美国国会本周重点:失业补助 The U.S. Congress gets back to work this week after a holiday break. Whether to restore jobless benefits for more than one million long-term unemployed Americans will be among the first items considered in the

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2014年1月

VI. Further Listening and Speaking Task1: Problems of Joblessness Script Joblessness can lead to a series of problem, and it is not easy to solve them. First of all, being without a job often means lacking social contract wit h fellow employees, and

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Broadcast: Jan 31 2003 Japan's jobless rate stands at a post-war high of 5.5 percent for December, rising from 5.3 percent in November. Labor Minister Chikara Sakaguchi said the jobless condition refl

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The US economy continues to recover from the tech bubble burst of 2000. But there're certainly many people still left behind. Long-term unemployment which is defined as being out of work for 27 weeks is at record levels. And within that group,the per

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US Unemployed Become Jobless, Homeless, Hopeful Jobless Robbyne Sudduth became a statistic - unemployed, homeless. Laid off from Xerox in 2007, she left Michigan and came to New York looking for work. I was putting out resumes and doing what people d

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One day after the U.S. central bank signaled a possible end to America's longest recession since World War II, new data suggest continued weakness in several economic sectors. Shoppers move through the check-out line after a shopping trip to Wal-Mar

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Washington Week: Focus on Jobless Benefits, US Intelligence Whether to restart jobless checks for Americas long-term unemployed will remain the focus of Senate debate this week. Benefits for more than a million people expired in December, coinciding

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WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose sharply after hitting a record low since mid-May in the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The figure for seasonal

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美国参议院推进失业救济金延长法案 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to advance the unemployment benefits extension bill, clearing procedural hurdle for the legislation. In a 60-37 vote, the Democratic-cont

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1月美国就业增长令人失望 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added fewer new jobs than expected in January, putting wrinkles on the economic outlook, although the jobless rate fell to a five-year low, the Department of Labor repor

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Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When Youre Jobless Sit in front of laptop. Lie on couch. Eat pickles for lunch. Back to laptop. Feel sorry for self. Feel sick of self. Tear hair out in frustration. And back to couch. If this is your 9-to-5 routine, yo

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose by 51,000 from the previous(以前的) week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. The Labor Department said that the advance fi

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PARIS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- French jobless rate(失业率) will stay stable at 9.9 percent for 2010, the highest level in a decade(十年), according to a report published Wednesday by the national statistics bureau Insee. In the short-term an

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By Jim Randle Washington 06 November 2009 Sonja Jackson, of Detroit, holds a Employment Guide standing in line while attending a job fair in Livonia, Michigan, 04 Nov 2009 The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the

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美国经济改善或有助于奥巴马 WASHINGTON As President Obama prepares to give a key annual address to the nation, he faces political problems that have hurt his approval ratings. Experts say he may get some political help over the next year,

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PARIS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Growth of jobless claims in France slowed down but the government was still in battle to reverse the alarming unemployment rate, French Labor Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday. There are signs of slight improvement in

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The two chambers of U.S. Congress on Friday passed a short-term payroll tax and jobless benefits bill, which is now on its way to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. The bipartisan deal was approved by

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Last thing a college student wants to face is unemployment upon graduation. But when job prospects become a factor which determines whether a major is axed or not, teachers and students are equally worried. 大学生最不想遇到的状况便是毕业

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The U.S. unemployment rate dropped in November, while the nation's economy lost the fewest jobs since 2007. Dan Robinson | Washington 04 December 2009 Job seekers attend job fair in Livonia, Michigan 4 Dec 2009 There was a bit of good news for the U.

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Gan Xiaochen, 22, an international journalism major graduate, got a bit uneasy during job hunting this year. 22岁的甘晓晨(音译)毕业于国际新闻专业,她在今年的求职过程中感到些许不轻松。 She found herself surrounde

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