Unique Cambodian Mototaxi Driver

獨特的柬埔寨摩托計程車司機

CoCo Hong，David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. motodop: 載客摩托車

2. dominate：v. 操控

3. motorbike：n. 摩托車

4. gear：n. 裝備

5. faze：v. 使擔憂

6. in the least：ph. 一點也不

7. colleague：n. 同行；同事

8. courageous：adj. 勇敢的

9. counterpart：n. 同行

Cambodia is well known for its taxis and Tuks Tuks, but it’s a small motodop that Um Chanthon drives. She’s one of the few females in the world of mototaxis, an industry traditionally dominated by male drivers.

柬埔寨的計程車和三輪載客機車眾所周知，然而翁湘頌騎的卻是一輛小載客摩托車。在摩托計程車這個傳統上以男性司機掌控的行業中，她則是極少數的女性之一。

Um became a motodop driver nine years ago, after her marriage ended in divorce.

她在9年前離婚後，成為一名載客摩托車司機。

She started working to support her family, including her mother, her two sons and a nephew.

她開始工作來養家活口，包括她的母親以及兩個兒子和一名外甥。

[Um Chanthon, Motodop Driver]:

“Each morning I get up early to clean my motorbike and prepare the gears for my daily work.”

翁湘頌這位載客摩托車司機說道：

「我每天一大早就起床把我的機車清理乾淨，並且準備每日工作所需要的裝備。」

And it doesn’t faze Chanthon in the least that she’s one of the only women doing it. Her male colleagues even praise her for it.

同時，湘頌一點也不擔心她是這個行業當中僅有極少數女性之一，她的男同事還為此稱讚她。

[Chan Ti, Motodop Driver]:

“She is more courageous than us that she can do our work. I praise her heart that she can do this work to support her family after being separated from her husband."

香提，載客摩托車司機：

「她能夠和我們做一樣的工作，真是比我們還勇敢。她在和丈夫離婚後，肯做這項工作來扶養家人，這份心意值得稱許。」

Chanthon gets more female customers than her male counterparts, as they trust her driving skills and want to help her.

比起她的男同事們，湘頌贏得更多的女性顧客，因為她們信任她的騎車技術，並且想要幫助她。

[Von Sreyneang, Customer]:

“She is stronger than me because she can take more than one person, while I cannot even drive just myself properly.”

范水寧，顧客：

「她比我還要厲害，因為她可以載不只一人，而我卻連自己一個人都沒法子好好的騎。」

She gets about six customers a day, which allows her to earn an average of ten U.S. dollars per day.

她一天當中約莫有6名顧客上門，這讓她平均每天可賺進10美元。

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2009-09-02/046916997332.html

更多相關英語學習集結處：

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/ncid205.htm