VOA常速英语:Report Warns of Scarred Generation of Young Workers

短语讲解：

1. It says frustration in finding good jobs has contributed to protests movements around the world.

contribute to促成
例句：Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

2. If you look globally at the number of unemployed youth around the world (it) has increased dramatically as a result of the global economic crisis.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。

3. And this really sets them off on a lower trajectory in terms of their employment and their careers

set off (使)开始; 引起
例句：If uncontrolled, the shortage would set off a new rise in meat prices.
如果不加控制, 这种短缺会引起肉价再次上涨。
in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句：He referred to your work in terms of high praise.
他对你的工作大加赞扬。

4. In sub-Saharan Africa, economic conditions differ from many other developing regions.

differ from与…不同
例句：She differs from her brother in character.
她与她哥哥性格不同。

5. Kapsos said not right away because labor markets typically lag behind the overall economic recovery.

lag behind落后于
例句：Britain's economic development must lag behind that of almost every other industrial nation.
英国的经济发展肯定落后于几乎所有的其他的工业国。

6. Young people are often the first to be let go in an economic downtown, and they’re often the last ones to get back into the labor market and to secure employment when things pick up

pick up好转; 恢复

例句：Trade has been slack for the past six months, but it is now picking up.
在过去六个月中贸易一直不景气, 但现在状况正在好转。