VOA慢速英语：俄亥俄州建筑工人短缺

The American state of Ohio's largest-ever economic development project is expected to put workers in demand.
美国俄亥俄州有史以来规模最大的经济发展项目预计将增加对劳动力的需求。
 
The project will need 7,000 construction workers. But currently, experts say there is a national shortage of people working in the industry.
该项目预计需要7,000名建筑工人。但目前，专家表示，全国范围内该行业的工作人员短缺。
 
The semiconductor manufacturer Intel announced the $20 billion project earlier this year. When its two factories open in 2025 near Columbus, they are expected to employ 3,000 people with an average pay of around $135,000.
今年早些时候,半导体制造商英特尔宣布了这个价值 200 亿美元的项目。当其两家工厂于 2025 年在哥伦布附近开业时，预计将雇用 3,000 名员工，平均工资约为 135,000 美元。
 
But first, the area must be developed and the semiconductor factories have to be built.
但首先，必须开发该地区并建立半导体工厂。
 
Labor leaders and state officials say Central Ohio does not have 7,000 extra construction workers. Currently, projects in the area include a large Hilton hotel in the capital, Columbus, and a $2 billion addition to The Ohio State University's medical center. Also, drug maker Amgen is planning to build a $365 million biomanufacturing plant not far from the Intel factory. Biomanufacturing uses biological systems to make medicines, food and industrial products.
工党领袖和州官员表示，俄亥俄州中部没有 7,000 名额外的建筑工人。目前，该地区的项目包括首都哥伦布的一家大型希尔顿酒店，以及俄亥俄州立大学医疗中心的 20 亿美元扩建项目。此外，制药商安进公司(Amgen)正计划在离英特尔工厂不远的地方建造一座价值 3.65 亿美元的生物制造工厂。生物制造使用生物系统来制造药品、食品和工业产品。
 
To win the project, Ohio officials offered Intel support equal to about $2 billion including 30 years of reduced taxes.
为了赢得该项目，俄亥俄州官员向英特尔提供了约 20 亿美元的支持，其中包括 30 年的减税。
 
Building is expected to go faster after Congress approved a spending law last month that aims to help the semiconductor industry and increase scientific research in the United States. The law gives more than $52 billion in support to the semiconductor industry. It also provides a 25 percent tax credit for companies that invest in computer processor plants in the U.S.
在国会上个月批准一项旨在帮助半导体行业并增加美国科学研究的支出法后，预计建设速度将加快。该法律为半导体行业提供了超过 520 亿美元的支持。它还为在美国投资计算机处理器工厂的公司提供 25% 的税收抵免。
 
"One of Intel's top reasons for choosing Ohio is access to the region's robust workforce," the company said. "It will not be without its challenges, but we are confident there is enough demand that these jobs will be filled."
“英特尔选择俄亥俄州的首要原因之一是能够接触到该地区强大的劳动力，”该公司表示。“它不会没有挑战，但我们相信有足够的需求来填补这些工作岗位。”
 
Federal government information says there are about 45,000 construction workers in central Ohio. That number increased by 1,800 from May 2021 to May 2022, which suggests a shortage given current and future demands.
联邦政府信息显示，俄亥俄州中部约有 45,000 名建筑工人。从 2021 年 5 月到 2022 年 5 月，这一数字增加了 1,800 人，这表明鉴于当前和未来的需求，工人短缺。
 
"I don't know of a single commercial construction company that's not hiring," said Mary Tebeau. Tebeau is with the Builders Exchange of Central Ohio, a construction industry trade group.
“我不知道有哪家商业建筑公司不招人。”玛丽·特博说。特博在俄亥俄州中部的建筑商交易所工作，该交易所是一个建筑行业贸易集团。
 
Including overtime, pay for skilled tradespeople could hit $125,000 each year, said Dorsey Hager of the Columbus Building Trades Council.
哥伦布建筑行业委员会的多尔西·哈格表示，包括加班费在内，熟练技工的年薪可能达到 125,000 美元。
 
Jon Husted is Ohio's lieutenant governor. He said the Intel project is so big it will involve people who did not consider construction jobs before.
乔恩·赫斯特德是俄亥俄州的副州长。他说，英特尔的项目是如此之大，它将涉及以前没有考虑过建筑工作的人。
 
"When you're willing to pay people more to do something, you will find the talent," he said. Talent is a word to describe skills or people who have skills.
“如果你愿意为做某事支付更多的钱，你就会找到人才。”他说。人才是描述技能或有技能的人的词。
 
Will there be enough homes?
会有足够的房子吗?
 
Some workers in the home construction industry will likely move to the building construction jobs. The change will likely reduce the limited supply of homebuilders, said Ed Brady of the Home Builders Institute, a trade group.
房屋建筑行业的一些工人可能会转向从事建筑施工工作。全国房屋建筑商协会(Home Builders Institute)的布雷迪表示，这一变化可能会减少有限的房屋建筑商供应。
 
Ed Dietz of the National Association of Home Builders explained that reductions in the number of homebuilders risk a housing shortage. He said a shortage could slow the economic development that Intel is trying to create.
全国房屋建筑商协会的迪茨解释说，房屋建筑商数量的减少可能会导致住房短缺，由此可能会减缓英特尔试图创造的经济发展。
 
Dietz asked, "How do you attract those business investments if you can't also provide additional housing available for the growth in the labor force?"
迪茨问道：“如果不能为劳动力的增长提供额外的住房，如何吸引这些商业投资?”
 
The population of Central Ohio is expected to reach 3 million by 2050. That rate would require 11,000 to 14,000 houses built each year. That estimate came before Intel's project was announced, said Jennifer Noll. She is with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. In 2020, the region was able to build only 11,000 homes.
到 2050 年，俄亥俄州中部的人口预计将达到 300 万。这个速度需要每年建造 11,000 到 14,000 座房屋。詹妮弗·诺尔 (Jennifer Noll) 说，这一预测是在英特尔的项目宣布之前做出的。她在俄亥俄州中部地区规划委员会工作。2020 年，该地区仅能建造 11,000 套房屋。
 
"We know we've got some work to do as a region," Noll said.
“你知道，作为地区，我们还有很多工作要做。”诺尔说。
 
I'm John Russell.
约翰·拉塞尔报道。