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英语新闻：西班牙航空员工罢工五天抗议裁员

时间：2013-02-22 08:38:46

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Workers at the Spanish airline Iberia have begun a five-day strike in protest at planned cuts to jobs and salaries.

西班牙国家航空公司员工罢工五天，抗议裁员裁薪计划。
 
Iberia has cancelled more than 400 flights out of 1,000 scheduled for this week, with cabin crew and baggage handlers staging the walk-out. 
 
A lack of services at Spanish airports are expected to affect more than 1,000 flights from various airlines.
 
Iberia has announced plans to cut 3,807 jobs after it reported mounting losses last year.
 
In the first nine month of 2012 it lost 262m euros.
 
Unions are planning three separate five-day strikes in February and March.
 
Domestic flights hit
 
Iberia said 70,000 passengers would be affected1 by the first strike, though in a statement the company said 60,000 had been found seats on alternative flights.
 
It said 90% of long-haul flights would be operating, but domestic flights would be the worst affected, with more than half of flights grounded.
 
Analysts2 suggest 15 days of strikes could cost Iberia up to 100m euros.
 
The airline merged3 with British Airways4 in 2011 to create International Airlines Group, and the new management has been trying to cut costs.
 
Iberia has been hit by increased competition from low-cost carriers and a prolonged recession in its home market.

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1 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
2 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
3 merged d33b2d33223e1272c8bbe02180876e6f     
（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中
参考例句：
  • Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
  • The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。
4 AIRWAYS 5a794ea66d6229951550b106ef7caa7a     
航空公司
参考例句：
  • The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
  • At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。