新闻周刊:1600万美国人正在接受失业援助(2)

"During this pandemic, millions of Americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a job and a paycheck," Biden said in a speech to the nation on January 14. "There is real pain overwhelming the real economy."

拜登在1月14日对全国发表的讲话中说：“在这次疫情期间，数百万美国人自己本身没有犯错，但他们却失去了工作和薪水所带来的尊严和尊重。真实的痛苦压倒了实体经济。”

Before the pandemic broke out, the national unemployment rate in February 2020 was at a low of 3.5 percent. In December 2020, that rate was 6.7 percent.

疫情爆发前，2020年2月的全国失业率处于3.5%的低位。2020年12月，这一比率为6.7%。

Congress temporarily extended unemployment benefits, approved $600 stimulus¹ checks and pushed eviction² protection until January 31 as part of the $900 billion relief bill passed in December.

国会暂时延长了失业救济金，批准了600美元的刺激计划，并将驱逐保护推持到1月31日，并以此作为12月通过的9000亿美元救济法案的一部分。

Republicans are already voicing concern about passing another stimulus package so soon. Senator John Thune of South Dakota said he was worried about the "massive amount of debt we are racking up," and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa criticized the Biden plan as a "laundry list of liberal structural³ economic reforms."

共和党人已经对这么快通过另一个刺激方案表示担忧。南达科他州参议员约翰·图恩表示，自己对“我们正在积累的巨额债务”感到担忧，爱荷华州参议员查克·格拉斯利批评拜登计划是“自由主义结构性经济改革的一长串清单”

But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber's committees will be working on Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal next week.

但众议院议长佩洛西表示，众议院各委员会下周将着手处理拜登提出的1.9万亿美元的提案。

"We're getting ready for a COVID package," Pelosi told reporters Thursday. "As we work on these issues, we won't be back in session until the beginning of February, but we're doing our committee work.

佩洛西星期四对记者说：“我们正在为新冠救济法案做准备。我们正在处理这些问题，所以我们要到2月初才能重新开会，但我们正在做委员会的工作。”

Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment on the latest unemployment data but did not receive a response in time for publication.

《新闻周刊》联系白宫就最新的失业数据发表评论，但没有及时得到回应。

1 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

2 eviction   

n.租地等的收回

参考例句：

• The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。
• He claimed damages for unlawful eviction.他要求对非法驱逐作出赔偿。

3 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。