Teachers, border guards, driving-test examiners and other U.K. government workers mounted a one-day strike on Thursday over plans to raise their retirement age and require them to pay more toward their pensions.

　　因不滿英國政府提高公務(wù)員退休年齡并要求公務(wù)員繳納更多養(yǎng)老金，英國的教師、邊防衛(wèi)兵、駕駛考試考官和其他政府工作人員周四進(jìn)行了為期一天的罷工活動(dòng)。

　　State pensions have become a flash point across Europe as cash-strapped governments look to cut costs and address the rising burden for taxpayers that comes as people live longer. The walkouts in the U.K. have been relatively muted compared with the mass, and often violent, protests in countries such as Greece and Spain.

　　國家養(yǎng)老金已成為歐洲大陸一觸即發(fā)的敏感問題，囊中羞澀的歐洲國家政府希望削減成本，在國人壽命越來越長(zhǎng)的情況下，解決對(duì)納稅人來說日益沉重的負(fù)擔(dān)。較之希臘和西班牙等國爆發(fā)的大規(guī)模且常伴以暴力的抗議活動(dòng)，英國的這次罷工游行相對(duì)比較沉默。

　　Four unions representing 750,000 teachers and other public-sector workers had promised one of the biggest protests against the government's £111 billion ($178.29 billion) austerity drive since the U.K.'s coalition government was formed last year.

　　 European Pressphoto Agency周四，數(shù)萬名工會(huì)成員游行經(jīng)過倫敦市中心的議會(huì)大廈。代表75萬名教師和其他公共部門從業(yè)者的四個(gè)工會(huì)曾承諾，將組織一場(chǎng)自去年英國聯(lián)合政府成立以來規(guī)模最大的抗議活動(dòng)，反對(duì)政府1,110億英鎊(合1,782.9億美元)緊縮計(jì)劃。

　　The government, though, claimed victory, saying that just over 100,000 civil servants went on strike, or around a fifth of the total civil-servant work force. The Public and Commercial Services Union estimated that around 200,000 civil servants walked out.

　　 不過英國政府宣稱獲勝，說只有10萬余名公務(wù)員參加了罷工，占全國公務(wù)員總數(shù)的五分之一左右。英國公共與商業(yè)服務(wù)工會(huì)(Public and Commercial Services Union)估計(jì)約有20萬名公務(wù)員參加了罷工活動(dòng)。

　　Negotiations broke down earlier this week between the government and some unions. The government says the unions walked out; the unions that went on strike said the government wasn't genuinely negotiating.

　　 英國政府和部分工會(huì)的談判本周早些時(shí)候破裂。英國政府說，工會(huì)退出了談判，而舉行罷工的工會(huì)則說，政府沒有談判誠意。

　　Walkouts occurred across the U.K. in places from border control in transport hubs, job centers, police telephone help lines, tax offices and law courts to driving-test centers.

　　交通樞紐的邊境控制、就業(yè)中心、警方電話求助熱線、稅務(wù)局、法院和駕駛考試中心等機(jī)構(gòu)都發(fā)生了罷工。

　　Business groups and the government worry that any stoppage hurts the still-weak U.K. economy, as, for instance, workers take time off to look after schoolchildren whose classes were canceled.

　　商業(yè)團(tuán)體和英國政府擔(dān)心，任何罷工活動(dòng)都可對(duì)仍舊疲弱的英國經(jīng)濟(jì)產(chǎn)生不良影響，比方說，雇員要請(qǐng)假照顧那些因教師罷工而上不了課的孩子。