CNN news 2011-12-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Those services can be different from country to country, but some examples of public sector jobs might include police officers, some transportation workers or public school teachers.

be different from与…不同
例句：Their tastes are different from mine.
他们的爱好与我的不同。

2. Those were some of the folks who walked off the job yesterday in the United Kingdom.

walk off离开
例句：Several hundreds of office workers in that company walked off their jobs in a wage dispute.
那家公司的几百名雇员因工资纠纷而进行罢工。

3. From closed schools, where teachers won`t turn up, to chaos at airports, border agency staff are also walking out.

turn up出现
例句：He didn't turn up until half an hour later.
半小时后他才出现。
walk out罢工
例句：The men in that factory walked out yesterday.
那家工厂的工人昨天罢工了。

4. Unions are likening it to a general strike, such is its scope and potential effect.

liken to把…比作…
例句：She likened the building to a ship.
她把这座楼房比作一条船。

5. And the reason for that disruption, the responsibility for that disruption, lies squarely with the trade union leaders, who`ve decided on a strike even while negotiations are ongoing.

decide on就…做出决定, 决定要
例句：Have you decided on where you'll spend your holidays?
你是否已经决定到什么地方去度假?

6. The unions blame the bailout of the banks for the current wave of cutbacks.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：He blamed his brother for breaking the window.
他责备他兄弟打破了窗玻璃。

7. Pupils at George Green`s may be smiling at the thought of an extra day off lessons, but it will cause headaches for parents.

at the thought of一想到…(就)
例句：He cheered up at the thought of seeing her again.
一想起又可见到她, 他便兴奋起来。

8. Headteacher Kenny Frederick is going on strike for the first time in her 37-year career.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。

9. Myanmar, which is sometimes called Burma, tends to keep itself apart from the rest of the world.

tend to趋向
例句：My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。
keep apart (使)分开
例句：I like to keep my work apart from my family.
我不喜欢让家里人插手我的工作。

10. But Secretary Clinton is hoping to learn more about it during her two-day visit there.

learn about得知有关…的消息
例句：We only learned about your intended visit yesterday.
我们昨天才听说你们准备来访。