八月份西班牙失业率上升.pdf

VOA 常速讲解 2011-9-3QIHUI 制作可可英语:1VOAVOAVOAVOA常速讲解附字幕常速讲解附字幕: : : :八月份西班牙失业率上升八月份西班牙失业率上升查看原文查看原文第一部分：原文中英对照第一部分：原文中英对照Thenumber claiming unemployment benefitsinSpain went up by more than 50,000 last month.Spain's Labor Ministry says thehike is typical of the month of August but, nonetheless, discouraging.“Spain has the largest unemployment ratein the euro area and one of the largest unemployment ratesintheworld,“ noted Javier Diaz-Gimenez, professor of economics at theIESE Business SchoolinMadrid. “In fact, our employment ratecurrently is about twice theeuro area average and about three times theunemployment rateinGermany.“Spain's unemployment rateis morethan 20 percent.For thoseunder theage of 25,itis morethan 45 percent.But economic growth does not appear to beon the horizon. Spain, like anumber of European nations, is struggling with a major public deficit.Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already had to borrow money from their euro neighborsin order to avoid defaulting on their debts.It has not yet cometo thatinSpain, and its lawmakerswant to keepitthat way.上月，西班牙申领失业救济的人数增加了 50,000 多人。

西班牙劳工部表示， 八月份的上涨是比较典 型的，但是却令人气馁在整个欧元区乃至全世界，西班牙的失业 率都是最高的 ”马德里 IESE 商学院经济学 教授 Javier Diaz-Gimenez 表示实际上， 我们目前的失业率是欧元区平均水平的两 倍，是德国失业率的三倍西班牙的失业率超过 20%25 岁以下人群 的失业率超过 45%但是经济增长似乎又遥不可及 西班牙像其 他几个欧洲国家一样面临重大的财政赤字希腊， 葡萄牙和爱尔兰为了避免债务违约已 经向欧元区邻国借款 西班牙目前还没到这 种程度， 其立法者也尽量避免这种情况的发 生VOA 常速讲解 2011-9-3QIHUI 制作可可英语:2On Friday, the lower houseof parliament approved an amendment to the constitution that will forcethe government to keep its deficit lowinthe future. Thelegislation is now set to go to parliament's upper house.The controversial moveis aimed at calming investor fearsover Spain's public finances.Diaz-Gimenez says controlling sovereign debt means hikesintaxes and cutsinpublic spending, policies that do little to stimulate economic growth.“PolicymakersinSpain facethis hard choice between growth and budget stability, and they are choosing budget stability becauseitis the lesser of thetwo evils,“ added Diaz-Gimenez.Governments acrossEurope and beyond are facing a similar conundrum.In Italy, economic experts from around the world gathered for theannual Ambrosetti Economy Forum on Friday. 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.Speaking from the conference,Harvard University EconomicsProfessor Martin Feldstein saysthe outlookintheUnited States and acrossmuch of Europe is grim, not to mention Spain.“The numbersthat we'veseen recently forthe U.S.on manufacturing, on construction, on consumers' sentiment tell me that the odds have gotten much greater, that the U.S. is going to continue to decline, and that weare going to beinaformal recession beforethe end of theyear,“ Feldstein noted.周五，议会下院通过了宪法修正案，强迫政 府未来保持较低的赤字。

该立法即将被送往 议会上院 该有争议的举动是为了平息投资 者对西班牙公共财政的担忧Diaz-Gimenez 表示， 控制主权债务意味着增 加税收，削减公共支出，这些政策对刺激经 济增长的效果不大西班牙政策制定者面临经济增长和预算平 衡的两难选择他们选择了预算平衡，因为 两者相比这个次要一些欧洲以及欧洲以外的政府都面临类似的难 题周五， 来自世界各地的经济学专家在意大利 聚集，参加一年一度的安博思经济论坛 会 议一开始便探讨了对经济衰退和经济增长 缓慢的担忧纽约大学经济学家 Nouriel Roubini 警告称出现双谷衰退的可能性非常 大哈佛大学经济学教授 Martin Feldstein 在会 议上发表讲话称， 美国和欧洲大部分国家的 前景都非常惨淡，更不要说西班牙我们 最近看到的美国制造业，建筑业，消费者信 心方面的数据告诉我， 美国经济继续衰退的 可能性进一步增加， 我们在今年年底之前将 正式进入经济衰退VOA 常速讲解 2011-9-3QIHUI 制作可可英语:3“In Europe, again I don't think you can talk about asingle outlook forEurope. Germany is strong, Greeceisinterrible shape, Spain has 20-plus percent unemployment. So someof the countries are alreadyineconomic downturn hereinEurope.“TheU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that nonfarmpayroll employment was unchangedinAugust, keeping the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent. 14 million Americans are out of work.在欧洲， 我认为你不可能只讨论欧洲的单一 前景。

德国非常强大，希腊非常糟糕，西班 牙的失业率高达 20%所以，欧洲的一些国 家已经进入经济低迷美国劳动统计局周五表示， 八月份的非农业 就业率没有变化，失业率仍然高达 9.1% 1400 万美国人失业第二部分：词汇学习第二部分：词汇学习1.typical adj.典型的, 有代表性的例句：Botswana is not a typical African country. 博茨瓦纳并不是典型的非洲国家2.nonetheless adv.虽然如此,但是3.amendment n.（法律、文件的）改动，修正案，修改，修订例句：Theamendment wasrejected by 207 voters to 143. 这项修正案以 207 票对 143 票被否决4.stimulate vt.刺激; 激励例句：Theart course stimulated me. 艺术课激发了我的灵感5.conundrum n.谜,猜不透的难题,难答的问题例句：the conundrum of achieving full employment without inflation 既不引起通货膨胀又能实现全民就业的难题6.probability n.可能性, 可能发生的事例句：Theprobability thatitwill rain today is high. 今天下雨的可能性很大。

VOA 常速讲解 2011-9-3QIHUI 制作可可英语:47.payroll n.(公司员工的)工资名单例句：He's no longer on their payroll. 他不再受他们雇用第三部分：第三部分：内容解析内容解析1.But economic growth does not appear to be on the horizon.on the horizon 几乎肯定会很快发生的例句：Business is good at the moment, but there areone or two problems on thehorizon. 目前营业状况很好, 但有一两个问题已露端倪2.Speaking from theconference, Harvard University EconomicsProfessor Martin Feldstein says the outlookinthe 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 areallagainst theproposal, not t。