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Deadline for striking miners extended
罷工最后期限延長
Striking miners in South Africa say they earn $9,000 dollars a year versus miners in Australia that earn $110,00 a year.
南非罷工礦工抱怨他們每年只掙9,000美元，而澳大利亞礦工每年掙11,000美元。
Thousands of miners have gathered in an open field, not very far from where 34 of their colleagues were shot dead by police last week Thursday. They are still standing the ground, they say they are not going to go back to work, despite the fact that Lonmin Plantinum Mine has acctually extended that ultimatum that they want to the miners to be back today or faced being fired. Now Lonmin Mine is saying they understand these very extraordinary circumstances and they've given miners till tomorrow to return to work. These miners that I have been speaking to say that's not gonna happen until their demands have been met, Michael.
上千名礦工聚集在一塊開闊處，距離上周四警察開槍射死他們34名工友的位置不遠。礦工們仍然站在原地，他們表示不打算返回工地工作，盡管隆明公司實際上已經發出最后通諜，希望礦工今天重返工作崗位，或者遭遇解雇。隆明礦業公司表示理解目前這種極端情勢，因此他們已經允可礦工明天再回來工作。不過和我交談的這些礦工表示，除非滿足他們的要求，他們不會回去工作。邁克爾報道。
And meanwhile, what about those demands? I mean these men do work in very very uncomfortable besides at least the situation. What is the company saying about their demands?
那么，他們的要求是什么呢？我的意思是，除了此次事件，這些礦工在極其惡劣的條件下工作。公司對礦工的要求如何表態？
You know, very very tough circumstances under which these miners work, and Michael, if you consider how dangerous how the situation is underground. In other countries their skills are thought after. In Austrilia, for example, in 2010 the average miner, somebody willing to work under those conditions was paid $110,000 a year. These miners tell me they are getting $9,000 a year, many of them saying they were exploited during a partage. They expect a better treatment in the Democratic South Africa.
你知道，這些礦工在極端艱苦的環境下工作，如果你能設想一下，在井下工作是多么危險。其他國家需要這些礦工的采金技能。例如在澳大利亞，如果愿意從事這種工作，2010年平均每位礦工的年薪為110，000美元。南非礦工告訴我，他們一年的收入是9000美元，許多人還說他們在分配時也受到剝削。這些礦工期待能夠在南非受到的待遇會有所改善。
