也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。5 g& E4 k+ h* m. ~
Newfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home* F4 E2 {7 L- d
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. ) H! e, `+ }5 }9 [% ^Newfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 : w7 d5 B5 B: c: @9 t1 y
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的0 \, f9 i; ]6 Q
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." g' t& X- M B* N5 \2 Z$ t22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。 ! A+ \( ], H/ ~( F, L- G( l* ~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.