NPR边听边练177：失业与寿命

 　　以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

　　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。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　A new study finds a link between unemployment and shorter life expectancy¹.NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the research aims to explain a _1_ gap in mortality among white women.At a time when many live longer, white women without a high school diploma have been dying increasingly earlier.

　　一项新的研究发现失业率和短寿命的联系。NPR新闻的詹妮弗·陆登报道这项研究的目的是解释白人女性死亡率差距增长的原因。在许多人长寿的时代,没有高中文凭的白人女性一直越来越早的死亡。

　　To understand why, a study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior _2_ data on tens of thousands of women over a decade.It looked at things like weight, marital² status, alcohol consumption and poverty.But two factors stood out:smoking, already well-known, and unemployment.The study's lead author suggests the social support and self-esteem that come with a job may help extend life expectancy.She recommends more family-friendly work policies to help keep less-educated women employed.Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.

　　要解释其中原因,健康与社会行为期刊的一项研究对于成千上万几十岁的妇女进行了调查。调查涉及诸如体重、婚姻状况、饮酒和贫困等状况。但两个因素却格外引人注目:众所周知的吸烟及失业问题。而该研究的主要作者建议社会有一份可以帮助延长寿命的工作应该得到支持及自重。她建议更有利于家庭的工作政策以帮助低教育水平妇女的就业。NPR新闻，詹妮弗·陆登报道。

　　The economy _3_ at an annual pace of 2.4% in the first quarter.That's just a bit lower than the Commerce Department's previous assessment³.Many economists⁴ _4_ growth to ease back a bit in the current quarter, and Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics is among them."The key driver of the economy is the cuts in government spending.There are quite significant, then tax increases.So we saw some big tax increases at the beginning of the year and households who kind of digest hat."Economists say the pace of growth is _5_ to increase some in the second half of the year.

　　经济在第一季度年增长率为2.4%。这一数字略低于美国商务部之前的评估。许多经济学家预计增长会在当前季度缓和,而穆迪分析的马克·赞迪就是其中之一。“经济的关键驱动是削减政府开支。这点非常重要,然后是增加税收。所以我们在今年年初看到一些很大部分的税收增加而且家庭进行消化。”而经济学家表示增长步伐可能会在今年下半年增加。

　　Wall Street, the Dow was up 25 points just before the close.This is NPR News.

　　最后让我们关注下华尔街,收盘前道琼斯指数上涨25点。这里是NPR新闻。

　　词汇解析：

　　1.mortality： the quality or state of being mortal

　　n. 死亡数，死亡率；必死性，必死的命运

　　eg:The second question is the effect of all this on mortality.

　　第二个问题是所有这些对于死亡率的影响。

　　2、marital ：connected with marriagea.婚姻的

　　eg:We don't know her marital status, whether or not she has children.

　　我们不清楚她的婚姻状况,也不知道她是否有孩子。

　　参考答案：

　　1、growing 2、surveyed 3、expanded

　　4、are expecting 5、likely

1 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

2 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

3 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

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》