NPR邊聽(tīng)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(gè)段落的聽(tīng)寫(xiě)?？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(tīng)建議：

1、完整聽(tīng)一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

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(xiàng)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(bào)道這項(xiàng)研究的目的是解釋白人女性死亡率差距增長(zhǎng)的原因。在許多人長(zhǎng)壽的時(shí)代,沒(méi)有高中文憑的白人女性一直越來(lái)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(huì)行為期刊的一項(xiàng)研究對(duì)于成千上萬(wàn)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(gè)因素卻格外引人注目:眾所周知的吸煙及失業(yè)問(wèn)題。而該研究的主要作者建議社會(huì)有一份可以幫助延長(zhǎng)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(bào)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(zhǎng)率為2.4%。這一數(shù)字略低于美國(guó)商務(wù)部之前的評(píng)估。許多經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家預(yù)計(jì)增長(zhǎng)會(huì)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(dòng)是削減政府開(kāi)支。這點(diǎn)非常重要,然后是增加稅收。所以我們?cè)诮衲昴瓿蹩吹揭恍┖艽蟛糠值亩愂赵黾佣壹彝ミM(jìn)行消化。”而經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家表示增長(zhǎng)步伐可能會(huì)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(pán)前道瓊斯指數(shù)上漲25點(diǎn)。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(yùn)

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

第二個(gè)問(wèn)題是所有這些對(duì)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