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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.
自从工会代表参观公司，告知我们关于自身权利和保护的事后，我的同事们就一直担心自身的健康状况，抱怨工作场所的安全隐患。
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，计算机部门的一些员工说他们每天不得不盯着监控器长达七小时之久，这引起了他们的视力问题。
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.
在实验室的主管开始头痛、头晕，她说呼吸某些化学烟雾很危险。
An X-ray technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment.
X射线的技术人员拒绝再工作，直到公司同意更换过时的设备。
She insists that it's exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation.
她坚称这意味着强制工人们冒着不必要的高辐射危险工作。
She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department.
她想与职业安全与健康管理局联系，并要求政府部门进行检查。
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.
我听说在一家工厂做油漆工作的两名孕妇要求转移到一个更安全的部门。因为他们不想对孩子造成影响。但是主管拒绝了这个请求。
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.
在另一个公司的工人们不断抱怨供暖系统的故障，但业主由于太忙或太吝啬而不予理睬。
Finally, they all met and agreed to wear ski-clothing to work the next day.
最后他们达成一致意见，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员工交谈。他马上更换了供暖系统。
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你听到的，回答问题32至35。
Question 32. What does the talk focus on?
问题32. 谈话的重点是什么？
Question 33. What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?
问题33. X射线的技术人员要她的公司做什么？
Question 34. What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?
问题34. 作者说了两名油漆孕妇工人的什么事情？
Question 35. Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?
问题35. 为什么工人要穿滑雪服到公司工作？
