也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 2 E6 o" ~! e; t0 wNewfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home& u/ Y8 J7 u2 M, e
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. ( p! Q4 |3 ^, Z d4 HNewfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 - k1 W% l8 H7 O. L6 A' j* P
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 " v4 c7 {$ M. i8 u A5 iDarryl 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."- a1 _/ V3 }8 O
22天在工作,13天回家休息。
! V! S7 Q# w; T* ~* |: o$ t7 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。: h& N% h7 ^) A' O: R! t- P
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.