
Thirty minutes north of New Zealand’s capital, raucous(喧闹的) laughter is tumbling out of(涌出) a nondescript(不起眼的) building in Naenae – an economically deprived(贫困的) suburb in Lower Hutt – into the car park of a tiny shopping strip.
在新西兰首都以北三十分钟车程处,一阵阵喧闹的笑声从Naenae一栋不起眼的建筑里传出,飘进一条小型购物街的停车场。Naenae是Lower Hutt一个经济贫困的郊区。
Inside, 10 students aged between 15 and 24 are trying to better(改善,提升) their chances of finding a job, with help from Youth Inspire, a not-for-profit(非营利的) that assists hundreds of young people each year into training, education or work.
在里面,10名年龄在15至24岁之间的学生正在努力提升自己的求职机会,帮助他们的是Youth Inspire——一家每年协助数百名年轻人接受培训、教育或就业的非营利机构。
They have been working on CVs, learning to drive, and today are roleplaying challenging moments in a workplace. There is a lightness and camaraderie in the room that belies their day-to-day reality – one shaped by a desperate and lonely search for work that is not there.(房间里弥漫着一种轻松和同袍情谊,掩盖了他们日复一日的现实——那是一种由绝望而孤独的求职所塑造的现实,而工作机会并不存在。)
他们一直在修改简历、学习驾驶,今天则在角色扮演职场中的棘手时刻。房间里弥漫着一种轻松和同袍情谊,掩盖了他们日复一日的现实——那是一种由绝望而孤独的求职所塑造的现实,而工作机会并不存在。
‘Young people need to see some hope’
“年轻人需要看到一些希望”