无奈的艰辛:上海工薪族的打折午餐
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="wage">wage</span> <span word="slave">slave</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="harder">harder</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rent">rent</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="grub">grub</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Communist">Communist</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p>上海普通工薪族可能发现，找工作或缴房租比以往任何时候都更难了，但在廉价食物方面，党在为他们解决后顾之忧。</p><p><span word="Almost">Almost</span> 200 <span word="eateries">eateries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="posh">posh</span> <span word="Jing">Jing</span>’<span word="an">an</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> – <span word="ranging">ranging</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="upmarket">upmarket</span> <span word="restaurants">restaurants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="five">five</span>-<span word="star">star</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="convenience">convenience</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> – <span word="have">have</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="discounted">discounted</span> <span word="lunches">lunches</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>. <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="treating">treating</span> <span word="stressed">stressed</span>-<span word="out">out</span> <span word="salarymen">salarymen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="teas">teas</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="Mao">Mao</span> <span word="Zedong">Zedong</span>’<span word="s">s</span> “<span word="iron">iron</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="bowl">bowl</span>” (<span word="guaranteed">guaranteed</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span> <span word="employment">employment</span>) <span word="has">has</span> <span word="morphed">morphed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="iron">iron</span> <span word="tea">tea</span> <span word="cup">cup</span>.</p><p>在优雅繁华的上海静安区，从高档餐厅、五星级酒店到便利店，近200家餐馆开始为办公室一族提供打折午餐。另一个区甚至用免费下午茶来招待这些疲惫的工薪阶层。毛泽东时代的“铁饭碗”（有保障的终生就业）似乎已变身为“铁茶杯”。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Jing">Jing</span>’<span word="an">an</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impression">impression</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="end">end</span> <span word="eateries">eateries</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="clamouring">clamouring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lunch">lunch</span> <span word="programme">programme</span>. <span word="Maybe">Maybe</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span>: <span word="these">these</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="top">top</span>-<span word="end">end</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="spots">spots</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="decreed">decreed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="abstemiousness">abstemiousness</span>.</p><p>静安区政府给人们营造的印象是，高档餐饮场所积极要求加入该午餐工程。实情或许是：自中国政府下令进入厉行节约的新时代以来，高档餐厅的日子就不再好过。</p>
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