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单选题 Para. 1 ①From her apartment at the foot of the celebrated zigzags of Lombard Street, Judith Calson has twice peered out her window as thieves smashed their way into cars and snatched whatever they could. ②She has seen foreign tourists cry after cash and passports were stolen. ③She shudders when she recounts the story of the Thai tourist who was shot because he resisted thieves taking his camera. Para. 2 'I never thought of this area as a high-crime neighborhood,' Ms. Calson, a retired photographer, said of this leafy part of the city, where tourists flock to view the steeply sloped, crooked street adorned with flower beds. Para. 3 ①San Francisco, America's boom town, is flooded with the cash of well-paid technology workers and record numbers of tourists. ②At the same time, the city has seen a sharp jump in property crime, up more than 60 percent since 2010, though the actual increase may be higher because many of the crimes go unreported. Para. 4 ①Recent data from the F.B.I. show that San Francisco has the highest per-capita property crime rate of the nation's top 50 cities. ②About half the cases here are thefts from vehicles, smash-and-grabs that scatter glittering broken glass onto the sidewalks. Para. 5 The city, known for a political tradition of empathy for the downtrodden, is now divided over whether to respond with more muscular law enforcement or stick to its forgiving attitudes. Para. 6 ①The Chamber of Commerce and the tourist board are calling for harsher measures to improve what is euphemistically called the 'condition of the streets,' a term that encompasses the intractable homeless problem, public intravenous drug use, the large population of mentally ill people on the streets and aggressive panhandling. ②The chamber recently released the results of an opinion poll that showed that homelessness and 'street behavior' were the primary concerns of residents here. Para. 7 The divided opinions on how to handle the problems are evident among members of the Board of Supervisors. Para. 8 ①Scott Wiener, a supervisor and an advocate for more aggressive law enforcement, said his constituents were urging him to act. ②'I can't tell you the number of times where I have received emails from moms saying, 'My kids just asked me why that man has a syringe sticking out of his arm,'' he said. Para. 9 On the other side is David Campos, a supervisor who opposes the increase in police officers and describes Mr. Wiener's views as 'a very knee-jerk kind of punitive approach that is ineffective and inconsistent with the values of San Francisco.' Para. 10 'We are not going to criminalize people for being poor,' he said. 'That criminalization is only going to make it harder for them to get out of poverty.' Para. 11 San Francisco's liberal ethos, Mr. Campos said, was changing as the city focused more on business and the needs of the tech industry. Para. 12 ①'I think there has been a shift in the people who have come to San Francisco,' Mr. Campos said of the city's new arrivals, a group that is well educated and well heeled. ②He deplores what he describes as a growing 'sink-or-swim' free-market ideology that stands in contrast to the city's traditions. Para. 13 'I don't know which San Francisco will prevail,' he said.
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单选题 Para. 1 For more than a year, Facebook has endured cascading crises—over Russian misinformation, data privacy and abusive content—that transformed the Silicon Valley icon into an embattled giant accused of corporate over-reach and negligence. Para. 2 ①Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, was publicly declaring it a 'crazy idea' that his company had played a role in deciding the American election. ②But security experts at the company already knew otherwise. Para. 3 ①They found signs that Russian hackers were poking around the Facebook accounts of people linked to American presidential campaigns. ②Months later, they saw Russian-controlled accounts sharing information from hacked Democratic emails with reporters. ③Facebook accumulated evidence of Russian activity for over a year before executives opted to share what they knew with the public—and even their own board of directors. Para. 4 As criticism grew over Facebook's belated admissions of Russian influence, the company launched a lobbying campaign—overseen by Sheryl Sandberg, the company's chief operating officer—to combat critics and shift anger toward rival tech firms. Para. 5 ①Facebook hired Senator Mark Warner's former chief of staff to lobby him; Ms. Sandberg personally called Senator Amy Klobuchar to complain about her criticism. ②The company also deployed a public relations firm to push negative stories about its political critics and cast blame on companies like Google. Para. 6 Those efforts included depicting the billionaire liberal donor George Soros as the force behind a broad anti-Facebook movement, and publishing stories praising Facebook and criticizing Google and Apple on a conservative news site. Para. 7 ①Facebook faced worldwide outrage in March after The Times, The Observer of London and The Guardian published a joint investigation into how user data had been appropriated by Cambridge Analytica to profile American voters. ②But inside Facebook, executives thought they could contain the damage. ③The company installed a new chief of American lobbying to help quell the bipartisan anger in Congress, and it quietly shelved an internal communications campaign, called 'We Get It,' meant to assure employees that the company was committed to getting back on track. Para. 8 ①Sensing Facebook's vulnerability, some rival tech firms in Silicon Valley sought to use the outcry to promote their own brands. ②After Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, quipped in an interview that his company did not traffic in personal data, Mr. Zuckerberg ordered his management team to use only Android phones. ③After all, he reasoned, the operating system had far more users than Apple's. Para. 9 Washington's senior Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, raised more money from Facebook employees than any other member of Congress and he was there when the company needed him. Para. 10 ①This past summer, as Facebook's troubles mounted, Mr. Schumer confronted Mr. Warner, who by then had emerged as Facebook's most insistent inquisitor in Congress. ②Back off, Mr. Schumer told Mr. Warner, and look for ways to work with Facebook, not vilify it. ③Lobbyists for Facebook—which also employs Mr. Schumer's daughter—were kept abreast of Mr. Schumer's efforts.
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单选题 第一段 ①精准加力补短板。②要针对严重制约经济社会发展和民生改善的突出问题,加大补短板力度,加快提升公共服务、基础设施、创新发展、资源环境等支撑能力。 第二段 ③贫困地区和贫困人口是全面建成小康社会最大的短板。④要深入实施精准扶贫精准脱贫,今年再减少农村贫困人口1000万以上,完成易地扶贫搬迁340万人。⑤中央财政专项扶贫资金增长30%以上。⑥加强集中连片特困地区、革命老区开发,改善基础设施和公共服务,推动特色产业发展、劳务输出、教育和健康扶贫,实施贫困村整体提升工程,增强贫困地区和贫困群众自我发展能力。 第三段 ⑦推进贫困县涉农资金整合,强化资金和项目监管。⑧创新扶贫协作机制,支持社会力量参与扶贫。⑨切实落实脱贫攻坚责任制,实施最严格的评估考核,严肃查处假脱贫、“被脱贫”、数字脱贫,确保脱贫得到群众认可、经得起历史检验。
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翻译题Sister Wendy Beckett, the TV star and art
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翻译题19世纪末,德国地理学家斐迪南-冯-里希霍芬(Ferdinand von
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翻译题本届论坛直接服务于进博会的总体目标,紧扣当前国际国内经贸发展的新趋势和新变化,体现开放发展新理念
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翻译题Everyone in Nawab Colony can point to victims.
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翻译题A study published this week in the Proceedings
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翻译题In 1876 Tetteh Quarshie, a blacksmith, smuggled
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翻译题……当前,信息技术、生命科学、智能制造、绿色能源等前沿领域不断突破
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翻译题在这个百年变局中,中国当然也会遇到各种新的挑战和新的风险。然而,中国外交就像一艘在大海中航行的巨轮
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翻译题中国中铁股份有限公司是集勘察设计、施工安装、工业制造、房地产开发、资源矿产、金融投资和其他业务于一体
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翻译题敦煌行-丝绸之路国际旅游节自2011年开始在甘肃举办,是全国唯一以丝绸之路命名的常设性旅游节会
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翻译题Risto Siilasmaa is the chairman of Nokia, which
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翻译题As dawn breaks in Hanoi the botanical gardens
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翻译题肿瘤已经成为我国致死疾病的头号凶手,根据国家癌症中心最新发布的中国恶性肿瘤发病和死亡分析报告
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翻译题According to the newly released Global Nutrition
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英译汉Stroll through the farmers’ market and you will hear a plethora of languages and see a rainbow of faces. Drive down Canyon Road and stop for halal meat or Filipino pork belly at adjacent markets. Along the highway, browse the aisles of a giant Asian supermarket stocking fresh napa cabbage and mizuna or fresh kimchi. Head toward downtown and you’ll see loncheras — taco trucks — on street corners and hear Spanish bandamusic. On the city’s northern edge, you can sample Indian chaat. Welcome to Beaverton, a Portland suburb that is home to Oregon’s fastest growing immigrant population. Once a rural community, Beaverton, population 87,000, is now the sixth largest city in Oregon — with immigration rates higher than those of Portland, Oregon’s largest city. Best known as the world headquarters for athletic shoe company Nike, Beaverton has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. Settled by immigrants from northern Europe in the 19th century, today it is a place where 80 languages from Albanian to Urdu are spoken in the public schools and about 30 percent of students speak a language besides English, according to English as a Second Language program director Wei Wei Lou. Beaverton’s wave of new residents began arriving in the 1960s, with Koreans and Tejanos (Texans of Mexican origin), who were the first permanent Latinos. In 1960, Beaverton’s population of Latinos and Asians was less than 0.3 percent. By 2000, Beaverton had proportionately more Asian and Hispanic residents than the Portland metro area. Today, Asians comprise 10 percent and Hispanics 11 percent of Beaverton’s population. Mayor Denny Doyle says that many in Beaverton view the immigrants who are rapidly reshaping Beaverton as a source of enrichment. “Citizens here especially in the arts and culture community think it’s fantastic that we have all these different possibilities here,” he says. Gloria Vargas, 50, a Salvadoran immigrant, owns a popular small restaurant, Gloria’s Secret Café, in downtown Beaverton. “I love Beaverton,” she says. “I feel like I belong here.” Her mother moved her to Los Angeles as a teenager in 1973, and she moved Oregon in 1979. She landed a coveted vendor spot in the Beaverton Farmers Market in 1999. Now in addition to running her restaurant, she has one of the most popular stalls there, selling up to 200 Salvadoran tamales — wrapped in banana leaves rather than corn husks — each Saturday. “Once they buy my food, they always come back for more,” she says. “It’s pretty relaxed here,” says Taj Suleyman, 28, born and raised in Lebanon, and recently transplanted to Beaverton to start a job working with immigrants from many countries. Half Middle Eastern and half African, Suleyman says he was attracted to Beaverton specifically because of its diversity. He serves on a city-sponsored Diversity Task Force set up by Mayor Doyle. Mohammed Haque, originally from Bangladesh, finds Beaverton very welcoming. His daughter, he boasts, was even elected her high school’s homecoming queen. South Asians such as Haque have transformed Bethany, a neighborhood north of Beaverton. It is dense with immigrants from Gujarat, a state in India and primary source for the first wave of Beaverton’s South Asian immigrants. The first wave of South Asian immigrants to Beaverton, mostly Gujaratis from India, arrived in the 1960s and 1970s, when the motel and hotel industry was booming. Many bought small hotels and originally settled in Portland, and then relocated to Beaverton for better schools and bigger yards. The second wave of South Asians arrived during the high-tech boom of the 1980s, when the software industry, and Intel and Tektronix, really took off. Many of Beaverton’s Asians converge at Uwajimaya, a 30,000-square-foot supermarket near central Beaverton. Bernie Capell, former special events coordinator at Uwajimaya, says that many come to shop for fresh produce every day. But the biggest group of shoppers at Uwajimaya, she adds, are Caucasians. Beaverton’s Asian population boasts a sizable number of Koreans, who began to arrive in the late 1960s and early 1970s. According to Ted Chung, a native of Korea and Beaverton resident since 1978, three things stand out about his fellow Korean immigrants. Upon moving to Beaverton, they join a Christian church — often Methodist or Presbyterian — as a gathering place; they push their children to excel in school; and they shun the spotlight. Chung says he and his fellow Korean émigrés work hard as small businessmen — owning groceries, dry cleaners, laundromats, delis, and sushi shops — and are frugal so they can send their children to a leading university. Most recently, immigrants from Central and South America, as well as refugees from Iraq and Somalia, have joined the Beaverton community. Many Beaverton organizations help immigrants. The Beaverton Resource Center helps all immigrants with health and literacy services. The Somali Family Education Center helps Somalis and other African refugees to get settled. And one Beaverton elementary school even came up with the idea of a “sew in”— parents of students sewing together — to welcome Somali Bantu parents and bridge major cultural differences. Historically white churches, such as Beaverton First United Methodist Church, offer immigration ministries. And Beaverton churches of all denominations host Korean- or Spanish-language services. Beaverton’s Mayor Doyle wants refugee and immigrant leaders to participate in the town’s decision-making. He set up a Diversity Task Force whose mission is “to build inclusive and equitable communities in the City of Beaverton.” The task force is working to create a multicultural community center for Beavertonians of all backgrounds. The resources and warm welcome that Beaverton gives immigrants are reciprocated in the affection that many express for their new home. Kaltun Caynan, 40, a Somali woman who came to Beaverton in 2001 fleeing civil war, is an outreach coordinator for the Somali Family Education Center. “I like it so much,” she said, cheerfully. “Nobody discriminate[s against] me, everybody smiling at me.”
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英译汉NARSAQ,Greenland—AsicebergsintheKayakHarborpopandhisswhilemeltingaway,thisremoteArctictownanditsculturearealsodisappearinginachangingclimate.Narsaq’slargestemployer,ashrimpfactory,closedafewyearsagoafterthecrustaceansflednorthtocoolerwater.Whereoncetherewereeightcommercialfishingvessels,thereisnowone.Asaresult,thepopulationhere,oneofsouthernGreenland’smajortowns,hasbeenhalvedto1,500injustadecade.Suicidesareup. “Fishingistheheartofthistown,”saidHansKaspersen,63,afisherman.“Lotsofpeoplehavelosttheirlivelihoods.” ButevenaswarmingtemperaturesareupendingtraditionalGreenlandiclife,theyarealsoofferingupintriguingnewopportunitiesforthisstateof57,000—perhapsnowheremoresothanhereinNarsaq.VastnewdepositsofmineralsandgemsarebeingdiscoveredasGreenland’smassiveicecaprecedes,formingthebasisofapotentiallylucrativeminingindustry.Oneoftheworld’slargestdepositsofrareearthmetals—essentialformanufacturingcellphones,windturbinesandelectriccars—sitsjustoutsideNarsaq.ThiscouldbemomentousforGreenland,whichhaslongreliedonhalfabilliondollarsayearinwelfarepaymentsfromDenmark,itsparentstate.MiningprofitscouldhelpGreenlandbecomeeconomicallyselfsufficientandrenderitthefirstsovereignnationcreatedbyglobalwarming. “Oneofourgoalsistoobtainindependence,”saidVittusQujaukitsoq,aprominentlaborunionleader. Buttherapidtransitionfromasocietyofindividualfishermenandhunterstoaneconomysupportedbycorporateminingraisesdifficultquestions.HowwouldGreenland’sinsularsettlementstolerateaninfluxofthousandsofPolishorChineseconstructionworkers,ashasbeenproposed?WillminingdespoilanaturalenvironmentessentialtoGreenland’snationalidentity—thewhalesandseals,thesilenticyfjords,andmythicpolarbears?Canfishermanreinventthemselvesasminers? “Ithinkminingwillbethefuture,butthisisadifficultphase,”saidJensB.Frederiksen,Greenland’shousingandinfrastructureministerandadeputypremier.“It’saplanthatnoteveryonewants.It’sabouttraditions,thefreedomofaboat,familyprofessions.” TheArcticiswarmingevenfasterthanotherpartsoftheplanet,andtherapidlymeltingiceiscausingalarmamongscientistsaboutsea-levelrise.InnortheasternGreenland,averageyearlytemperaturehaverisen4.5degreesinthepast15years,andscientistspredicttheareacouldwarmby14to21degreesbytheendofthecentury. Already,winterpackicethatcoversthefjordsisnolongerstableenoughfordogsleddingandsnowmobiletrafficinmanyareas.Winterfishing,essentialtofeedingfamilies,isbecominghazardousorimpossible. IthaslongbeenknownthatGreenlandsatuponvastminerallodes,andtheDanishgovernmenthasmappedthemintermittentlyfordecades.NielsBohr,Denmark’sNobelPrize-winningnuclearphysicistandamemberoftheManhattanProject,visitedNarsaqin1957becauseofitsuraniumdeposits.Butpreviousattemptsatminingmostlyfailed,provingtooexpensiveintheinclementconditions.Now,warminghasalteredtheequation. Greenland’sBureauofMineralsandPetroleum,chargedwithmanagingtheboom,currentlyhas150activelicensesformineralexploration,upfrom20adecadeago.Altogether,companiesspent$100millionexploringGreenland’sdepositslastyear,andseveralareapplyingforlicensestobeginconstructiononnewmines,bearinggold,ironandzincandrareearths.Therearealsoforeigncompaniesexploringforoffshoreoil. “Forme,Iwouldn’tmindifthewholeicecapdisappears,”saidOleChristiansen,thechiefexecutiveofNunamMinerals,Greenland’slargesthomegrownminingcompany,ashepickedhiswayalongaproposedgoldminingsiteupthefjordfromNuuk,Greenland’scapital.“Asitmelts,we’reseeingnewplaceswithveryattractivegeology.” TheBlackAngelleadandzincmine,whichclosedin1990,isapplyingtoreopenthisyear,saidJorgenT.Hammeken-Holm,whooverseeslicensingatthecountry’sminingbureau,“becausetheiceisinretreatandyou’regettingmuchmoretoexplore.” TheGreenlandicgovernmenthopesthatminingwillprovidenewrevenue.IngrantingGreenlandhomerulein2009,Denmarkfrozeitsannualsubsidy,whichisscheduledtobedecreasedfurtherinthecomingyears. HereinNarsaq,acollectionofbrightlypaintedhomesborderedbyspectacularfjords,twoforeigncompaniesareapplyingtothegovernmentforpermissiontomine. “Thisishuge;wecouldbeminingthisforthenext100years,”saidEricSondergaard,ageologistwiththeAustralian-ownedcompanyGreenlandMineralsandEnergy,whowasontheoutskirtsofNarsaqonedayrecently,pickingatrocksonamoon-likeplateaurichwithanestimated10.5milliontonsofrareearthore. Thatproximitypromisesemployment,andthecompanyisalreadyschoolingsomeyoungmenindrillingandinEnglish,theinternationallanguageofmineoperations.Itplanstobuildaprocessingplant,anewportandmoreroads.(Greenlandcurrentlyhasnoneoutsideofsettledareas.)Narsaq’stinyairport,previouslythreatenedwithclosurefromlackoftraffic,couldbeexpanded.Alocallandlordiscontemplatingconvertinganabandonedapartmentblockintoahotel. “TherewillbealotofpeoplecomingfromoutsideandthatwillbeabigchallengesinceGreenlandicculturehasbeenisolated,”saidJasperSchroder,astudenthomeinNarsaqfromuniversityinDenmark. Still,hesupportsthemineandhopesitwillprovidejobsandstemtherashofsuicides,particularlyamonghispeers;Greenlandhasoneofthehighestsuicideratesintheworld.“Peopleinthisculturedon’twanttobeaburdentotheirfamiliesiftheycan’tcontribute,”hesaid. Butnotallareconvincedofthebenefitsofmining.“OfcoursetheminewillhelpthelocaleconomyandwillhelpGreenland,butI’mnotsosureifitwillbegoodforus,”saidDorotheaRodgaard,whorunsalocalguesthouse.“Weareworriedaboutthelossofnature.”
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英译汉PALOSDELAFRONTERA,Spain—BackhomeinGambia,AmadouJallowwas,at22,aloverofreggaewhohadjustfinishedcollegeandhadlandedajobteachingscienceinahighschool. ButEuropebeckoned. InhisWestAfricanhomeland,Mr.Jallow?ssalarywastheequivalentofjust50eurosamonth,barelyenoughforthenecessities,hesaid.AndeverywhereinhisneighborhoodinSerekunda,Gambia?slargestcity,therewastalkofeasymoneytobemadeinEurope. Nowhelaughsbitterlyaboutallthattalk.HelivesinapatchofwoodshereinsouthernSpain,justoutsidethevillageofPalosdelaFrontera,withhundredsofotherimmigrants.Theyhavebuilttheirhomesoutofplasticsheetingandcardboard,unsureifthewatertheydrinkfromanopenpipeissafe.Aftersixyearsonthecontinent,Mr.Jallowisrailthin,andhiseyeshaveayellowtinge.“Wearenotbushpeople,”hesaidrecentlyashegatheredtwigstostartafire.“Youthinkyouarecivilized.Butthisishowwelivehere.Wesufferhere.” ThepoliticalupheavalinLibyaandelsewhereinNorthAfricahasopenedthewayforthousandsofnewmigrantstomaketheirwaytoEuropeacrosstheMediterranean.Alreadysome25,000havereachedtheislandofLampedusa,Italy,andhundredsmorehavearrivedatMalta. Theboats,atfirst,broughtmostlyTunisians.Butlatelytherehavebeenmoresub-Saharans.Expertssaythousandsmore—manyofwhomhavebeenmovingaroundNorthAfricatryingtogettoEuropeforyears,includingSomalis,Eritreans,SenegaleseandNigerians—arelikelytofollow,surethatabetterlifeawaitsthem. ButforMr.Jallowandformanyotherswhoarrivedbeforethem,oftenafterdaysatseawithoutfoodorwater,Europehasofferedhardshipstheyneverimagined.ThesedaysMr.Jallowsurvivesontwomealsaday,mostlyaleadenpastemadefromflourandoil,whichhestirswithabranch. “Itkeepsthehungeraway,”hesaid. Theauthoritiesestimatethatthereareperhaps10,000immigrantslivinginthewoodsinthesouthernSpanishprovinceofAndalusia,aregionknownforitscropsofstrawberries,raspberriesandblueberries,andtherearethousandsmoremigrantsinareasthatproduceolives,orangesandvegetables.MostofthemhavestoriesthatechoMr.Jallow?s. Fromtheroad,theirencampmentslooklikeigloostuckedamongthetrees.Upclose,thesqualorisclear.Pilesofgarbageandfliesareeverywhere.Oldclothes,stifffromdirtandrain,hangfrombranches. “Thereiseverythinginthere,”saidDiegoCa?amero,theleaderofthefarmworkers?unioninAndalusia,whichtriestoadvocateforthemen.“Youhaveratsandsnakesandmiceandfleas.” Themeninthewoodsdonotcallhomewiththetruth,though.TheysendpicturesofthemselvesposingnexttoMercedescarsparkedonthestreet,thekindofpicturesthatMr.Jallowsayshefellforsomanyyearsago.Nowheshakeshisheadtowardhisneighbors,whowillnottalktoreporters. “Somanylies,”hesaid.“Itisterriblewhattheyaredoing.Buttheyareembarrassed.” Evennow,though,Mr.JallowwillnotconsidergoingbacktoGambia.“Iwouldprefertodiehere,”hesaid.“Icannotgohomeempty-handed.IfIwenthome,theywouldbesaying,?Whathaveyoubeendoingwithyourself,Amadou??TheythinkinEuropethereismoneyallover.”Theimmigrants—virtuallyallofthemaremen—clusterbynationalityandlookforworkonthefarms.ButMr.Ca?amerosaystheyareofferedonlytheleastdesirablework,likehandlingpesticides,andlittleofitatthat.Mosthavenoworkingpapers. Occasionally,thepolicebringbulldozerstoteardowntheshelters.Butthemen,whohaveusuallyusedtheirfamily?slifesavingstogethere,aremostlyleftalone—theconditionstheyliveunderareanopensecretinthenearbyvillages. ThemayorofPalosdeLaFronteradidnotreturnphonecallsaboutthecamp.ButJuanJoséVolante,themayorofnearbyMoguer,whichhasanevenlargerencampment,issuedastatementsayingthetowndidnothaveenoughmoneytohelpthemen.“Theproblemistoobigforus,”hesaid.“Ofcourse,wewouldliketodomore.” Onawarmspringnight,someofthemenplaycardssittingontheplasticpesticidecontainersandbrokenfurnituretheyhavecollectedfromthetrash.Somedriftintotowntosocializeandbuysupplies,iftheyhavemoney.Buttheyarenotwelcomeinthelocalbars.DuringtheWorldCuplastyear,thefarmworkers?unionarrangedforatrucktosetupagianttelevisionscreenintheforestsothemencouldwatchit. “Thebarsdon?twantthem,”Mr.Ca?amerosaid.“Theysaythemensmellbadandtheyarenotgoodforbusiness.MostofthemareMuslim,andtheydon?tbuyalcohol.” Mr.Jallowhadhismother?sblessingbuthadnottoldhisfatherabouthisplanswhenhelefthomeonhisbicyclein2002,headingforSenegal,wherehehopedtofindaboattotheCanaryIslands. HeendedupinGuinea-Bissau,where,onenighttwoyearslater,hegotwordthataboatforEuropewouldleaveinafewhours.Thereweresomanypeopleaboard—131—thathewasbarelyabletomoveforthe11dayshespentatsea.Thelastfivedayswerewithoutfoodandwater. Passengerswerevomitingconstantly,hesaid.Theyoungmansittingnexttohimdiedonenight,thoughnoonenoticeduntilthemorning.Hisbodywasthrownoverboard. “Alotofuscouldnotwalkwhentheytookusofftheboat,”herecalled.“Icouldstillwalk,butitwaslikeIwasdrunk.IputmyselfinGod?shandsthathewouldtakecareofme.” After40daysinadetentioncenterintheCanaryIslandshewasbroughttothemainlandandreleasedwithastandardordertoleavethecountry.“IthoughtIwasgoingtobeamillionaire,”Mr.Jallowsaid. Hismothermanagedtogetanuncleonthephonewhosaidhewouldmeethimatatrainstation.Butwhenhearrivedthere,hisuncle?sphonerangandrang.Later,helearnedhisunclelivednowherenearthestation.Soon,hewassteeredtotheforestbyotherimmigrants. InthesixyearshehaslivedinSpain,Mr.Jallowhasfoundtemporaryworkinrestaurantsorinthefields,sometimesmaking30euros,orabout$42,for10hoursofwork.Hesayshehasmadeabout12,000euros,closeto$17,000,sincecomingtoEurope,andsentmaybeathirdofithome.Hehasnottalkedtohisfamilyinmonthsbecausehehasnomoney. “Timesarebadforeveryonehere,”hesaid.“Notlongago,Isawmyuncleinthewoods.ButItoldhimhewasnothingtome.”
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