They risked their lives during Covid. They still don't earn minimum wage.
新冠疫情期间，冒着生命危险的是他们，拿不到法定最低工资的，还是他们
They zipped(穿梭) around New York City on bikes, bringing restaurant meals to customers too fearful 1_____( venture) out. Others drove for Uber and Lyft, ferrying different passengers, never knowing if they might be risking 2_____(they) health.
Throughout the pandemic, gig workers have been considered essential to helping New York function even as many residents sheltered at home. 3_____, many gig workers say they 4_____(leave) too vulnerable to the coronavirus and have not been 5_____(fair) compensated（酬劳）.
Though the minimum wage in New York City is $15 an hour, many residents 6_____ work for app-based services like UberEats, DoorDash and Lyft earn less than half that and cannot pay rent and other expenses, according to surveys of gig workers in the city. But a large share are immigrants, many of them 7_____(live) in the country illegally, who feel they have few other options, the surveys show.
A separate survey from the Community Service Society of New York found that gig workers were "significantly more likely" than regular employees to have suffered health and 8______(finance) problems during the pandemic. More than one-third (38%) of gig-based workers reported that they or a family member had been infected with Covid-19, 9_____(compare) with about one-fourth (26%) of regular employees.
Nearly half of gig workers said they worried all or most of the time about meeting their expenses, compared with less than one-fourth of regular employees, according 10_____the survey. By last summer, 43% of app-based gig-workers said they had fallen behind on their rent or mortgage payments, compared with just 17% of regular employees.
Keys: 1 to venture 2 their 3 However 4 be left 5 fairly 6 who 7 living 8 financial 9 compared 10 to
