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英国公务员罢工 抗议提高退休年龄（双语）
Teachers, border guards, driving-test examiners and other U.K. government workers mounted a one-day strike on Thursday over plans to raise their retirement age and require them to pay more toward their pensions.
因不满英国政府提高公务员退休年龄并要求公务员缴纳更多养老金，英国的教师、边防卫兵、驾驶考试考官和其他政府工作人员周四进行了为期一天的罢工活动。
State pensions have become a flash point across Europe as cash-strapped governments look to cut costs and address the rising burden for taxpayers that comes as people live longer. The walkouts in the U.K. have been relatively muted compared with the mass, and often violent, protests in countries such as Greece and Spain.
国家养老金已成为欧洲大陆一触即发的敏感问题，囊中羞涩的欧洲国家政府希望削减成本，在国人寿命越来越长的情况下，解决对纳税人来说日益沉重的负担。较之希腊和西班牙等国爆发的大规模且常伴以暴力的抗议活动，英国的这次罢工游行相对比较沉默。
Four unions representing 750,000 teachers and other public-sector workers had promised one of the biggest protests against the government's £111 billion ($178.29 billion) austerity drive since the U.K.'s coalition government was formed last year.
European Pressphoto Agency周四，数万名工会成员游行经过伦敦市中心的议会大厦。代表75万名教师和其他公共部门从业者的四个工会曾承诺，将组织一场自去年英国联合政府成立以来规模最大的抗议活动，反对政府1,110亿英镑(合1,782.9亿美元)紧缩计划。
The government, though, claimed victory, saying that just over 100,000 civil servants went on strike, or around a fifth of the total civil-servant work force. The Public and Commercial Services Union estimated that around 200,000 civil servants walked out.
不过英国政府宣称获胜，说只有10万余名公务员参加了罢工，占全国公务员总数的五分之一左右。英国公共与商业服务工会(Public and Commercial Services Union)估计约有20万名公务员参加了罢工活动。
Negotiations broke down earlier this week between the government and some unions. The government says the unions walked out; the unions that went on strike said the government wasn't genuinely negotiating.
英国政府和部分工会的谈判本周早些时候破裂。英国政府说，工会退出了谈判，而举行罢工的工会则说，政府没有谈判诚意。
Walkouts occurred across the U.K. in places from border control in transport hubs, job centers, police telephone help lines, tax offices and law courts to driving-test centers.
交通枢纽的边境控制、就业中心、警方电话求助热线、税务局、法院和驾驶考试中心等机构都发生了罢工。
Business groups and the government worry that any stoppage hurts the still-weak U.K. economy, as, for instance, workers take time off to look after schoolchildren whose classes were canceled.
商业团体和英国政府担心，任何罢工活动都可对仍旧疲弱的英国经济产生不良影响，比方说，雇员要请假照顾那些因教师罢工而上不了课的孩子。
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