CNNnews:美國11月失業(yè)率意外下降至最低

[00:02.09]Our first story on this Monday edition of our show, every 48 minutes, someone in the US dies in a car wreck that involves a driver who's either drunk or in someway alcohol-impair. 在周一版我們節(jié)目的第一個故事是在美國每48分鐘就會有人在一次車禍中喪生,這其中涉嫌司機喝醉或者是以某種方式因酒精而起。 [00:12.09]It works out to more than 10,000 deaths every year. 每年100，00多人死亡。 [00:15.45]Police say Jerry Brown is one of them. 警方稱杰里·布朗就是其中之一。 [00:18.34]He was a linebacker on the Dallas Cowboys practice-squad who was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning. 他是周六早晨喪生于車禍的達拉斯牛仔隊的一名球員。 [00:24.48]Brown was a passenger. 布朗同時也是一名乘客。 [00:26.19]Police say the car his was in hit a curb, flipped and caught on fire. 警方表示他乘坐的車撞到了馬路邊緣后翻車起火。 [00:30.25]Officers believe alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash. 官員們認為酒精在事故中起到了決定性因素。 [00:34.43]Cowboys nosetackle Josh Brent was behind the wheel. 同樣身為牛仔隊球員的喬?！げ紓愄刎撠?zé)開車。 [00:37.38]He's been arrested on suspension of intoxication manslaughter. 他因酒駕過失殺人罪而被捕。 [00:41.40]Brent and Brown were teammates in college too. 在大學(xué)時布倫特和布朗曾是隊友。 [00:44.17]Brent pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in 2009 while he was in school. 布倫特2009年在學(xué)校時因醉酒駕駛而面臨指控。 [00:49.33]The charge he's facing now could lead to a 10,000-dollar-fine and a potential prison sentence of two to 20 years. 而他現(xiàn)在面臨的指控可能會招致10000美元的罰款及或許2年至20年的牢飯生涯。 [00:57.47]Every month, US government reports on a national unemployment rate and a number of jobs added or lost. 每個月,美國政府會公布全國的失業(yè)率及增加或者失去的工作崗位的報告。 [01:03.38]For November, 146, 000 jobs added; unemployment at 7.7%. 在11月,增加了146,000個就業(yè)崗位,而失業(yè)率是7.7%。 [01:08.51]That's a drop from a month before, and it's the lowest unemployment rate it has been in nearly four years. 這個數(shù)字相比前一個月有所下降, 而且在近四年中已經(jīng)是最低的失業(yè)率。 [01:16.10]But these numbers can be a little tricky. 但這些數(shù)字可能有點令人棘手。 [01:18.05]The unemployment rate only counts people actively looking for a job. 失業(yè)率會只統(tǒng)計積極地尋找工作的人們。 [01:22.25]Experts say that's the main reason the rate went down is because some people just give up and stop looking. 專家表示比率下降的主要原因是因為有些人放棄并不再尋找工作。 [01:28.37]The big number to keep in mind: 12 million. 要記住的是這個巨大的數(shù)字:1200萬。 [01:31.34]That's how many Americans were counted as unemployed in November. 這是在11月統(tǒng)計的美國失業(yè)人數(shù)。 [01:35.49]The state legislature in Michigan is getting ready to vote on a right-to-work law. 密西根州的立法機構(gòu)正準備為即將的工作權(quán)利法投票。 [01:40.00]The big part of this story has to do with Labor Unions. 而這個故事與工會有很大關(guān)系。 [01:43.02]Right-to-work laws say that workers don't have to join unions or pay union dues. 工作權(quán)利法認為工人們沒有加入工會或支付會費。 [01:48.12]People who support this law say they can make a state more attractive to businesses and can bring in more money for the state economy. 而那些支持者們表示他們可以使這個州吸引更多的企業(yè),并帶來更多經(jīng)濟效益。 [01:55.27]Critics of the law say that they make unions weaker and can keep wages lower for workers. 批評家們稱法律使公會更為疲弱并且讓工人們的工資更低。 [02:01.26]On this map, the states in blue have a right-to-work law. 在這張地圖上,用藍色圈出的各州實行工作權(quán)利法。 [02:04.42]There are 23 of those, including Indiana, just past its legislation this year. 有23個,其中包括今年剛剛通過立法的印第安納州。 [02:10.08]Poppy Harlot got the perspective from both sides of the debate over the possibility of a right-to-work law in Michigan. 普培·哈洛特將從雙方爭論的角度探究密歇根州實施工作權(quán)利法的可能性。 [02:17.44]A labor representative told me this legislation is anti-worker, saying that it gives worker less of voice. 一位勞工代表告訴我這項法案是和工人作對,表示它沒有聽取工人們的意見。 [02:24.19]What do you say of that? 你有什么看法? [02:25.24]That's backward. This is about being pro-worker. 那有些落后。這是對于專業(yè)工人而言。 [02:28.08]Again, giving workers the choice, thefreedom to choose, that's fundamental. 再一次,給工人自由選擇的機會,選擇,這才是最基本的。 [02:32.39]So, Governor Snyder's legislation is anti-worker. 所以,州長斯奈德的立法是針對工人。 [02:35.47]It's gonna end up, you know,being a devastating blow to the middle class here. 這會結(jié)束,你知道, 對在這里的中產(chǎn)階級是毀滅性的打擊。

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