六级What can be done about mass unemployment? All the wise heads agree: there're no quick or easy answers.

如何应对大规模失业？所有智者都同意：没有快速或简单的答案。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

我一直在关注自封的专家们在大萧条期间对失业的看法；这几乎和现在非常严肃的人们所说的一模一样。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

从根本上说，这就是为什么说我们面临巨大的结构性问题的说法成倍增加的原因：它们提供了一个理由，让我们对正在削弱我们的经济和社会的大规模失业无所作为。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

说没有简单的答案听起来是明智的，但实际上是愚蠢的：如果我们有理智上的清晰和政治意愿采取行动，我们的失业危机可以很快得到解决。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

正如我所说，结构性失业不是一个真正的问题，它是一个借口——一个在迫切需要采取行动的时候不采取行动解决美国问题的理由。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级And based on past experiences, it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.

根据过去的经验，失业率在经济复苏后需要四到五年才能恢复到危机前的水平。

2016年6月听力原文

考研The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.

英国福利的原则不再是，如果灾难发生，你可以为自己投保失业风险，并获得无条件付款。

2014年考研阅读原文

四级Mr.Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global jobs agreement to deal with unemployment.

索马维亚说，国际劳工组织正在提议一项全球就业协议，以解决失业问题。

2016年6月听力原文

六级On the contrary, all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand.

相反，所有事实都表明，美国的高失业率是需求不足的结果。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news.

许多人谈到劳工部6月份报告的28.8万个新工作岗位，以及失业率下降到6.1%，这是个好消息。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

戴维森的文章是最近出现的一系列文章之一，这些文章指出，我们今天失业率居高不下，中产阶级收入下降，主要是因为Gre导致的需求大幅下降

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is unadaptable and untrained.

1935年的一项分析表明，失业率不可能迅速下降，因为劳动力无法适应，也没有经过培训。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is "unadaptable and untrained. It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer."

1935年的一项分析表明，失业率不可能迅速下降，因为劳动力“无法适应和未经培训”。它无法响应行业可能提供的机会。”

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.

换句话说，结构性失业是一个假问题，主要是作为不寻求真正解决办法的借口。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future, as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on em

我们现在在一些国家看到的相当引人注目的失业数字强烈地表明，未来工资将面临更大的压力，因为更多的人将失业，更多的人将寻找工作，新兴市场将面临更大的压力

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级Are people suffering from gadget overload? Are they exhausted by the consumer equivalent of the brain fatigue—information overload—that is caused by constant updates of devices and online media?As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

人们是否正遭受着电子设备过载的痛苦？他们是否因消费者的大脑疲劳而精疲力竭，这相当于设备和在线媒体的不断更新所导致的信息过载？正如你可能知道的，最新的就业市场消息并不好：失业率仍然超过9%，新的就业增长率已经接近于零。

2015年12月听力原文

六级As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn't good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

正如你可能知道的，最新的就业市场消息并不好：失业率仍然超过9%，新的就业增长已经接近于零。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways; they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others.

许多人说，失业虽然极其痛苦，但在某些方面改善了他们；他们变得不那么物质主义，在财务上更加谨慎；他们更了解其他人的挣扎。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%.

只有三个州的失业率低于5%，总人口不比布鲁克林大多少。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn,have unemployment rates below 5%.

只有三个州的失业率低于5%，总人口不比布鲁克林大多少。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman.

尽管失业和失去了家园，安德里亚·克拉克认为自己是一个幸福快乐的女人。

2012年12月听力原文

六级the definition of unemployment is too broad

失业的定义太宽泛了

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Unemployment has surged in every major occupational category.

各主要职业类别的失业率都大幅上升。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级So the evidence contradicts the claim that we're mainly suffering from structural unemployment.

因此，证据与我们主要遭受结构性失业的说法相矛盾。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Their goal is to convince lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits.

他们的目标是说服立法者延长失业救济金。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Experts who monitor unemployment statistics here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, say about 28, 000 people are unemployed, and many of them are jobless due to no fault of their own.

宾夕法尼亚州巴克县的失业统计专家说，大约有28000人失业，其中许多人不是因为自己的过错而失业。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级They found some evidence that some crude measures, like income inequality, correlated with changes in well-being, but economic measures with a more direct impact, like family income and unemployment rates which put families into difficulties, had no relat

他们发现一些证据表明，一些粗略的衡量标准，如收入不平等，与幸福感的变化相关，但更直接的经济衡量标准，如使家庭陷入困境的家庭收入和失业率，与幸福感的变化无关

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment

数以百万计的美国家庭现在可能正处于应对当前危机的初始阶段，在失业的最初几个月里，他们共同努力，相互支持

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

国际劳工组织专家帕特里克·贝尔瑟（Patrick Belser）表示，工资率下降与失业率水平有关。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

分析师表示，最大的问题是高失业率，这削弱了需求，使银行不愿放贷。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate deprives many people of job opportunities.

作者倾向于认为高失业率剥夺了许多人的就业机会。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级But Pennsylvania State Representative Scott Petri says governments simply do not have enough money to extend unemployment insurance.

但是宾夕法尼亚州代表斯科特·佩特里说，政府根本没有足够的钱来延长失业保险。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures.

根据最新的衡量标准，英国的GDP一直是西方世界羡慕的对象，失业率创历史新低，增长率高。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研By most recent measures, the UK's GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures.

根据最新的衡量标准，英国的GDP一直是西方世界羡慕的对象，失业率创历史新低，增长率高。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级To offer a feasible solution to the structural unemployment.

为结构性失业提供一个可行的解决方案。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级What do we learn from the passage about the unemployment figures in the U.S.?.S.?

我们从这篇关于美国失业数字的文章中学到了什么。？

2012年12月阅读原文

六级Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality.

总体而言，我们依靠失业数字和其他统计数据来构建我们的现实感。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级What does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics

作者如何看待失业数字和其他统计数字

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 6 percent, as 598,000 jobs were slashed from payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 19 With 8 million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible.

1月份的失业率跃升至16年来的最高点6%，就业人数减少了59.8万个，这是自12月以来最严重的单月下降。19随着过去三个月失去了800万个工作岗位，人们迫切希望尽快提振经济。

2013年6月六级考试真题（二）

六级Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 6 percent, as 598 000 jobs were slashed from US payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 19 With 8 million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible.

1月份的失业率跃升至16年来的最高点6%，美国就业人数减少了59.8万个工作岗位，这是自12月以来最严重的单月下降。19随着过去三个月失去了800万个工作职位，人们迫切希望尽快提振经济。

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（三）

六级At some point in 2008, someone, probably in either Asia or Africa, made the decision to move from the countryside to the city.

在2008年的某个时候，可能是亚洲或非洲的某个人做出了从农村搬到城市的决定。

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（三）

六级In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.

在20世纪30年代，失业率平均为18.2%；在20世纪50年代，这一比例为4.5%。

2007年6月英语六级真题

四级So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.

因此，城镇的增长数字代表了失业和就业不足的比例增长，即绝望和绝望的父母和饥饿儿童数量的增长。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.

数以百万计的美国家庭现在可能正处于应对当前危机的初始阶段，在失业的最初几个月里，他们共同努力，相互支持。

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

四级As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

正如你可能知道的那样，最新的就业市场消息并不好：失业率仍超过9%，新增就业增长率已降至接近零。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题（2）

四级Unemployment rates for Americans nearing retirement are far lower than those for young people, who are recently out of school, with fewer skills and a shorter work history.

接近退休的美国人的失业率远低于最近辍学、技能较少、工作历史较短的年轻人。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Over the last year, the average duration of unemployment for older people was 53 weeks, compared with 19 weeks for teenagers, according to the Labor Department’s jobs report released on Friday.

根据劳工部周五发布的就业报告，去年，老年人的平均失业时间为53周，而青少年为19周。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级“Discrimination by age, long-term unemployment, and the fact that they’ve now at the end of the hiring queue just don’t make it sensible to invest in them.

“年龄歧视、长期失业，以及他们现在排在招聘队伍的最后一位，都不利于投资他们。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

考研Its beginnings obscured by unemployment caused by the world economic slow-down, the new technological unemployment may emerge as the great socio-economic challenge of the end of the 20th century.

由于世界经济放缓导致的失业，新技术失业可能成为20世纪末的巨大社会经济挑战。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The social costs go far beyond the welfare and unemployment payments made by the government.

社会成本远远超过政府支付的福利和失业金。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Unemployment increases the chances of divorce, child abuse, and alcoholism, a new federal survey shows.

一项新的联邦调查显示，失业增加了离婚、虐待儿童和酗酒的几率。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研By helping to increase demand it ensures an increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment.

通过帮助增加需求，它确保了对劳动力需求的增加，因此是对抗失业的有效方法。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.

这种“附加工人效应”可以支持失业保险或残疾保险提供的安全网，帮助家庭度过难关。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题