巴西里约热内卢巴士司机发动48小时大罢工

　　RIO DE JANEIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Bus drivers in Rio de Janeiro, one of 12 cities hosting the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, on Tuesday started a 48-hour strike, demanding higher pay and thrusting the country's second-largest city into chaos¹ as commuters scrambled² to find alternate ways to get to work.
The strike is the second in less than a week by bus drivers in Rio, one of Brazil's leading tourism destinations.
According to the Municipal Transportation Secretariat, barely 10 percent of the city's bus fleet were operating early Tuesday, forcing authorities to increase subway and train services as thousands of straphangers had to resort to other means of transportation instead of buses.
Bus drivers are demanding a 40 percent pay rise, an amount rebuffed by bus companies. Last week, bus drivers' union and bus companies agreed to a 10 percent pay rise, which was rejected by drivers as insufficient³. They then declared a 24-hour strike Thursday that saw some 460 buses vandalized and damaged.
A loss of bus service could cause serious chaos, as many areas of the city, with a population of 7 million, are only served by buses.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will be held from June 12 to July 13. Rio is set to host seven World Cup matches, including the final, and public transportation is essential to guaranteeing spectators will be able to get to the games, as private vehicles will be banned from the vicinity of the city's main venue⁴ of Maracana Stadium.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

4 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。