III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Group 3C (Peterson-More):

Jennifer Pudney p. 116, Passage 18 (NOT previously assigned or discussed in class), suggested English translation

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Passage # 18

Eight thousand trucks/lorries have been on strike and few believe in Mr. Ciampi’s ambitious attempt to overcome the [period of/phase of] heated discussions/discussion and arrive at// and reach the point of beginning/opening negotiations between the government and the [trade/ truck drivers’] union. Ninety percent of the truck drivers are asking for a 15% increase in tariffs and most/the majority of them intend to continue the strike/go on striking indefinitely// to/until the bitter end. A country/nation of 63 million people/inhabitants risks being paralyzed.