也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 : \ c! ~) {0 @, a" bNewfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home7 J4 \2 Q+ }( t- z: X
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. 9 x5 ^/ n& H6 A0 E& m9 i2 zNewfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 1 m4 x4 W- |9 `4 h7 X* G
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 2 U& m X; d0 B8 Z0 k" ^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."/ u+ z; K3 h* Q( `+ A2 y
22天在工作,13天回家休息。
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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。& d' V4 c9 y& U& Q) a6 F7 I
Darryl 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.