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Delayed at the Airport

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ID: 2964 Upper Intermediate
Strikes are an important tactic in order to improve working conditions and equality, but they can sometimes really inconvenience people's travel plans. Learn all about going on strike in today's lesson. Photo by ampersandyslexia
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
罢工 bàgōng strike
惹祸 rěhuò to court disaster; to provoke calamity; to cause a disaster
折腾 zhēteng to roll about; to toss and turn
潮 cháo wave
小敏妳不是前天早上就该回来了怎么今天下午才到
xiǎomǐn 小敏nǐ 妳bùshì 不是qiántiān 前天zǎoshang 早上jiù 就gāi 该huílai 回来le 了zěnme 怎么jīntiān xiàwǔ 今天下午cái 才dào 到
Xiaomin, shouldn't you have come back the day before yesterday? Why are you only arriving this afternoon?
还不是罢工惹的祸机场大罢工我的班机也被取消了折腾了两天才飞回来
háibùshì 还不是bàgōng 罢工rě 惹de 的huò 祸jīchǎng 机场dà 大bàgōng 罢工wǒ de 我的bānjī 班机yě 也bèi qǔxiāo 被取消le 了zhēteng 折腾le 了liǎngtiān 两天cái 才fēi 飞huílai 回来
I was delayed by a strike! There was a big airport strike, so my flight was cancelled, and I had to stew in the airport for two days before I could fly back.
啊我想起来了最近欧洲有罢工潮上个星期是法国前两天是英国妳也太幸运了被你碰上
ā 啊wǒ 我xiǎng qilai 想起来le 了zuìjìn 最近Ōuzhōu 欧洲yǒu 有bàgōng 罢工cháo 潮shàng ge xīngqī 上个星期shì 是Fǎguó 法国qiánliǎngtiān 前两天shì 是Yīngguó 英国nǐ 妳yě 也tài 太xìngyùn 幸运le 了bèi 被nǐ 你pèngshàng 碰上
Ah yes, I recall now. Haven't there been a string of European strikes recently. Last week it was France, then over the last two days there were strikes in the UK. You really do have all the "luck", getting to be there for it.
一点都不幸运运气超背的我在英国没有网络不知道机场罢工一路拖着行李到了机场才知道
yīdiǎn dōu bù 一点都不xìngyùn 幸运yùnqi 运气chāo 超bèi 背de 的wǒ 我zài 在Yīngguó 英国méiyǒu 没有wǎngluò 网络bù 不zhīdào 知道jīchǎng 机场bàgōng 罢工yī lù 一路tuō 拖zhe 着xíngli 行李dào 到le 了jīchǎng 机场cái 才zhīdào 知道
I'm not at all lucky, it's really bad luck. I didn't have any internet in the UK and I didn't know there was an airport strike, so I dragged my luggage all the way to the airport before I heard anything about it.
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