我的祖父曾是一名煤矿工人。

My grandfather was a coal ___miner.

在我们国家，我们习惯了罢工，所以当我们听说矿工们拒绝工作时，我们并没有绝望。

We are used to strikes in our country so when we heard that the ___miners had refused to work we did not despair.

矿工在地下深处工作。

The ___miner works deep underground.