Nearly 500 airport security staff quit as DHS shutdown drags on with no end in sight – US…
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: INTERMEDIATE (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
De sluiting van de overheid duurt al bijna zes weken.
The government shutdown has lasted nearly six weeks.
Gesprekken om het departement te heropenen mislukten woensdag opnieuw.
Talks to reopen the department failed again on Wednesday.
Bijna 500 beveiligingsmedewerkers op het vliegveld besloten ontslag te nemen.
Almost 500 airport security staff decided to quit.
Lange rijen vormden zich vandaag bij de veiligheidscontroles.
Long lines formed at the security checkpoints today.
Politici kunnen het nog steeds niet eens worden over een plan.
Politicians still cannot agree on a new plan.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- government shutdown
- overheidssluiting
- department
- departement
- security staff
- beveiligingsmedewerkers
- quit
- ontslag nemen
- checkpoints
- veiligheidscontroles
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