Truck Drivers' Protest Ends in Campania, Italy
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Truck drivers in Campania, Italy, had a protest. They used their trucks to block roads.
The roads were closed for some time. People could not drive easily.
Many cars waited in long queues at petrol stations. Some supermarkets had empty shelves.
An Italian official called the Garante said drivers must go back to work. This is called to precept workers.
Now the road blocks are gone. Traffic is normal again.
But experts say it will take one week to fix all the problems.
Vocabulary15 words
- protest
- when people show they are angry about something
- block
- to stop something from moving
- queue
- a line of people or cars waiting
- shelf
- a flat place in a shop where you put things
- Garante
- an important Italian official who checks rules
- precept
- an official order to make workers stop a strike
- normal
- usual; the same as every day
- truck driver
- a person who drives a big truck
- road block
- something that stops cars on a road
- traffic
- cars and trucks moving on roads
- supermarket
- a big shop that sells food
- petrol station
- a place where cars get fuel
- official
- a person with an important job in government
- strike
- when workers stop working to show they are angry
- region
- a part of a country
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Quiz
Answer key
1. They blocked roads 2. — 3. True
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Truck drivers in Campania, Italy, had a _____.
They used their trucks to _____ roads.
Many cars waited in long _____ at petrol stations.
Some supermarkets had empty _____.
An Italian official called the _____ said drivers must go back to work.
Now the road blocks are gone. Traffic is _____ again.
But experts say it will take one _____ to fix all the problems.
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