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Passage Three
段落三
Since a union representative visited our company to inform us about our rights and protections, my coworkers have been worrying about health conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace.
自從工會代表參觀公司，告知我們關于自身權利和保護的事后，我的同事們就一直擔心自身的健康狀況，抱怨工作場所的安全隱患。
Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about seven hours a day.
例如，計算機部門的一些員工說他們每天不得不盯著監控器長達七小時之久，這引起了他們的視力問題。
The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it's dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there.
在實驗室的主管開始頭痛、頭暈，她說呼吸某些化學煙霧很危險。
An X-ray technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment.
X射線的技術人員拒絕再工作，直到公司同意更換過時的設備。
She insists that it's exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation.
她堅稱這意味著強制工人們冒著不必要的高輻射危險工作。
She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department.
她想與職業安全與健康管理局聯系，并要求政府部門進行檢查。
I've heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the request.
我聽說在一家工廠做油漆工作的兩名孕婦要求轉移到一個更安全的部門。因為他們不想對孩子造成影響。但是主管拒絕了這個請求。
In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too busy or too mean to do anything about it.
在另一個公司的工人們不斷抱怨供暖系統的故障，但業主由于太忙或太吝嗇而不予理睬。
Finally, they all met and agreed to wear ski-clothing to work the next day.
最后他們達成一致意見，第二天穿滑雪服上班。
The owner was too embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system replaced right away.
雇主也不好意思跟他的員工交談。他馬上更換了供暖系統。
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你聽到的，回答問題32至35。
Question 32. What does the talk focus on?
問題32. 談話的重點是什么？
Question 33. What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?
問題33. X射線的技術人員要她的公司做什么？
Question 34. What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?
問題34. 作者說了兩名油漆孕婦工人的什么事情？
Question 35. Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?
問題35. 為什么工人要穿滑雪服到公司工作？
