Bihar, a few hundred miles north of Kolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers come from.
绝大多数人力车车夫都来自加尔各答以北几百英里的比哈尔。
There are people in Kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in a rickshaw.
在加尔各答,有些人,特别是教育和政治意识的人,不乘坐人力车。
When it's raining, the normal customer base for rickshaw pullers expands greatly, as does the price of a journey.
下雨的时候,人力车车夫的客户群会大大扩大,旅程的价格也会随之上涨。
An older woman with marketing to do, for instance, can arrive in a rickshaw, have the rickshaw puller wait until she comes back from various stalls to load her purchases, and then be taken home.
例如,一个要买东西的老妇人可以坐人力车来,让人力车车夫等她从各个摊位回来装上她买的东西,然后拉她回家。
The rickshaw pullers told me their steadiest customers are school children.
车夫告诉我,他们最稳定的顾客是学生。
Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata.
人力车支持者指出,在贬低职业方面,人力车车夫在加尔各答并不是唯一的。
A 2003 study found that rickshaw pullers are near the bottom of Kolkata occupations in income, doing better than only the beggars.
2003年的一项研究发现,人力车夫的收入接近加尔各答的最底层,只比乞丐做得更好。
Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its place.
我见过一些车夫,他们已经对他们的生活即将走到穷途末路的情形逆来顺受,寄希望于能有什么东西来代替他们。
Kolkata, a resident told me, "has difficulty letting go." One day a city official handed me a report from the municipal government laying out options for how rickshaw pullers might be rehabilitated.
加尔各答的一位居民告诉我:“很难放手。”一天,一位市政府官员给了我一份市政府的报告,上面列出了如何改造人力车夫的方案。
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret.
无论街上黄包车里还是酒店里。
A. A rickshaw anywhere in the city costs fifteen cents.
市里随处可见的人力车只需15美分。
A thirty-six volt battery can carry the rickshaw forty kilometers.
三十六伏的电池能使该黄包车行驶四十千米。
He earned only 3 silver dollar after pulling the rickshaw for a month.
他辛辛苦苦拉一个月黄包车才赚3块现大洋。
The policeman came up to me and said, "Get another rickshaw. Hecan't take you any further."
巡警走近我说,“你自己雇车罢,他不能拉你了。”
The policeman came up to me and said, "Get another rickshaw. He can't take you any further."
巡警走近我说,“你自己雇车罢,他不能拉你了。”
German designer Didi Senft has unveiled a royal rickshaw in Storkow, east Germany, on April 14.
4月14日,德国自行车设计师森福特在德国东部的施托尔科展示他最新设计的皇家三轮车。
Loud cheers were directed at an elderly gay couple, sitting in a rickshaw, celebrating 54 years together.
当一对年迈的同性情侣坐着人力车,庆祝他们五十四年甜蜜时,大家向他们致以如雷欢呼。
You can take a ride on a rickshaw, a distinctive Durban experience, with the drivers decorated in ornate headdresses.
你可以到德班乘乘人力车,那里的人力车夫头上都戴着华丽的头饰,给你不同的体验。
Finally the penny drops and a collective "ahh" is emitted as two women and the rickshaw driver rush off excitedly.
最后他们总算弄明白了,众人如释重负,齐声发出“啊”的叹息声,两个女人和人力车夫很兴奋地走开了。
And there's a transition: People come in from the countryside, enter the rickshaw economy, and work for almost nothing.
还有一个过渡:人们从乡村来到城市,几乎没有什么工作好做,就成为人力车经济的一部分。
The price is four hundred forty dollars compared to one hundred seventy, or less, for a traditional cycle rickshaw.
与传统的人力三轮车一百三十元或者更低的价格相比较,太阳能电车要花四百四十元。
Her rickshaw-pulling father and washerwoman mother were so poor that they gave three of their children away at birth.
她的人力车夫父亲和洗衣工母亲极为贫穷,以至于曾把三个刚出生的子女送给别人。
You can take a ride on a rickshaw, a distinctive Durban experience, with the drivers decorated in ornate headdresses.
你可以到德班乘乘黄包车,那处的黄包车夫头上都戴着富丽的头饰,给你差异的体验。
You can take a ride on a rickshaw, a distinctive Durban experience, with the drivers decorated in ornate headdresses.
你可以到德班乘乘黄包车,那处的黄包车夫头上都戴着富丽的头饰,给你差异的体验。
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