也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 3 ~/ T$ x/ p, V c) I" W# i; \Newfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home$ e9 Q, Y* X8 ]) \2 A4 q0 l! o
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./ a( C6 H- a9 N1 s
Newfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 / w/ h- t; b3 B
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 7 M! o0 w/ X# T: o* aDarryl 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."& Z: d+ c) M( n& @" L
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。 & s# B! a. C4 O: {. W: i. ]- uDarryl 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.