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1、ErikaDepelteauDepelteau3Prof.CafoneENG1100FinalProficiencyexamSpring2008“TheFieldTrip”IntheUnitedStates,aroundtenbillionanimalsareslaughteredeveryyear.Today,slaughteringanimalsonalargescalecausessignificantlogisticalproblemsandpublichealthconcerns,withpublicdistasteto
2、meatpackinginmanyculturesinfluencingthelocationofslaughterhouses.Inheressay,“TheFieldTrip,”CheriRegisterexplainsthatTheWilson&Co.,meatpackingplantwastheeconomicbackboneofthetownformanyyearsinthe1950’s(Register).Sheexplainstothereadersthatsheandherclassmatesweretakenon
3、afieldtripto“theplant”wherethestudentswatchedtheintimidating,yetbarbaricworkthattheemployeeshadtodoeveryday.Thefieldtripintroducedthefuturecareerforthestudents,followingtheirfamily’sfootstepsintoworkinginanintensemeatpackinghouse,unlesstheydecidetoexcelintheireducatio
4、n,andfindthemselvesamoresuccessfuljob.Likemostparentsintown,Register’sfatherworkedattheWilson&Co.meatpackingplant.Thesloganforherfather’sfactorywas“TheWilsonlabelprotectsyourtable”wasnotonlyanadvertisingslogan,buttheliteraltruth.Weknewtherewouldbenotabletositatifitwer
5、en’tforWilson’s”(84).Registerexplainedthat“theplant”istheprimarylocalindustrywheremanytownpeopleworkedatinordertokeeptheirfamiliesfedandclothedandsheltered.TheeconomicsituationoftheErikaDepelteauDepelteau3Prof.CafoneENG1100FinalProficiencyexamSpring2008town,aviolentst
6、rike,atthispointthatthetriphastakenplacewasmoreofastrugglethenpleasure.Withoutthisindustry,thetownwasliterallyatrisk.Registerseeswomenworkingatthemeatpackinghouseandtellsthereadersherreaction,“Theirhandsmovedquicklyandtheycouldlookupbrieflytoraisetheireyebrowsingreeti
7、ng.Itwasstrange,evenalittleshocking,toseethemthisway:hushed,restrained,theirmovementsregulatedbytherhythmofthemachinery(87).Sheexpectedthatthewomenwouldbebackathomeworkingasahousemom,waitingforherkidstocomehomefromschool.However,thesewomenwerenotthecase.Ittaughtherhow
8、importantitisgoingtobetoworkhardschool,tosucceed,toopendoorsforthefuturesothatherhandswontbetheonesworkingquickly,fortheywil
