英语新闻听写 美国第一季度非农就业率放缓

On Friday, the U.S. economy showed signs of a slowdown as the Department of Labor¹ announced that just 160,000 new jobs had been created in April,

周五，美国劳工部发布最新数据，美国四月非农新增就业人口仅为16万人，

which was 40,000 fewer than had been expected.

比预期减少4万人，经济呈放缓趋势。

Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate remained steady at 5%.

与此同时，美国失业率稳定在5%。

According to Reuters, economists² had expected the economy to add 202,000 jobs and in the first quarter of 2016, job gains averaged 209,000 a month.

据路透社报道，经济学家期望随着经济强势，每月新增就业能达到2万零2千个，2016年第一季度，每月平均新增就业2万零9千个。

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that in the first quarter of 2016 the economy grew at its slowest pace in two years.

据美国商务部上周报告，第一季度经济增速达两年内最低值。

1 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。

2 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》