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我在网站CBS NEWS上。它在更新一篇报道的开始几个段落，以跟踪事件。下面摘引的第三段是我刚才没注意到的；但读不太懂。

NYC Holds Its Breath

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2005

(CBS/AP) Contract talks have continued past the midnight deadline as most of the city of New York waits to hear whether the city’s transit agency and its workers will be able to reach an agreement to avoid a threatened bus and subway strike.

Just before 1:30 a.m., a spokesperson for the Transit Workers Union finally emerged into the room where reporters were waiting and said only that talks between the two sides are continuing.

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There was also some dissension within the TWU, with a vice president accusing Toussaint of trying to strike secret deals1 and saying he’s been frozen out2 of the negotiations. “It’s like a soap opera,” reports WCBS-AM’s Sean Adams.

- CBS NEWS

插一段。费城的公交工人几个月前刚罢过工。那里的工会说，他们几乎得到了所有他们想要的。他们说，更重要的有两点，一是他们还得到了市民的同情，二是那11天里天气很不错，华氏73度的晴天。而现在的纽约，前几天的积雪已经成了冰，在路灯下反光耀眼。