The idea that without foreign workers, Americans or Taiwanese would be willing to pick fruit, do construction work, and look after the elderly or infirm-all for minimum wage-is naive.

• 不使用外来工作者，美国人和台湾人自己摘水果，做建筑工人，看护老年人和病患--从事这些工资低廉的工作--这个想法太天真了。