澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 美国现在正面临的衰退

 

With manufacturing now accounting¹ for less than a tenth of private sector² jobs in America, political polarisation in Washington on the rise and a middle-class seeing household income fall 6.7 percent in the period between 2009 and 2011, America is facing a decline that, according to Edward Luce, can only be halted by some very deep and immediate³ thinking.

与制造业现在占据美国不到十分之一的私营部门的工作相比，华盛顿的政治结构两极分化开始崛起,在2009至2011年间中产阶级看到家庭收入下降了6.7%,美国现在正面临着衰退,根据爱德华·路西的报道,只有一些非常深入的思考才能阻止这种现状。

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。