2017考研英语阅读关于开学的战争.docVIP

/kaoyan/291555.html 2017考研英语阅读：关于开学的战争 　　Wage negotiations in Argentina 　　阿根廷的工资谈判 　　Class war 　　一场关于开学的战争 　　Teachersunions go out on strike 　　教师公会举行罢工 　　“IT CANT be that every annual salary negotiationmakes it a strain just to begin the school year,” said President Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerduring a speech to Congress on March 1st. Yes it can. 　　“决不能让每年的薪水谈判成为开学的绊脚石”总统克里斯蒂娜·费尔南德斯·基什内尔，在三月一日国会的演讲中这样说到。但事实就是如此。 　　Strikes this week delayed the start of classes in 19 of Argentinas 24 districts, after provincialunions and governments failed to reach agreements about wage rises. Negotiations betweenthe national government and federal unions, which are meant to set a minimum benchmark forthe provinces, also foundered. With some unions demanding more than 40% hikes, thenational government and Buenos Airess provincial government, the most influentialnegotiators, offered increases of just 22% and 25.5% this year respectively. The unions calledthe proposals “a provocation”. 　　由于省工会和政府就涨工资的问题未能达成一致，本周的罢工已使阿根廷24个行政区中，19个行政区推迟了开学时间。中央政府和联邦公会间的谈判，本打算给各省设置最低工资标准，最后也以失败告终。一些公会要求的上涨幅度超过40%，而中央政府和布宜诺斯艾利斯省政府作为最有影响力的谈判者，分别在今年只提供22%和25%的上涨幅度。公会则称这些提议为“挑衅”。 　　Tension had been expected.The teachersunions want salary rises above Argentinas gallopinginflation rate. Since the start of the year the government has devalued the Argentine peso byover 20%, causing inflation expectations to spike. According to Eduardo Levy Yeyati of Elypsis,a consultancy, prices are expected to jump by 32% this year. And now that the governmenthas started publishing more realistic data, it cannot simply pretend the problem of risingprices does not exist. 　　分歧在人意料之中。教师工会希望工资涨幅超过阿根廷奔腾的通货膨胀率。从今年年初开始，政府已经将阿根廷比索贬值超过20%，导致通胀预期异常强烈。据一家名为Elypsis的咨询公司的员工Eduardo Levy Yeyati说，今年物价预期将增长32%。政府已不能简单的把物价上涨的问题当做不存在，目前正着手出版更真实的数据。 　　The teachersunions have a strong hand. In December provincial police squeezed 35-100%pay increases out of their employers. Public-sector employees are not fearful of losing theirjobs. Strikes give