VOA标准英语2012--Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor 1
9-year-old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter.
But, as a child of migrant workers from Burma her parents cannot make enough money so she only attends 10 days a month.
She spends the rest of her time peeling shrimp 2 in a factory that employs five other children.
Her teacher, Than Than Win says she works there with her parents up to 13 hours per day.
"Parents who have financial problems cannot send their children to school regularly. Sometimes, they ask their children to work and help in their work," she said.
Samutsakhon is Thailand's seafood 3 processing heartland and about a third of exports, worth over a billion dollars per year, go to the United States.
But a review next year of its record on trafficking in persons, including forced and child labor, could result in restrictions 4.
Suwatanachai Visetcharoen is manager of Talay Thai, Thailand's largest seafood wholesaler 5.
He says U.S. limits on Thai imports would have a huge impact because it is their largest single export market.
"It would impact the seller and then the entire country's economy. Some factories may have to close. It would have a great impact," he said.
Activists 6 say government efforts have stamped out blatant 7 labor abuses at many large factories, but smaller ones still use undocumented children because they are cheap and not likely to go to authorities.
The Labor Rights Promotion 8 Network says less than a third of Samutsakhon's 8,000 children of migrants go to school.
Director Sompong Srakaew says without government sponsored schools like this the problem would be worse.
"[Migrant] children who accompany their parents, if they are not supported to be able to go to school, they cannot develop themselves. They will have no life skills and may cause social problems in the future. Thailand is also now under close watch about child labor."
Head of Wat Sri Suttharam School Pisarn Nuntasae says about a quarter of the school's 300 migrant students are illegal and most who enroll 9 end up dropping out to go to work.
He says about 20 percent end up returning to their home countries to try to become documented through a nationality verification process, but most do not return.
"Teachers followed up but were informed that they went back to their home [country] or other provinces. The students did not come back into the school system again. Only 5 perecent came back after nationality verification," he said.
Activists say the nationality verification program, while well intentioned, is cumbersome 10, too expensive, and opens migrants and their children to abuse.
Principal Pisarn says if the children were simply made legal they would not have to leave, could attend class more, and better avoid exploitation.
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
- When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来,将会截断这条河流。
- When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜,我最喜欢虾。
- There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
- Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois. 我们是伊利诺伊州最大的家具批发商。 来自辞典例句
- These are used to create profiles for each wholesaler. 这是他日常的工作或通过与批发商的正式会谈。 来自互联网
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
- His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。
- The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
- The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
- I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
- They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
- Although the machine looks cumbersome,it is actually easy to use.尽管这台机器看上去很笨重,操作起来却很容易。
- The furniture is too cumbersome to move.家具太笨,搬起来很不方便。