.
[00:51.77]This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent.
[00:56.62]Meanwhile,a number of university students
[01:00.22]have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts.
[01:05.19]All the students are expert drivers,but before they drive any of the buses,
[01:11.53]they will have to pass a special test.
[01:15.40]The students are going to take the test in two days' time.
[01:19.87]Even so,people are going to find it difficult to get to work
[01:25.69]But so far,
[01:27.02]the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in lettters to the Press.
[01:32.89]Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast!
 

Who will be driving the buses next week?