In a large number of cases factory workers earn as much, if not more, than their middle-class supervisors.

在很多情况下，工厂工人的收入与他们的中产阶级主管的收入相比，如果不是更高也会相等。

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The closure of the factory will lead to a number of job losses.

工厂倒闭会使许多人失业。

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The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.

这家工厂正大批裁员。

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The story said that toxic waste from the factory killed a large number of fish in a nearby river.

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Alexon's move to pull out of manufacturing in Wales is the latest in a number of factory closures and cutbacks to have hit the Welsh economy during the past year.

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On Wednesday morning, he and a number of factory managers ordered nervous workers into the building shortly before the collapse, according to the neighbor, who was present at the scene, and local press reports.

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