也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。" j9 n( c9 V r- ?4 O
Newfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home9 f2 H) a9 A7 {
For 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.4 e9 A- A, L2 \9 C+ j# c
Newfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。) G2 N( f; p% s! M- S
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 & j, ~, M1 S1 P `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." 2 B9 \) d5 _- z/ Y4 r& ]2 l22天在工作,13天回家休息。
2 W" w- y, ]7 E2 w! K4 B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。 3 F: @% G! K1 S( ?* I$ T1 ~7 D( ODarryl 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.