时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(五月)


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Some economists 2 warn that New Zealand will suffer if it cuts immigration because of the recession. As unemployment rises, there is growing pressure on the government to reduce its intake 4 of skilled workers, imitating decisions made across the Tasman Sea in Australia.


Unemployment in New Zealand is at a six-year high and stands at five percent. The economy slipped into recession last year, well before many other developed countries, and the chances of a speedy recovery appear slim.


The International Monetary 5 Fund expects the New Zealand economy to shrink by two percent this year.


Unions: scale back immigration program


Trade unions argue that in such dismal 6 economic times the government in Wellington should reduce the level of skilled migration 3 to protect local workers, especially in hard-hit industries such as construction.


Union officials think New Zealand should follow Australia's example and scale back its immigration program. Canberra cut migration levels by almost 15 percent because of the global economic slump 7.


Some economists, however, think this is a short-sighted view.


British economist 1 Philippe Legrain says New Zealand needs to prepare now for economic recovery by keeping immigration strong. He says that new migrants are a lifeline to the world economy and a "launch pad" for recovery.


"Different people, with different experience, different ideas, different perspectives sparking off each other can create new solutions to problems, can help to innovate 8 and it is precisely 9 in a recession that businesses need to innovate in order to be prepared for the recovery," he said.


Some migrants complain they are being overlooked


Some well qualified 10 migrants complain that they are being overlooked when applying for suitable positions in New Zealand.


Enoch, who arrived from Rwanda in 2002 armed with two university degrees and the ability to speak four languages, says it took him two years to find work.


He thinks companies in New Zealand are too ready to dismiss overseas qualifications and experience.


"When you have work experience that can be transferred to businesses here is what matters and sometime some employers do not look closely to the CVs to find what is really your experience and what you can do for their businesses," he said.


PM resists calls to scale back immigration


So far, New Zealand's conservative Prime Minister John Key seems likely to resists calls to scale back immigration. Mr. Key says that skilled foreign workers will help the country of just over four million people to eventually recover from its recession.


The largest groups of migrants settling in New Zealand come from Britain, China and Australia, followed by Samoa and India.



n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • 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》
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
  • That is a rather dismal melody.那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
  • My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
v.革新,变革,创始
  • We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
  • It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
学英语单词
affective and conative processes
air intercept missile
aluminothermic weld(ing)
antiminority
applicable standard
aspidosamine
b-nt1(broadband network termination 1)
Baikalian orogeny
basari
base course material
bespitting
bi-erasure
bigaroons
bindaas
blaner
blast line
bobby pin
buffer assignment
capillifolia
cavia porcelluss
checkpoint restart
cougarlike
crow quill pen
cuprargyrite
cyst of salivary gland
czepiel
dation
dilatory pleas
dodecaoxide
dray chain conveyor
Dubai-esque
earth-return system
ecological equivalence
eczema sclerosum
EHD generator
ekstrom
epidote-gneiss
expressly agreed terms of the contract
fattened
FDT
feetfoot
final payment
Fort Bragg fever
frame method
gaseous ammonia
high pressure side
Hilum renale
horny crunb
hydraulic breakwater
Ibe wind
impetiginous
infra-
inner plate
intersite transmission
junction luminescent device
kazooing
khasiensis
lecanactis submorosa
masked dance of bangolo (ivory coast)
matatanilactone
material labor
Mbabane
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
neo-theory of population
neutrons from fission
non alkali glass
normal electrode potential
nototodarus hawaiiensis
numerically controlled shears
pfeffers
plated bar
Pollution of Ship's Noise
post-temporal
Prut
pulsating oxidative pyrolysis
pumping and drainage plan
ratchet winding wheel
regular annual continuous survey
restraint welding
ruddy turnstones
sage honey
scatter proofs
Scorpiothyrsus erythrotrichus
screw tool
semidiagrammatic
share-croppings
Siemens' syndrome
Silver liqueur
spherical union
starter formula
stationary counter
street-ward
super injunction
temperature run
tetrapterum
thiocarbonyls
trailer tape
universal amplifier
vv. thoracic? longitudinales
Wagner's corpuscles
wishbone trysail
woad