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庚子之乱: ‘零’工经济的零‘工’穷途
As the gig economy grows, its workers's paychecks shrink
By Alana Samuels
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As more workers rush to apps, they’re encountering people trying to make
money off their situation. Even before the pandemic, hustlers had been
selling access to bots that grabbed jobs before humans could, and charging
potential workers to use these bots, says Matthew Telles, a longtime
Instacart shopper who has been outspoken about the platform’s flaws. As the
apps get more crowded, he says, people desperate for income can’t resist the
bots “It’s an old-school racket,” he says. Bots are also a problem on
services like Amazon Flex, but Telles says Instacart in particular has become
a target. (Instacart says that using unauthorized third parties in an effort
to secure more batches is not permitted and that anyone found to be doing so
will be deactivated.)
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hustler (nc) 黄牛
[延] hustle (vt) (粗鲁地)推挤他人
[片] hustle somebody into something 催促某人做决定
[例] The salesperson is hustling Johnny into buying the app.
[中] 业务正催促强尼赶快买这个应用程式。
bot (nc) 提供网络自动化服务的程式
[衍] chatbot (nc) 聊天机器人
[衍] nanobot (nc) 奈米机器人
outspoken (adj) 如实陈述的
[衍] blunt (adj) 直言不讳的；不加修饰地的
[例] To be blunt, your proposal isn't attractive.
[中] 坦白说，你的提案并不吸引人。
batch (nc) (被视为整体的) 一群人或物
[类] patch (nc) (与其他区块不同的)小区块
[例] There are some white patches on the shirt.
[中] 这件衬衫上有一些白色色块。
deactivate (v) 停止运作
[反] activate (v) 开始运作
[例] The program is activated by a code.
[中] 这个程式需要密码激活。
[解] deactivate = de (相反的) + act(行动)+ive(形容词词缀) + ate(动词词缀)
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随着越来越多人想用这类应用程式赚些外快， 不肖人士早已准备好要从这些人身上再狠
赚一笔。 Instacart 资深代购人员马修·泰利斯直言说出该平台的缺失：甚至在疫情爆
发之前，黄牛就在用抢单程式截取订单，并向有意愿使用他抢单程式的代购人员收费。当
越来越多人使用这个程式，急需收入的人也会无法抵抗它的诱惑。“这样的问题层出不穷
，”他说。在 Amazon Flex 这样的服务平台上，抢单程式也同样是个问题，但泰利斯指
出Instacart 尤其是这些程式目标。（ Instacart 表示，不允许使用任何未经授权的第
三方程式来获得更多派单， 被发现使用的话使用者帐号将被停用。）
***用语解析***
零工经济 (gig economy)是指在某个特定时间内的短期工作。当工作任务完成或期满，聘
雇关系即终止。gig一词是由英语俚语而来，起初是指音乐家的一场演出，进而延伸出短
期非固定工作的意思。
原文出处: TIME Vol.195
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