地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客753: 應(yīng)對(duì)公共交通罷工（雙語(yǔ)）

Marge: Where have you been? You should have been home over two hours ago! 
馬吉：你去哪兒了？?jī)蓚€(gè)小時(shí)前你就應(yīng)該到家了！
Homer: I’ve been trying to get home. Haven’t you been watching the news? The transportation workers union has voted to strike. There was a mass walkout at 4:30 p.m. today. 
荷馬：我是想要回來(lái)，但你看新聞了嗎？交通運(yùn)輸工會(huì)投票決定罷工。今天下午4：30的時(shí)候有大規(guī)模的罷工。
Marge: You’re kidding! I didn’t know anything about it. They walked off the job right before the afternoon commute? 
馬吉：你在開(kāi)玩笑吧！我怎么一點(diǎn)也不知道。下午通勤下班之前，他們離開(kāi)工作崗位？
Homer: Yeah, I think it was calculated to make the biggest impact so that the powers that be will sit up and take notice. 
荷馬：是的，我想他們打算制造最大的影響，這樣才會(huì)引起當(dāng)局注意。
Marge: You mean the walkout has halted services on all public transportation – all buses, trains, and subways? 
馬吉：你的意思是罷工中斷了所有的公共交通服務(wù)——公共汽車、火車還有地鐵？
Homer: Yes, that’s right. Everything is at a standstill. There are a lot of disgruntled commuters out there. 
荷馬：是的，所有公共交通處于停滯狀態(tài)。外面有很多遠(yuǎn)距離上下班的人，非常不滿。
Marge: When will services be restored? 
馬吉：公共交通何時(shí)才會(huì)恢復(fù)正常？
Homer: I have no idea. I imagine things won’t get back to normal before tomorrow morning’s commute. 
荷馬：我不知道，我想明天早晨上班之前，應(yīng)該不會(huì)恢復(fù)正常。
Marge: So what are you going to do? 
馬吉：那你打算怎么做？
Homer: I might have to stay home from work. I’m stranded with no mass transit services. 
荷馬：我也許待在家里不去上班了。沒(méi)有公共交通，我就陷入困境了。
Marge: Oh, that’s a shame. 
馬吉：哦，那太遺憾了。
Homer: Isn’t it, though? 
荷馬：不是嗎？