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近日，受18日至20日连续三天的罢工影响，英国铁路旅客的出行受到严重阻碍。18日，有超过4.5万名铁路工人举行罢工，抗议几十年不遇的高通胀使工资价值空前缩水，英国的火车班次减少到仅20%。 
图源：路透社
UK rail passengers face yet more disruption to their train journeys this week. Three consecutive days — 18, 19 and 20 August — will be affected by strikes on the railway network.
Britain's workers are striking in vast numbers as decades-high inflation erodes the value of wages at a record pace. More than 45,000 rail workers went on strike on Thursday, reducing UK train services to only 20 percent.
图源：路透社 俄乌冲突爆发以来，受西方国家对俄制裁影响，全球能源和食品等价格高涨，英国面临着严重的通货膨胀。此外，高温热浪的不断侵袭也进一步加剧了通货膨胀。 当地时间17日，据英国国家统计局发布的数据显示，英国最新通货膨胀率突破两位数，高达10.1%，再创40年来新高。
The UK's rate of inflation jumped to 10.1 percent in July, the first time it has registered a double-digit annual increase in more than four decades.
英国《经济学人》周刊网站此前报道称，对英国而言，高温干旱、通货膨胀、劳资纠纷、交通混乱和政治瘫痪一起出现。这是英国人的一个“不满之夏”。 Dry weather has combined with inflation, industrial disputes, transport snafus and political paralysis. It is Britain's summer of discontent.
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实习生：林子微 来源：央视新闻 中国日报 经济学人 金融时报 卫报 |
