也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 ! r, v! R1 H( z( K8 e: ANewfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home 5 E' O/ s' h# |& wFor years, thousands of Newfoundlanders commuted back and forth to Alberta's oil patch, working three or four weeks at a time and bringing home plump paycheques. Many of them aren't going back this fall. , u* M2 w7 v) [8 y3 e5 l. zNewfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 + M& B) I. m. e( M
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的: P/ [/ [+ U" v( ~) D7 }/ r6 B- M
Darryl Day used to fly from Gander to Alberta and back — 22 days out, 13 days back home. He was recruited at a job fair in Newfoundland six years ago to drive heavy machinery for a hydraulic fracturing company. Those were the "good times.": W. c$ G1 s& h. z, E2 Q0 n
22天在工作,13天回家休息。
3 V y* ^7 }, ^6 d这位仁兄还算走运,在家门口找到一份工,只是钱大大的少了, 只有在阿省工作时的三分之一。 1 C6 O a/ R: j. \" ADarryl and Bev Day are better off than many. He got a new trucking job nearby, earning about one-third of his pay in Alberta. They had put some of their "oil money" away, unlike some younger workers, who went cheque to cheque.