After days of (the) uncharacteristic (to resecrent) silence, Mr. S urged transportation workers Tuesday to return (the) to work, (veiling) vowing the government would not (bank) back down.

In the speech to French mayors, the president urged strikers to reconsider, continuing their (work) walkout that has (caused) cost the country (soldierly) so dearly.

       He said those (pain) paying the price (will ornery) were ordinary French (where had raged for failing on) who have the rightful feeling of being taken hostage.

French analyst A believes Mr. S was right to begin his reforms (to) with the special pensions that only affect a small (percinature) percentage of workers, most of them in the (real scatter) rail sector.

       S (at) of Pairs-based (space set off) Center for the study of French politics says if S is able to push through these reforms, (who) he will have weakened the unions and now (will) that would be a good beginning for his (legistraration) larger strategy.

       But whether the president will persevere (no) in the long term (it is not) is another matter. He’s long been criticized for making empty promises including (no string) those during his tenure (teary) as interior minister when he promised to overhaul (hard) the country’s crime-plagued (quite placed) immigrant-heavy suburbs. Critics say that (is) has not happened.

NEW WORDS:

Uncharacteristic: a 不典型的

Vow: v 发誓

Walkout: n 罢工

Sector: n 部门

Tenure: n 任期

Overhaul: v 检查

Plague: n 瘟疫，麻烦

TIPS:

唉，小词：silence，so dearly，were ordinary，percentage of，strategy，persevere