德国汉莎航空因罢工取消22日几乎所有航班

 　　BERLIN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 2,000 Lufthansa flights scheduled for next Monday were cancelled because of a warning strike called by labor¹ union ver.di.

　　Lufthansa released the list of cancelled flights Saturday evening. By 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT), more than 1,740 flights scheduled for Monday were called off.

　　"Nearly all Lufthansa flights within Germany and Europe will be cancelled," said Lufthansa in a statement, adding that only 20 of the 1,650 planned short-haul flights on Monday would operate.

　　Massive cancellations and delays for long-haul flights were expected to begin on Sunday, and the disorder² would continue next Tuesday.

　　According to the airline, its operation in the airports of Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Norderstedt, Nuremberg, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart and Hanover would be affected³ by the strike action. Customers were urged to check their flights status before their journeys.

　　The ver.di union had called for a full-day strike next Monday, seeking to put more pressure on Lufthansa before their next round of collective bargaining for 33,000 Lufthansa employees scheduled late this month.

　　In their last round of negotiation⁴ this week, Lufthansa rejected the union's demand of a wage increase of 5.2 percent for the next 12 months and job guarantees.

　　"With this refusal, and its scandalous offer, the employer provoke a renewed warning strike," said Christine Behle, a board member of ver.di.

　　The strike, however, was condemned⁵ by Lufthansa as "excessive" and "inflicting⁶ massive damage".

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

5 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

6 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。