世界節(jié)假日博覽 第147期:報童日

Newspaper Carrier Day is an important day to celebrate one of society’s forgotten workers– the newspaper carrier. Every day, thousands of newspaper girls and boys get up early and carry heavy bags of newspapers around the streets. They deliver our newspapers before we wake up and few people stop to think about their efforts. In the United States, it honors the first newspaper boy, 10-year-old Barney Flaherty. He started work for the New York Sun newspaper on September 4, 1833. He was the pioneer for all the boys and girls who followed him. Today, many young people top up their pocket money by delivering newspapers. They may be a dying breed because the Internet is causing a drop in newspaper sales.

報童日是一個重要的節(jié)日，它是為贊美被社會遺忘的勞動者——報童而設的。每天，成千上萬個報童早早起床，抱著沉甸甸的報紙穿行在大街小巷。他們在人們起床前就開始送報紙，很少有人想到他們的辛勞。在美國，報童日是為了紀念第一個報童——10歲的巴尼·費海提。他1833年9月4日開始為《紐約太陽報》工作，是所有報童的先驅(qū)。如今，許多年輕人靠送報紙賺取零花錢。由于網(wǎng)絡的興起，報紙銷售量下滑，報童這一行業(yè)奄奄一息。
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Perhaps millions of people have been a newspaper deliverer. It used to be a part-time job for kids aged between 13 and 16. The requirement for Barney Flaherty was simple. He had to show that he could throw a newspaper across someone’s garden to reach the front door. This is a typical scene in the movies showing American suburban life. Times are changing and many adults now deliver newspaper from their cars. It has become too unsafe in many cities for children to be on the streets alone before 6.00 a.m. The money to be earned is also changing. In Britain, it is possible to earn around $25 an hour for delivering newspapers. The next time you wake up to see your newspaper on the doorstep, spare a thought for the person who delivered it.

或許無數(shù)人都曾做過報童。它曾是13歲到16歲孩子的兼職工作?！都~約太陽報》對巴尼·費海提的要求很簡單，他必須展現(xiàn)出他的能力——能把報紙越過花園扔到前門。這是個經(jīng)典的電影場景，揭示了美國人的郊區(qū)生活。時代在改變，現(xiàn)在很多成人通過汽車傳遞報紙。在許多城市，孩子早上六點前單獨在街上是極不安全的。報童賺得錢也在變化。在英國，每小時送報紙賺25美元左右是很有可能的。下次你起床后看到臺階上的報紙時，費心想想是誰送的。