VOA常速英语2015--4月份美国就业市场有所回弹

4月份美国就业市场有所回弹

The U.S. job market rebounded¹ in April, with strong growth in business services, health care and construction.

随着商业服务业、医疗和建筑业的强劲增长，4月份美国就业市场有所回弹。

After the weak job gains in March, fewer than 100,000 hires, Bankrate.com's chief financial analyst² Greg McBride says, the second quarter is off to a good start. He spoke³ with VOA on Skype.

3月份就业增长比较差，只有不到10万个岗位，Bankrate.com的首席财务分析师格列格·麦克布莱德称第二季度开局不错，他通过Skype接受了美国之音的采访。

"The April jobs report shows we are back on track," he said. "It really reveals that March was the aberration⁴ — that was the month where the results were very poor, and they were revised lower with [Friday's] release. But, you know, April really kind of gets us back in the game."

“4月份的就业报告显示我们回到正轨上了，而且显示三月份比较失常，其就业结果很糟，周五发布的报告将之修改得更低。但是要知道，4月份确实让我们重回正轨。”

April's job numbers were an encouraging sign for investors⁵, who helped boost stock prices on Wall Street by more than 1 percent. Adding to the optimism, average hourly earnings⁶ increased, but just barely. At just 3 cents more per hour, McBride says, it's a step in the right direction, but not enough to significantly boost growth.

4月份的就业数据对投资者来说是个令人鼓舞的信号，使得华尔街股价上涨了1%以上。令人更加乐观的是，平均时薪也增加了，但增加幅度不高。麦克布莱德说每小时只增加了3美分，这是向着正确方向的一步，但不足以极大促进增长。

"People don't have enough spending power," he said. "They don't have enough breathing room in the household budget, and that's why we've had this perpetually slow-growth economy — because consumers are not in a position where they can ramp⁷ up spending on a consistent basis."

“人们的购买力不足，他们在家庭预算中没有足够的余地，因此我们的经济一直发展缓慢，因为消费者无法持续地增加开支。”

Until employers start ramping⁸ up wages, McBride says, the housing market is likely to remain sluggish⁹. Part of the problem, according to the National Association of Business Economics' Ken¹⁰ Simonson, is inertia¹¹.

麦克布莱德说，除非雇主增加工资，否则就业市场可能仍会低迷。全美商业经济协会的肯·辛普森说问题部分要归咎于惯性。

"Employers have been very cautious about hiring people, raising wages, and workers are also nervous that a job won't last," he said, "so it's made them less aggressive about pushing for wage increases in their current job or changing jobs."

“雇主对雇佣员工和增加薪水很小心，员工们也担心饭碗不长久，这样员工们就没有要求加薪或换工作的进取心。”

That could change as competition for skilled workers heats up.

随着争夺熟练工人的竞争日益激烈，这一局面可能改变。

The new jobs data show about 8.5 million Americans are still out of work, but that's down more than 1 million from a year ago.

新的就业数据表明850万美国人仍失业，但比一年前少了100多万。

1 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 aberration   

n.离开正路，脱离常规，色差

参考例句：

• The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.这时消除色差具有头等重要性。
• Owing to a strange mental aberration he forgot his own name.由于一种莫名的精神错乱，他把自己的名字忘了。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

6 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

7 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

8 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

9 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

10 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

11 inertia   

adj.惰性，惯性，懒惰，迟钝

参考例句：

• We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.下午我们感觉很懒。
• Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.飞机靠惯性着陆。