NPR边听边练341：奥巴马关注失业问题

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　President Obama met with business leaders at the White House,_1_ them to do more to hire people who haven't been out of work for a long time. NPR's Scott Horsley reports it's the latest and serious move by the White House acts on its own when Congress will not.

　　奥巴马总统在白宫会见商界领袖，催促他们在增加雇佣长期失业人员方面做出更多努力。据NPR新闻的斯科特·霍斯利报道，这是当国会不作为时，白宫自己采取的最新严肃举动。

　　So far the Obama administration has been stymied¹ in its _2_ to get Congress to keep _3_ unemployment check to those who have been out of work 6 months or more. Obama says he will keep pressing lawmakers, calling those checks are economic lifeline. Meanwhile,though the president urge a quarter of American to do its part to put people back to work. The president says companies should be careful not to overlook job applicants², even they _4_ for an extent of period.

　　截至目前，奥巴马政府一直致力于让国会对那些失业6个月以上的民众展开失业检查。奥巴马表示，他将继续向议员施压，称这些检查是经济命脉。同时，虽然总统催促一些美国民众尽力使失业者恢复工作。总统表示，各家公司应谨慎行事，不要因为人们长期失业就忽视他们的求职申请。

　　"Just because you have been out of work for a while, that doesn't mean that you're not a hard worker."

　　“你失业了一段时间，并不意味着你工作不努力。”

　　Study suggests long-term unemployed³ are less likely to _5_ for jobs than people who haven't been out of work just few weeks. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.

　　研究表明，相对于仅失业几周时间的民众，那些长期失业者不太可能接到面试通知。NPR新闻，斯科特·霍斯利白宫报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. be careful to/not to do sth.

　　小心，谨慎做某事/不要做某事；

　　eg. We had to be very careful not to be seen.

　　我们得小心翼翼，不能被发现。

　　eg. He's always careful to do things by the book.

　　他总是小心翼翼地按规章办事。

　　2、job applicants 职业申请者

　　eg:Do overweight job applicants approach jobs with less confidence than other candidates?

　　是不是过重的职业申请者在应征时比其他人缺乏自信。

　　参考答案：

　　1、urging 2、efforts 3、sending

　　4、have been unemployed 5、be interviewed

1 stymied   

n.被侵袭的v.妨碍，阻挠( stymie的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen. 最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。 来自辞典例句
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help. 由于她拒不相助， 我完全陷入了困境。 来自互联网

2 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。