CNN原文：

Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as cost-of-living pressures mount. As many as 115,000 Royal Mail staff went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay and working conditions. It was the first of 19 days of strikes planned to coincide with the peak holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

由于生活成本压力增加，英国邮政工人在一年中最繁忙的时候举行罢工，要求提高工资。周四，多达11.5万名皇家邮政员工举行罢工，要求改善他们的工资和工作条件。这是计划在假日购物旺季(包括黑色星期五和网络星期一)期间举行的19天罢工的第一次。

1.postal worker 邮政工人

2.demand higher pay 要求提高工资

3.cost-of-living pressure 生活成本压力

4.Royal Mail 英国皇家邮政集团

5.go on strike 罢工

6.Black Friday 黑色星期五

7.Cyber Monday 网络星期一

The strikes are due to take place through early December, and follow walkouts in August and September. Parts of Royal Mail’s service will be out of action for several days at a time as different teams walk out. The Communication Workers Union, representing the workers, said in a Tuesday press release that the walkouts were part of the “biggest ongoing strike of the year.”

罢工将持续到12月初，之前在8月和9月举行罢工。由于不同团队的罢工，皇家邮政的部分服务将会停运几天。代表通讯工人的英国通信工会在周二的一份新闻稿中表示，罢工是“今年规模最大的持续罢工”的一部分。

8.walkout n. 罢工；退出会场

9.Communication Workers Union 英国通信工会