噓 ww :哪一個已開發國家是年輕人逃到國外做粗工的 06/28 14:22
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The Wall Street Journal http://0rz.tw/ccOEX 華爾街日報
More U.S. Job-Hunters Try Australia
越來越多美國求職者 試著前往澳大利亞
Australia's economic boom is spurring a steady stream of unexpected visitors
looking for work: Americans.
澳大利亞的經濟繁榮正在催生一股以找工作為目的前往澳洲的穩定客流，這批人的來源地
出人意料，他們來自美國。
U.S. citizens are heading to Australia in small but growing numbers as
near-10% unemployment at home drives more to look for jobs Down Under, where
China's thirst for iron ore and energy is transforming the Pacific nation
into an economic powerhouse.
美國接近10%的失業率正推動更多的美國人前往澳大利亞尋找工作，因此前往澳洲的美國
人雖然現在數量還不多，但卻在不斷增長。得益於中國對鐵礦石和能源的渴求，澳大利亞
經濟正在強勁增長。
Daniel Davila, a 23-year-old timber floorer from Camarillo, Calif.—a Los
Angeles suburb knee-deep in the Golden State's housing dust bowl—made the
14-hour move across the Pacific two years ago. He had been forced to take a
job stocking shelves at a local grocery store for $8.90 an hour when he
couldn't get work installing floors.
23歲的Daniel Davila是來自加州Camarillo的一名木地板鋪設工，這座洛杉磯郊區的小鎮
深受加州住房市場蕭條之苦，他兩年前坐了14小時飛機跨越太平洋來到澳大利亞。在美國
時由於得不到鋪設木地板的工作，他曾被迫在當地一家雜貨店幹給貨架上貨的工作，每小
時工資只有8.90美元。
On a good day in Australia, he now makes as much as 50 Australian dollars
(US$50.21) an hour—about twice the going rate for a typical flooring job in
the U.S. He plans to start his own flooring business.
而目前在澳大利亞，如果趕上生意好，他每小時最多能掙50澳元(合50.21美元)，這大約
是美國鋪地板工作通常每小時工資的兩倍。戴維拉計劃創立自己的木地板鋪設企業。
"I can make what I did in a week in the U.S. in less than a day here," said
Mr. Davila, who lives near the mining boom town of Perth, in Western
Australia.
他說，我在澳大利亞不到一天賺的錢能趕上我在美國一周賺的。Davila 居住在西澳大利
亞繁榮的礦業城市珀斯附近。
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