"AsurveywasconductedinShanghaiwhereintervieweeswereaskediftheywantedtobeafactoryworker.Onepercentofallpeopleinterviewedsaid“YES"WangHongjunatechniciansaidraisinghisvoicefordramaticeffect."ButIcantellyouonlyasmallpartofthat1percentaretellingthetruth."
I'vemetcolorfulpeoplelikeWangalloverChina.Theyarecynical(玩世不恭的)yetwarmheartedplainspokenbutsmart.Andmanyofthemareconfined(局限于)toworkinfactories.
WangisatoptechnicianbutalsorepresentsmanualfactoryworkerswhoareChina'smostimportantnaturalresource.TheirenergyispoweringChina'seconomicboomandtheirmuscleisturningthewheeloftheworld'sfactory.
Butdoestheirunskilledlaborgivetheirlifemeaning?Atschooldidtheytelltheirfriends:"WhenIgrowupIwanttoworkinafactorymakingsocks?"Didyou?
Factoryworkhasalwaysbeenastepping-stonefromfarmlifetothecityandamodernlife.It'sbeenhappeningforcenturiesbuttodaywithourspace-agetechnologyit'soutdated.Earning1200yuan($169)permonthworkinginafactoryisbetterthanthatonafarmbutasWangpointsoutit'snotadreamcareer.Thereshouldbebetterwaystoearnyourrice.
Manymodernfactoriesnolongerhaveproductionlineworkers.Robotsdotheassembly(装配).Peoplejustdothemonitoring.InthisageoftechnologyinwhichChinaisnowworkingsmarterandnotjustharderwhyarepeoplestillstandinginproductionlines?
ButlifeischeapinChina.Sowhynotcontinuetoexploitthelow-costlaborsituationandkeeptheeconomygrowingfastsomeentrepreneursmayask.
Buthavethesebusinessmeneverlaboredinafactory?
1.Howmanypeoplesurveyedreallyliketobefactoryworkers?
A.Onepercent
B.Onlyasmallpart
C.Onlyasmallpartofthatonepercent
D.Thewriterdidn’tmentionit.
2.WhichisNOTthewriter'sopinionoffactoryworkers?
A.cynical B.unimportant
C.warmhearted D.plainspoken
3.WangHongjunisapersonwhois .
A.difficulttogetalongwith