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十一月份 第 05 課

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  • Obama to Meet with Economic Team, Hold News Conference
  • 歐巴馬將會見經濟團隊和舉行記者會
  •   U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is meeting today (Friday) with his economic team in Chicago and holds his first news conference since winning the election.
  • 美國當選總統巴拉克.歐巴馬今天 (星期五) 將在芝加哥和他的經濟團隊開會,並舉行他贏得總統大選以來的首場記者會。

  •   Mr. Obama is about 10 weeks from taking office and inheriting the country's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
  • 再過大約 10 個星期,歐巴馬將就任總統,接手處理美國自大蕭條以來最嚴重的經濟危機。

  •   Speculation is mounting about his administration choices, including Treasury secretary, which he is expected to announce soon.
  • 針對歐巴馬行政當局人選的猜測越來越多,包括財政部長;預計歐巴馬不久將宣佈這一人選。

  •   Mr. Obama's pick for chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, accepted the job Thursday.
  • 歐巴馬挑選的白宮辦公廳主任伊曼紐爾星期四接受了這一任命。

  •   Emanuel is an Illinois congressman who also served under former President Bill Clinton.
  • 伊曼紐爾是來自伊利諾伊州的國會眾議員,曾經在前總統克林頓手下任職。

  •   In a statement, Mr. Obama called Emanuel a "good friend" and said he knows no one better at "getting things done."
  • 歐巴馬在聲明中稱伊曼紐爾是個「好朋友」;他說,他知道伊曼紐爾「完成任務」的能力無以倫比。

  •   Emanuel said he will do everything he can to help the President-elect unite Americans and deliver the change the country needs.
  • 伊曼紐爾說,他將竭盡所能,幫助當選總統歐巴馬把美國人民團結起來,實現美國需要的改變。

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  • US Jobless Rate Soars
  • 美國失業率上升
  •   The U.S. unemployment rate soared to a 14-year high in October, more evidence that the world's largest economy is moving toward a recession.
  • 美國 10 月份的失業率飆升到 14 年來最高點,更加證明這個世界最大的經濟體正走向衰退。

  •   Today's (Friday's) report from the Labor Department says the jobless rate rose nearly half-a-percent to six-and-a-half percent, while the economy had a net loss of 240-thousand jobs for the month.
  • 美國勞工部星期五公佈的報告說,失業率上升將近 0.5 %,達到 6.5 %,10 月份淨損失 24 萬個工作。

  •   That boosts the total number of unemployed Americans to more than 10 million.
  • 這使美國失業總人數超過 1 千萬。

  •   Economists interviewed by news organizations call the U.S. job market bleak and getting worse.
  • 新聞機構採訪的經濟學家認為,美國的就業市場前景黯淡,越來越惡化。

  •   Job losses hit manufacturing, building, and financial companies particularly hard.
  • 製造業、建築業和金融業工作流失情況尤其嚴重。

  •   The disappointing figures follow Thursday's International Monetary Fund report saying global economic growth will slow sharply in 2009.
  • 在公佈這些令人失望的數字之前,國際貨幣基金組織星期四公佈的一份報告說,2009 年世界經濟增長將大幅度放緩。

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