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美国招聘放缓 失业率失业率高达9.1%

2011-06-04来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing down, adding only 54,000 jobs in May - the smallest increase in eight months.

slow down (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
例句:The increase of productions has now slowed down.
现在产品的增长速度已经慢了下来。

2. Hiring in May fell far short of the 150,000 jobs that Wall Street was expecting, sending stock prices sharply lower on Friday.

short of缺少; 不远, 差一点
例句:Their company was short of funds.
他们公司缺少资金。

3. The big question among investors is whether the anemic job numbers are temporary or evidence of deeper economic problems.

whether or是…还是
例句:He wondered whether to go or not.
他不知该去不该去。

4. What this report reflects is a kind of the peak run-up in gasoline prices, the peak of the disruption in the Japanese supply shortages, so I don't think this necessarily should be carried forward all the way through the summer, although we probably will have another weak month or two.

a kind of一种
例句:He had a kind of feeling that she would phone him.
他有一种预感, 她会打电话给他。
carry forward推进,发扬
例句:They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.
他们决心把事业进行下去。

5. On a tour of a Chrysler car plant in Ohio, President Barack Obama said the economy continues to recover from the worst recession in decades.

recover from恢复, 痊愈
例句:That country hasn't yet recovered from the effects of the war.
战争结束以来, 那个国家尚未恢复元气。

6. He credited his administration's decision to bail out the auto industry for saving more than a million jobs.

bail out保释
例句:One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.
犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。

7. The president's critics pounced on the jobs report as a sign the U.S. economy is on the wrong track

pounce on一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击)
例句:Local politicians are quick to pounce on any trouble.
地方上的那些政客们动辄抓住问题不放。

8. You talk to job creators around the country like we have, they'll tell you that the over taxing, over regulating and overspending that's going on here in Washington is creating uncertainty and holding them back.

go on继续;发生
例句:Tell me what's going on over there!
告诉我那边发生了什么事儿。
hold back阻碍, 阻止
例句:He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.
他是那样急躁, 我简直拉不住他。

9. Instead of giving up, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told VOA's Spanish Language Service that unemployed workers should seek more training to improve their chances.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…
例句:She will go instead of you.
她代替你去。
give up放弃;投降, 认输; 猜不出
例句:She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

10. "We're finding that employers are saying we need people that are better trained, that know how to deal in customer service, that know how to do marketing, that know how to have command of the English language and also have some good skills sets," said Solis.

deal in 买卖, 经营
例句:That shop deals in men's clothing.
那家商店经营男士服装。

11. But the latest job numbers show nearly 14 million Americans still are looking for work.

look for寻找
例句:He should early look for a job.
他早该找工作了。