Did you hear what's going on downtown today? All the worders from the factory are staging a demonstration in the streets. Not one of the two thousand employees showed up for work today,and they have gathered outside the city hall to demand better working conditions for all factory employees.

你听说今天市区发生什么事情了吗?工厂所有工人都在街上举行示威游行.今天2000多名工人没有一个去上班,而且他们还聚集在市政府外面要求为工厂的所有工人改善工作条件.

I think they gained courage after the mayor's speech last week on equality and opportunity for all town citizens. Anyway,the sentiments have been brewing for quite some time.I mean, we all know the working conditions at the factory are quite horrendous.

上周市长向全体市民做了关于平等和机会的演讲,我认为他们就是从这儿获得了勇气.总之,这种情绪一直酝酿了很长时间了.我的意思是,我们都知道工厂的工作条件很可怕.

They want raises and medical insurance, and I think they want to clean up the factory's safety hazards. That's probably the most important issue.

他们要求加薪.提供医疗保险,我认为他们想要的是清除工厂的不安全隐患.这可能是最重要的问题.