NPR邊聽邊練177：失業(yè)與壽命

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。

一、泛聽建議：

1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

A new study finds a link between unemployment and shorter life expectancy.NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the research aims to explain a _1_ gap in mortality among white women.At a time when many live longer, white women without a high school diploma have been dying increasingly earlier.

一項新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)失業(yè)率和短壽命的聯(lián)系。NPR新聞的詹妮弗·陸登報道這項研究的目的是解釋白人女性死亡率差距增長的原因。在許多人長壽的時代,沒有高中文憑的白人女性一直越來越早的死亡。

To understand why, a study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior _2_ data on tens of thousands of women over a decade.It looked at things like weight, marital status, alcohol consumption and poverty.But two factors stood out:smoking, already well-known, and unemployment.The study's lead author suggests the social support and self-esteem that come with a job may help extend life expectancy.She recommends more family-friendly work policies to help keep less-educated women employed.Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.

要解釋其中原因,健康與社會行為期刊的一項研究對于成千上萬幾十歲的婦女進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。調(diào)查涉及諸如體重、婚姻狀況、飲酒和貧困等狀況。但兩個因素卻格外引人注目:眾所周知的吸煙及失業(yè)問題。而該研究的主要作者建議社會有一份可以幫助延長壽命的工作應(yīng)該得到支持及自重。她建議更有利于家庭的工作政策以幫助低教育水平婦女的就業(yè)。NPR新聞，詹妮弗·陸登報道。

The economy _3_ at an annual pace of 2.4% in the first quarter.That's just a bit lower than the Commerce Department's previous assessment.Many economists _4_ growth to ease back a bit in the current quarter, and Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics is among them."The key driver of the economy is the cuts in government spending.There are quite significant, then tax increases.So we saw some big tax increases at the beginning of the year and households who kind of digest hat."Economists say the pace of growth is _5_ to increase some in the second half of the year.

經(jīng)濟(jì)在第一季度年增長率為2.4%。這一數(shù)字略低于美國商務(wù)部之前的評估。許多經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家預(yù)計增長會在當(dāng)前季度緩和,而穆迪分析的馬克·贊迪就是其中之一。“經(jīng)濟(jì)的關(guān)鍵驅(qū)動是削減政府開支。這點非常重要,然后是增加稅收。所以我們在今年年初看到一些很大部分的稅收增加而且家庭進(jìn)行消化。”而經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家表示增長步伐可能會在今年下半年增加。

Wall Street, the Dow was up 25 points just before the close.This is NPR News.

最后讓我們關(guān)注下華爾街,收盤前道瓊斯指數(shù)上漲25點。這里是NPR新聞。

詞匯解析：

1.mortality： the quality or state of being mortal

n. 死亡數(shù)，死亡率;必死性，必死的命運

eg:The second question is the effect of all this on mortality.

第二個問題是所有這些對于死亡率的影響。

2、marital ：connected with marriagea.婚姻的

eg:We don't know her marital status, whether or not she has children.

我們不清楚她的婚姻狀況,也不知道她是否有孩子。

參考答案：

1、growing 2、surveyed 3、expanded

4、are expecting 5、likely