慢速英语短文听力 经济形势很差

A Bad Economy¹

经济形势很差

The economy1 is bad. People are out of work. People are losing² their jobs. People are getting laid³ off⁴. People are getting fired. People want to work. But nobody⁵ is hiring2 workers. Nobody needs workers. Everyone has less⁶ money. Everyone is spending less. Everyone is buying less. Consumers3 are not buying anything extra4. They are buying only what they need. They are not buying new cars. They are keeping their old cars. They are not buying new homes. They are staying in their old homes. They are not buying new clothes. They are wearing their old clothes. They are not taking vacations⁷. They are staying home. They are not going⁸ to restaurants. They are doing things that are cheap. They go to the library. They go to the park. They go to the museum. They go to the beach. They stay home and watch TV. Life⁹ is hard. Life is tough5. Everyone hopes¹¹ the economy will get better soon. They hope¹⁰ the bad times will go away soon.

经济形势很差。人们都没有工作了。人们都失业了。人们都被解雇了。人们都被炒鱿鱼了。人们想工作。但是没有人雇佣工人。没有人需要工人。每个人的钱都变少了。每个人花的钱都少了。每个人买东西更少了。消费者都不买多余的东西了。他们只买他们需要的东西。他们不买新车了。他们都留着自己的旧车。他们不买新房子了。他们住在自己的旧房子里。他们不买新衣服了。他们都穿着旧衣服。他们不出去度假了。他们都待在自己的家里。他们不去饭店了。他们做的事情都很便宜。他们去图书馆。他们去公园。他们去博物馆。他们去沙滩。他们待在家里看电视。生活很困难。生活很艰辛。每个人都希望经济能快点好起来。他们希望坏日子能快点过去。

1 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

2 losing   

adj.失败的，输的n.失败，损失v.遗失，失去( lose的现在分词 )；（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）；（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失；浪费

参考例句：

• She suffered from severe depression after losing her job. 她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。
• They suffered the heartbreak of losing a child through cancer. 他们因癌症夺去了一个孩子而肝肠寸断。

3 laid   

v.打赌( lay的过去式和过去分词 )；提出；放置；铺

参考例句：

• Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated. 一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。
• a laid-back attitude to life 悠然自得的生活态度

4 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

5 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

6 less   

adj.更少的，更小的；adv.更少地，更小地；n.少量，次要；prep.减

参考例句：

• I read much less now than I did at school.我现在看书远比我上学时少。
• You can't buy the dress with less than 50 yuan.买这件衣服没有50元钱下不来。

7 vacations   

n.假期( vacation的名词复数 )；（法庭的）休庭期

参考例句：

• No vacations for the duration. 战争期间概无假期。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three vacations occur in the course of the year,viz,two weeks at Christmas,ten days at Easter and the usual two months in summer. 一年中有三个假期，即圣诞节两周，复活节十天以及通常的两个月暑假。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

9 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

10 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

11 hopes   

n.& v.希望n.希望( hope的名词复数 )；希望的东西；被寄予希望的人（或事物、情况）；抱有希望的理由v.希望，期望( hope的第三人称单数 )；[俚语]相信，认为；希望，盼望，期待

参考例句：

• He still hopes to win his claim against unfair dismissal . 他声称遭无理解雇，仍然希望赢得申诉。
• a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家