西班牙小镇警察请病假抗议工资纠纷
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Almost the entire police force of a small town in southern Spain have gone on sick leave in a dispute over payments.

西班牙南部一座小镇几乎所有的警察都请病假抗议工资纠纷。

Fourteen policemen from Valverde del Camino say they are psychologically unfit for work after not receiving their salaries for four months.

They spent the day staging a sit-in protest at the town hall, instead of working.

However, they deny they are on strike, as that is illegal for police.

It is the latest manifestation1(表现,显示) of a major problem in Spain, where the economic crisis has left many town councils and local governments with debts they say they are unable to pay.

Plea for help

Finally, the the patience of policemen in Valverde del Camino has worn out: 14 out of a total force of 16 officers have signed off sick, producing doctors' notes saying they are in no psychological state to work.

Instead of catching2 criminals, they staged the sit-in on Tuesday.

"We're living on credit - getting help from our mothers, fathers, brothers... whoever," Jose Manuel Gonzales, one of the protesters, told the BBC.

"But it's impossible to go on like this any longer. We have to ask for help now, because our families can't stand this anymore."

There are only 13,000 residents in the town, in far south-western Spain.

But successive mayors there have run up a staggering $74m (£??m) in debt: that's the most in the country per capita.

The true scale of the problem only emerged after local elections in spring, when power shifted to the opposition3 Popular Party for the first time in decades.
 
It is a pattern that is being repeated across the country, making investors4 fear that these hidden, regional debts, will mean Spain misses its target - of cutting the budget deficit5 to 6% of GDP by the end of the year.



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1 manifestation 0RCz6     
n.表现形式;表明;现象
参考例句:
  • Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
  • What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。
2 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
3 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
4 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
5 deficit tmAzu     
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
参考例句:
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
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