VOA标准英语2012--Thai Migrant Worker Process Flawed, Awareness Low
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Thai Migrant Worker Process Flawed, Awareness 1 Low
Hnin Hnin Win has worked in Thailand since she was 15 and has been cheated three times by past employers.
They charged her altogether $1,000 for work permits she never received and then terminated her employment.
Since November she works for Talay Thai, Thailand's largest seafood 2 distributor and, though conditions are much better, she is still waiting on her paperwork.
"Without legal documentation, I feel afraid and worried, because I have to run or hide when police come here, otherwise I will be arrested," she said.
In Samutsakhon province, about 200,000 Burma migrants form the workforce 3 for Thailand's seafood processing industry.
Talay Thai manager Suwatanachai Visetcharoen says only 10 percent of his workers are undocumented.
But, he argues illegal workers should not be held to strict deadlines for becoming documented because the industry depends on migrant labor 4. "Burmese labor or foreign labor is very important to the Thai seafood industry because most Thai laborers 5 will not do this kind of work," he said.
There are two-and-a-half million migrant workers in Thailand, most from Burma, undocumented, and easy to exploit as they are at risk of being deported 6.
Forewoman Myint Myint Win says seven of her workers lack permits and have to bribe 7 police about $10 a month to avoid arrest.
"We still need to worry about the police. However, my boss has good connections with them. Usually, the police inform my boss about possible police checks in advance by phone. Then, he asks the illegal workers to move or hide to another place," she said.
To prevent abuse, Thailand started a nationality verification program to get foreign workers documented.
But labor activists 8 complain of excessive charges by brokers 9 and requirements for employer backing and workers first returning home.
Migrant Worker Rights Network President Aung Kyaw says they offer legal support but the system itself needs to change. “Migrant workers accept that Nationality Verification is good for them. However, both governments cannot control the exploitation happening in the system," he said.
Labor activists say Thailand needs to simplify its migrant worker policy and enact 10 laws that better protect the workers the country depends on.
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
- 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。
- A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
- A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。
- 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。
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
- He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
- 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》