CNN News:美國年輕人對美國夢持悲觀態(tài)度

美國年輕人對美國夢持悲觀態(tài)度

It`s great to have you watching CNN STUDENT NEWS. This is our second to last show of the school year. I`m Carl Azuz. And I`m glad to bring it to you.

歡迎您收看CNN學(xué)生新聞。這是我們這一學(xué)年的倒數(shù)第二期節(jié)目。我是卡爾·阿祖茲，很高興能為您報(bào)道。

AZUZ:

It`s been five years since the great recession officially ended. This was the economic downturn that hit between 2007 and 2009, but it`s still having effects on people.

阿祖茲：2007年至2009年，美國遭遇經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)，進(jìn)入經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退期。雖然至今為止已經(jīng)過去五年了，但是仍然影響著美國人民。

CNN Money says the recovery of U.S. jobs has been the slowest ever. More Americans are using food stamps than ever. Wages are rising, but barely. Is this all taking a toll on the American dream?

CNN財(cái)經(jīng)頻道報(bào)道說，美國就業(yè)情況的恢復(fù)是有史以來最慢的。越來越多的美國人靠食品救濟(jì)券為生，工資雖然在漲，但是漲的很少。這種情況會嚴(yán)重影響美國夢的實(shí)現(xiàn)嗎?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT:

The American dream is this national ideal, the goal of prosperity and success.

艾莉森·科希克(CNN通訊記者)：實(shí)現(xiàn)美國夢是美國整個國家的理想，美國夢的目標(biāo)就是實(shí)現(xiàn)國家的繁榮昌盛。

But in CNN Money`s American dream poll, 59 percent of people say regardless of how you define it, it`s not achievable.

但是在CNN財(cái)經(jīng)頻道開展的美國夢民意調(diào)查中顯示，59%的民眾認(rèn)為不管你去怎樣定義美國夢，這個夢都實(shí)現(xiàn)不了。

Young adults are the most pessimistic, they`ve had a hard time finding good jobs as the country recovers from the recession, and there are already concerns about the next generation, too.

其中年輕人最悲觀，因?yàn)檎锰幱诿绹鴱慕?jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)中復(fù)蘇的這段時期，所以他們很難找到好的工作，而且這也會對一代年輕人造成影響。

63 percent of Americans say that most children in the U.S. will not be better off than their parents.

63%的美國民眾說，美國的大多數(shù)孩子將不會比他們的父母更富裕。

The problem is that while most people are managing to tread water, that`s not translating into solid financial security. But not everybody is onboard with these findings.

問題是雖然大多數(shù)人選擇不去冒風(fēng)險而是原地踏步，停滯不前，但是這并不能換來金融經(jīng)濟(jì)的安全。然而并不是每個人都懂這個道理。

The Brooking Center says the American dream isn`t dead and that this negative perceptions are necessarily supported by facts since two major studies early this year show that the ability to climb the economic ladder hasn`t changed significantly over time. I`m Alison Kosik in New York.

布魯金斯中心稱，美國夢并沒有破滅，這種說法是有事實(shí)依據(jù)的。因?yàn)榻衲暝缙诘膬蓚€主要研表明，隨著時間的改變，美國發(fā)展自身經(jīng)濟(jì)的能力并沒有明顯的改變。

艾莉森·科?？嗽诩~約報(bào)道。

Time for the "Shoutout." Where would you find the line "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink?" You know what to do. Is it "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Moby Dick", "The Old Man and the Sea," or Seabiscuit? You`ve got three seconds, go!

又到了大聲喊出答案環(huán)節(jié)。在哪里你可以找到這句話?“水，到處都是水，但沒有一滴是能喝的?”你知道該怎么做的。是出現(xiàn)在《老海員之歌》里呢，《白鯨》里呢，《老人與海》

里呢，還是《奔騰年代》里呢?你有三秒鐘來回答問題，1，2，3……

Coleridge`s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," has this line about being surrounded by seawater, none of it drinkable. That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout.

是柯勒律治的《老海員之歌》里的話，是關(guān)于老海員被在大海中被海水環(huán)繞，卻沒有可飲用的水的情景描述。這就是今天的答案，這就是本次的大聲喊出答案環(huán)節(jié)。