美国有线新闻 CNN 美国九月就业报告出炉：结果与预期相差甚远

First though, the U.S. government has released its monthly jobs report.

首先，美国政府发布了月度就业报告。

It's one measure of how the economy as a whole is doing.

这是衡量整体经济状况的一个指标。

The report that just came out is for the month of September and it was a disappointment.

刚刚出炉的报告是关于9月份的，结果令人失望。

Economists¹ had expected that 479,000 jobs would have been added last mont h.

经济学家原本预计，上个月美国将新增47.9万个就业岗位。

The actual number was well below half that according to the U.S. Labor² Department.

根据美国劳工部的数据，实际数字远低于这个数字的一半。

It was the second month in a row that the number of jobs added to the American economy was dramatically lower than what economists predicted, and no one knows exactly why the growth in this area has slowed down.

这是美国经济新增就业人数连续第二个月大幅低于经济学家预期，没有人确切知道这一领域增长放缓的原因。

Many economists point to continued concerns about the corona³ virus pandemic and the Delta⁴ variant⁵ of the disease.

许多经济学家表明对冠状病毒大流行和该疾病的德尔塔变种的持续担忧。

That was reportedly twice as contagious⁶ as previous versions of it, but while new COVID cases hit a high point in late August and early September.

据报道，这一病毒的传染性是之前版本的两倍，但新冠肺炎病例在8月底和9月初达到了高峰。

They have been steadily⁷ decreasing since then.

自那以后，病例一直在稳步下降。

Critics of the government stimulus⁸ program said they were too generous.

政府刺激计划的批评者说他们过于慷慨了。

That they gave too much money to people who weren't working.

他们给了失业者太多的钱。

States that opted⁹ out of those programs early did see their employment grow faster according to government data, but the Federal stimulus programs ended in early September and still many Americans haven't returned to work.

根据政府数据，提前退出这些计划的州就业增长速度确实更快，但联邦刺激计划在9月初结束了，许多美国人仍没有重返工作岗位。

Experts say other reasons for this could include problems finding childcare, workers considering changing their careers and requirements that employees have a corona virus vaccine¹⁰ which some don't want to get.

专家表示，造成这一状况的其他原因可能包括：员工找不到儿童保育服务，员工考虑改变职业，以及让员工接种冠状病毒疫苗的要求，但是一些员工并不想接种。

These could all be factors in why fewer jobs are being added.

这些都可能是新增就业岗位减少的原因。

The unemployment rate, the percentage of American workers who don't have a job, that fell to 4.8 percent in September from 5.2 percent the month before.

失业率，即失去工作的美国员工的百分比，从上个月的5.2%下降到9月份的4.8%。

Those are the lowest unemployment rates since March of last year, and usually that would be good news.

这是自去年3月以来的最低失业率，通常来说这是个好消息。

But economists say the unemployment rate only counts the workers who are actively¹¹ looking for jobs, many Americans are not, so they say that picture may not be as pretty as the number alone suggests.

但经济学家表示，失业率只计算积极寻找工作的工人，许多美国人并不是这样，所以他们说，情况可能不像数字本身显示的那么美好。

Overall, U.S. job growth in September was the lowest it's been all year.

总体而言，美国9月份的就业增长是全年最低的。

1 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》

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 corona   

n.日冕

参考例句：

• The corona gains and loses energy continuously.日冕总是不断地获得能量和损失能量。
• The corona is a brilliant,pearly white,filmy light,about as bright as the full moon.光环带是一种灿烂的珠白色朦胧光，几乎像满月一样明亮。

4 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

5 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

6 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

7 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

8 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。

9 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

10 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

11 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。