高级班第十课：1/4的美国人通过零工经济赚钱

高级班第十课：1/4的美国人通过零工经济赚钱 Nearly one in four Americans made money over the last 12 months by using their personal computers or other devices connected to the Internet. 近1/4的美国人在过去十二个月里通过使用连接到互联网的个人电脑或其它设备赚钱。 The Pew Research Center, an independent research group in Washington, found that people are using the Internet to find extra work. 皮尤研究中心是华盛顿一家独立研究组织，该中心发现人们开始利用互联网寻找额外工作。 They go online to sell things such as used books and furniture or they offer to provide services such as babysitting, house cleaning or computer repairs. 人们上网售卖二手书和家具等物品，或是提供保姆、房屋保洁或电脑维修等服务。 Pew found that income earned on the Internet can come in many forms. 皮尤研究中心发现，互联网收入有多种形式。 Many Americans said they used their computers to do extra work. 许多美国人都表示他们用计算机做额外工作。 About five percent of Americans said they did online computer work over the last year. 大约5%的美国人表示，过去一年他们做了在线计算机工作。 Some of these people said they had jobs that paid a few pennies each to take surveys. 其中一些人表示他们就是参加每次几个小钱的调查。 In these surveys, people are asked for their opinions of different products or well-known people. 在这些调查中，他们被问到自己对不同产品或名人的意见。 Using digital devices to offer a service online was another way to earn income. 使用数字设备提供在线服务是另一种赚钱方式。