VOA慢速英语2016 美国沿海就业增长强劲

AS IT IS 2016-03-14 US Coasts Boast Job Growth 

Job growth happened on the east and west coasts of the U.S. last year, according to the Bureau of Labor¹ Statistics.

据美国劳动统计局统计，去年美国东西海岸的就业率有所回升。

The howmuch.net map shows that most jobs were created in California. The Los Angeles area produced more than 133,000 new jobs.

“Howmuch”网站的地图显示，加利福尼亚州新设多个就业岗位。洛杉矶地区也新增13.3万个就业机会。

New York City saw the biggest increase in employment. More than 150,000 new jobs were added in the New York City area in 2015.

其中，纽约市的就业率增长是最明显的。2015年纽约市新增了约15万个就业机会。

In Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth area witnessed a job increase of nearly 100,000 in 2015.

2015年，德克萨斯州的达拉斯和沃尔斯堡市新增约10万个就业机会。

And in the Detroit, Michigan area – hurt by years of recession – more than 39,000 jobs were created in 2015.

即使是一直饱受经济衰退困扰的密歇根州底特律市，也在2015年新增约3.9万个就业机会。

Over the past six years, businesses in America created 14 million new jobs.  Nearly 2.5 million were added in 2014 and 2015.

过去的六年间，美国企业先后设立了1400万个就业岗位。2014-2015两年的时间，新增的就业岗位就高达250万。

The lowest unemployment rate in U.S. history happened in 1953, when the jobless rate was 2.5 percent. Today, America’s unemployment rate is 4.9 percent.

美国历史上失业率最低的时候是在1953年，当时的失业率仅为2.5%。现在美国的失业率为4.9%。

But as jobs increased, the average hourly wage in America declined. Many of the jobs created since 2014 are retail² and service sector³ jobs. Many economists⁴ believe those jobs are less secure than manufacturing jobs.

然而就业机会的增多，导致美国的平均时薪降低。2014年以来，新增的就业岗位以零售业和服务业为主。多数经济学家认为这类工作不如制造业类型的工作稳定。

States in the U.S. that lost the most jobs included Louisiana, North Dakota, Illinois and Iowa. North Dakota lost almost 19,000 jobs in 2015. Most of those jobs lost in North Dakota were in the energy and mining industries, according to the Associated Press.

美国失业率最高的州分别为路易斯安那州、北达科他州、伊利诺伊州和爱荷华州。2015年，北达科达州损失了近1.9万个就业机会。据美联社报道，该州的失业率主要表现在能源和采矿行业。

Words in This Story

bureau - n. a government office or agency

statistics - n. the area of mathematics dealing⁵ with the collection, study and presentation of numerical information

declined - v. to become worse in condition or quality; to become less in number

retail - adj. of or related to the sale of goods or services

sector - n. an area or part of an economy

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 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。

4 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。