时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2004(上)--各类新闻


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Greenspan Predicts US Job Growth Soon


 


Barry Woods


 


U.S. central bank chief Alan Greenspan told a congressional committee Thursday that the United States must resist protectionism.


 


Mr. Greenspan told the House Education Committee that the U.S. economy is best served by full and vigorous engagement in the global economy. Trade protectionism, he said, would hurt America by inviting 1 retaliation 2 from foreign countries.


 


Mr. Greenspan said he expects the economy will soon begin creating jobs at a faster pace. Last month, only 2,100 jobs were created, far fewer than had been expected. The loss of U.S. jobs to lower wage countries has become a major issue in the presidential election campaign.


 


Mr. Greenspan called for improvements in the U.S. educational system, a change he said is essential to assuring future economic success. "Clearly, we are not doing enough to move students through the educational system with a faster level of skill accretion 3," he said. "Because, as I point out in my prepared remarks, it is reflected in these very dramatic changes in the so-called college-high-school skill spreads, which have opened up quite materially."


 


The central bank chief was referring to falling international rankings of U.S. high school students in science and mathematics.


 


Mr. Greenspan said the U.S. labor 4 market is flexible and that other countries are trying to emulate 5 the U.S. model. He mentioned France, where a reduction in the work week to 35 hours has eroded 6 the competitiveness of French workers.


 


"The work-week in France, which was expected to have some considerable difficulty in maintaining a flexible labor market, is being recognized as such [a problem]," he said.


 


Mr. Greenspan said both France and Germany are seeking to cut back the strict work rules and generous unemployment benefits that have contributed to work place rigidities.


 


 


注释:


central bank chief  中央银行行长


congressional [kEn5^reFEnEl] adj. 国会的


protectionism [prE5tekF(E)nIz(E)m] n. 保护主义


House Education Committee (美国)教育局,隶属联邦内务部


vigorous [5vi^ErEs] adj. 精力旺盛的


retaliation [rI9tAlI5eIFLn] n. 报复,报仇


accretion [A5kri:FEn] n. 增长


dramatic [drE5mAtik] adj. 戏剧性的


materially [mE5tiEriEli] adv. 本质上, 重大


emulate [5emjuleit] v. 仿效


eroded [i5rEud] vt. 腐蚀,使变化


rigidity 7 [ri5dViditi] n. 僵化,刻板



adj.诱人的,引人注目的
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
n.报复,反击
  • retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
  • He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.自然的增长,增加物
  • Every culture is an accretion.每一种文化都是长期积淀的结果。
  • An accretion of sediment at the mouth of the river caused serious flooding.河口堆积物的增加导致河水严重泛滥。
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
  • 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。
v.努力赶上或超越,与…竞争;效仿
  • You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作,赶上你姐姐。
  • You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影,并尽力模仿他的动作。
adj.钢性,坚硬
  • The rigidity of the metal caused it to crack.这金属因刚度强而产生裂纹。
  • He deplored the rigidity of her views.他痛感她的观点僵化。
学英语单词
absorption reaction rate
abuse of law
acrobatic show
Aleksandrinka
Allo-PBSCT
application workspace
arbitrally
blinking method of stereoscopic viewing
brass watch case blank
Chilean tinamous
cixiid
clap-hand
common laburnum
compartment hot well
compartmentalised
conductivity
contra-cyclical measures
Coquimbo owl
cross platform
cyclotheric sedimentation
dc data set
determinable freeholds
diacetylurea
dicumarols
elasto-aerodynamics
erosional vacuity
erotematic
final thermomechanicaltreatment
Gamu
general most favoured nation clause
glory of the snow
green goodss
gyroso-
hally
haylee
hofners
hydrated stock
hyperthite
idiologism
in the jug
incidental cost
ioduretted
items sample
keep on trucking
kindjals
koevoets
laminated clay
Lasianthus formosensis
leveling off
macro-observation
magmatic circulation
marine windscreen
mGal, mgal
moisture measurer for sand and stone
muscle scars
N.C.
nbcc
nobeliums
nuclenoic
NuLab
on-state characteristic
peritoneal tap
phthioic acid
plate mangle
prends
prevention of collision
prolmon tablet
pyramidal cells
raw mast
reactor coolant system cold leg isolation valve
Regranex
relative-entropy
reliability index of generating system
risto
Rubus chiliadenus
sit down to
solti
standard reference materials
starch ester
static stability margin
stochastic procss
strict secrecy
stupiditarian
superior characters
switching pulse
symbiotic action
synedra undulata
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
systematic production of substitution lines
thuggish
total corneal transplantation
total variation decreasing scheme
Tuamarina
twin-screw conveyor
TWTA
ultraviolet radiations
unintentional nonlinearity
unquietous
wassily chair
wax string
y.m