Strike back: ride-sharing in India

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Strike back: ride-sharing in India

1. Middle-class commuters in Mumbai face being pushed back onto the train tomorrow, as drivers for Uber and Ola, the city’s two biggest ride-sharing firms, go on strike once again over the fares they are paid.

• Middle-class 中产阶级的；中等收入阶层的
• commuter 通勤者；上班族；通勤族
• push back 推回
• go on strike 举行罢工；进行罢工；罢工行动

2. The previous action came to an end after 12 days on November 3rd, when the firms agreed to pay special bonuses to drivers during Diwali, a Hindu holiday which took place last week.

• action 指 strike
• special bonuses 特别奖金
• pay ... to sb.
• Diwali 印度排灯节
• take place 举行

3. Those came to an end yesterday.

• come to an end 结束；终止

4. The strike has been one of the most successful anywhere in the world to be organised against ride-sharing firms: at least 90% of drivers stopped working the first time round; those few who tried to cross the picket line found their cars quickly surrounded by angry colleagues.

• the first time round 第一轮,第一次
• picket line 警戒线；哨兵线；罢工警戒线

5. But though drivers have organising ability and political support, Uber and Ola have deep pockets.

• organising ability 组织能力；有组织能力(这里organising是英式写法)
• political support 政治支持
• deep pockets 雄厚的账力；财力雄厚

6. The only winners so far have been people with their own cars, spared the endless Mumbai traffic.

• spare 抽出；俭省；宽恕；救命

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