1.

The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.

大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。

2.

He has worked as a labourer in factories and on building sites.

他在工厂和建筑工地干过苦工。

3.

Many are employed in the prison's wood and metalwork factories.

许多人受雇于监狱的木材和金属加工厂。

4.

As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.

由于农村的工厂纷纷裁员，人们逐渐流向城市。

5.

The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to conserve energy.

为了节约能源，该共和国的工厂周末不开工。

6.

Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways.

数周的空中轰炸已经摧毁了许多工厂和公路。