VOA常速英语:Unemployment Rises in Spain

短语讲解：

1. Spain's Labor Ministry says the number of people filing claims for unemployment benefits rose in August, bringing the total to 4.13 million.

bring to使达到…
例句：This last thing will bring the bill to over ￡500.
这最后一件东西使得账单上的金额超过了500英镑。

2. The number claiming unemployment benefits in Spain went up by more than 50,000 last month.

go up上升, 上涨, 提高, 增加, 增高
例句：The temperature is going up; will the snow melt?
气温正逐渐上升, 雪会融化吗?

3. Spain, like a number of European nations, is struggling with a major public deficit.

struggle with与…打架, 与…斗争
例句：We still have to struggle with all kinds of difficulties.
我们仍得和各种各样的困难作斗争。

4. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already had to borrow money from their euro neighbors in order to avoid defaulting on their debts.

borrow from从…借入; 借用
例句：She used to borrow money from her friends.
她常向她的朋友们借钱。
default on拖欠…
例句：He defaulted on his payments for support of the child.
他拖欠孩子的抚养费。

5. The controversial move is aimed at calming investor fears over Spain's public finances.

aim at以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

6. Worries about recession and slow growth opened the talks, with New York University economist Nouriel Roubini warning of a "significant probability" of a double-dip recession.

warn of发出关于…的警告
例句：The weather station warned of severe snowfalls ahead.
气象台预报将有大雪。

7. Speaking from the conference, Harvard University Economics Professor Martin Feldstein says the outlook in the United States and across much of Europe is grim, not to mention Spain.

not to mention更不用说
例句：Old folk and children alike are all against the proposal, not to mention the youth.
老人、小孩都不赞成这个建议, 更不用说年轻人了。

8. 14 million Americans are out of work.

out of work失业
例句：There are plenty of men out of work.
有很多人失业。