VOA慢速英语:Europe's Economic Problems Linked to Rise in Suicides

短语讲解：

1. For the most part, the countries that have been more severely affected have experienced greater rises in suicides -- Ireland, Spain, the Baltics -- reaching up to sixteen percent in some of the worst affected countries, like Greece.

for the most part多半; 就绝大部分而言
例句：Summers in the south of France are for the most part dry and sunny.
法国南部的夏季大部分时间天气干燥且晴朗。
up to多达
例句：I can take up to four people in my car.
我的汽车最多能坐四个人。

2. The study found that suicide rates have not increased in countries where governments have helped get people back to work. Examples include Sweden and Finland.

get back回到…上来
例句：Things will not get back to normal soon after the earthquake.
地震过后一切都不会马上恢复正常。

3. We found that just giving money to people who have lost jobs to replace their income did not appear to help.

appear to似乎，好像
例句：The old man appears to be in good health.
这位老人显得健康。

4. Instead, giving people a reason to get out of bed in the morning, a hope in terms of searching for a good, meaningful job seemed to be the most beneficial to helping people cope.

get out of离开; 停止; 改掉; 戒掉; 脱离, 摆脱
例句：It is not easy to get out of a bad habit.
改掉坏习惯是不容易的。
in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句：He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。

5. For over a year, the government has cut spending and increased taxes in an effort to improve its finances.

in an effort to为了…
例句：They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

6. We investigated the case of a small businessman from Herakleion in Crete, who took his car, loaded it with tins of petrol, and first shot himself and then put fire to the whole car.

load with使装满; 使受重压
例句：The cart was loaded with fruit.
那辆车上装满了水果。
put to在…上添加…; 使(某人)进入〔处于〕(某种状态)
例句：This gas will put you to sleep during the operation.
这种气体将使你在手术中处于睡眠状态。

7. We found out that people killed themselves in a very dramatic and sometimes a very violent way, which maybe means that they are trying to make their suicide a statement, want the whole world to understand how badly they feel, how hopeless they have felt.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
经理发觉了他的不轨行为, 打算炒他鱿鱼。

8. He says Greeks who kill themselves are mostly men. And he says the number has gone up most on the island of Crete.

go up上升, 上涨, 提高, 增加, 增高
例句：The goods have gone up in price.
这些商品的价格已经上涨。

9. And when the economic problems arise, when jobs are lost and businesses are closed down, it is this despair because of the loss of respect, the loss of self-esteem, and the fact that the person feels that his life no longer has meaning, that drives them to this kind of act.

close down (使)停业, (使)停产
例句：Because of the continued loss, the factory closed down.
由于连续亏损, 工厂关闭了。
no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：The city's water supply is no longer adequate for its need.
这个城市的供水已不敷需求。