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Unit1Wanted：Blue-Collar Workers招聘蓝领工人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 of skilled workers. That shortage is surely a problem for manufacturers like Wright.这听起来可能令人吃惊，因为这个国家整整一代人已经遭受了失业的痛苦。然而，纵观整个中心地带，我们几乎可以发现同样的问题：熟练工人短缺。这种短缺正是像赖特这样的制造商们所面临的一个共同问题。3The skilled-labor shortage shows a remarkable recovery in American manufacturing. Since 2009, the number of job opportunities in manufacturing has been rising, with average annual earnings of $73,000, well above the average earnings in education, medical care, and many other fields.熟练劳动力短缺表明美国制造业在明显复苏。2009年以来，制造业产生的就业岗位就一直在上升，年均收入73000美元，远远超过了教育、医疗和其他许多领域的平均收入水平。4. The industrial recovery comes with a price: a quickly rising demand for skilled workers.The shortage of industrial skills points to a wide gap between the American education system and the demands of the world economy.For many years, Americans have been told that the future lies in high-end services, such as law, and “creative” professions, such as software-writing and systems design.This has led many bright students to think that the only real way to improve opportunities for the country’s middle class is to increase its chances to get higher education.伴随工业的复苏是对熟练工人的需求的不断上升。工业技能的缺乏是由美国的教育体系和世界经济需求之间的巨大差距所导致的。多年来，美国的民众一直被灌输一种想法，即美国的未来是建立在诸如法律这样的高端服务或编写软件和系统设计这样的“创造性”行业之上的。这就使得