[填空题]Mr. Mike Smith: It wasn’t an easy decision, but we’ve been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at las people are beginning to listen to us. We’ re only asking for a 25 percent increase in our wages. 250 dollars a week, that’s all. It’s a pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by our strike. Bu please don’t blame us. Blame the government for refusing our claim. Mr. Tom Brown: It’ s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up ,so do prices. If we gave in to the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What we’ re trying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer the electricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that’ s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Union to see reason. Mr. Bob Davis: Everybody