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unit-1-3原文+翻译-汇总 Unit1 Wanted：Blue-Collar Workers 招聘蓝领工人

1 To many, America’s industrial heartland is a place that has too little work to offer its residents. But things look very different to Karen Wright, the CEO of Ariel Corporation in Ohio. Wright’s biggest problem isn’t a lack of work; it’s a lack of skilled workers. “We have a very skilled workforce, but they are getting older,” says Wright. “I don’t know where we are going to find replacements.” 对于很多人来说，美国的工业中心地带并不

能给那里的居民提供许多就业岗位。但是，在卡

伦-赖特看来，事情并非如此。作为俄亥俄州阿

里尔公司的首席执行官，赖特面临的最大问题并

不是缺乏就业岗位，而是缺乏熟练技术工人。 “我们有一支非常熟练的劳动力队伍，但他们的

年纪越来越大。”怀特说。“我不知道我们要去

哪里寻找新鲜血液来替代他们。”

2. That may sound surprising, given that

the state has suffered from lack of jobs for

a generation. Yet across the heartland, one

can almost find the same problem: a shortage