英语听力精选进阶版 10218

The European Commission has released figures rejecting claims that migrants with in Europe are draining their host countries resources by avoiding work and claiming  social benefits, with details here's Paul Henley.

有传闻称在欧洲的移民不工作而申请社会补贴，掏空了所在国的资源，而欧洲委员会公布的数据反驳了该观点。保罗·亨利报道。

The commission says European migrants without work make up less than 1% of the EU's population, it also says that while overall migration¹ has increased over the last  decade, the proportion of migrants without work has decreased despite big rises in unemployment rates in hosted countries. Its figure suggests that most migrants not  working are students, pensioners² or caring-for children, and the majority share a house with at least one person in work. The reports conclusion is that inter-EU  migrants pay significantly more in taxes than they get in benefits and services.

该委员会称没有工作的欧洲移民占了欧洲人口的近1%，称尽管过去十年来总的移民人数增加了，但尽管所在国的失业率大增，而失业移民的比例却下降了。数据显示大多数没有工作的移民是 学生、领养老金的退休者和需要照顾的孩子，大多数移民的家庭至少有一个工作者。这篇报道的结论是，欧洲各国间的移民者所交纳的税额比所获得的补贴和服务要多。

A spokesman for the British Prime Minister has insisted there is widespread and understandable concern about what his government calls benefit tourism. He said the UK  government was working with other EU countries to stop migrants surviving specifically to get social welfare payments. Some British newspapers today claimed there as  many as 600,000 unemployed³ foreign European citizens in the UK - a figure that the European commission says it's quite simply wholly wrong.

英国首相的发言人称，人们对政府所谓的福利旅游表现出普遍的担心，不过这是可以理解的。他说英国政府正与欧洲其他国家一道，努力阻止移民专为获得社会福利而来。有的英国报刊今天 称英国共有60万失业的外国欧洲公民，欧洲委员会称这个数据显然不对。

President Obama is to meet congressional leaders at the White House for more talks aimed at the ending the partial government shutdown currently in its 14th day. A  statement from the White House said planned meeting has now been postponed⁴ to allow the Senate more time to negotiate. Aids to the leaders of both parties have told  the BBC there no closure of a deal, but speaking earlier in the day, Mr. Obama struck a more positive met.

英国政府部分关门已经持续14天了，总统奥巴马准备在白宫会见国会领导人，希望就结束关门进行更多会谈。白宫发表声明称原定的会议已经推迟，这样参议院就有更多时间来协商。两党领 导人的助手告诉BBC目前尚未达成协议，但在当天早些时候，奥巴马促成了较积极的一场会议。

There has been some progress on the Senate side, with Republicans recognizing it's not tenable, it's not smart, it's not good for the American people to let America  default. There has been some progress in recognizing that we're not going to be able to completely bridge the differences between the parties all at once.

目前参议院已经取得了一些进展，共和党承认进展并非无懈可击，并不明智，对美国人来说，让美国违约是糟糕的。能够承认我们不能一次性弥合两党的分歧，这就是进步。

1 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

2 pensioners   

n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

4 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。