美国有线新闻 CNN 新冠肺炎疫情对经济造成冲击 美国失业人数再创历史新高

Another part of this picture that's getting clearer is the economic impact. There's a jobs report due out Friday morning from the U.S. Labor¹ Department, it will be for the month of March.

新冠疫情对经济造成的影响日益清晰。美国劳工部将于周五早上发布三月份的就业报告。

And yesterday, economists² expected it would show the U.S. lost a hundred thousand jobs and that the unemployment rate — the percentage of workers who didn't have a job would increase to 3.8 percent from its historic low of 3.5 percent.

昨天，经济学家预计该报告将表明，美国损失了10万个工作岗位，而失业率，即没有工作者所占比例，从历史最低值3.5%上升到3.8%。

But there's a catch. The information for that survey is only as recent as the middle of March, and that's before records started being broken for initial jobless claims. This is the number of people who just started asking the government for help because they lost their jobs in layoffs³ or business cutbacks.

但值得注意的是，这项调查的信息只更新到3月中旬，也就是初次申请失业救济人数的记录被打破之前。初次申请失业救济人数指因裁员或企业减产而丢掉工作，开始向政府申请救助的人数。

Last Friday, we told you how that number. which accounted for the third week of March, was a record 3.28 million people. Today's figure, which measures the number of initial jobless claims in the fourth week of March, is a new record, 6.6 million people.

我们在上周五报道过，三月第三周初次申请失业救济人数达到创记录的328万人。今天公布的数据显示，三月第四周初次申请失业救济人数创下了660万人的新记录。

Is there a silver lining⁴ here?

还有一线希望吗？

U.S. Treasury⁵ Secretary Steven Mnuchin says when the U.S. defeats the virus, he expects the American economy will recover quickly, with gross domestic products jumping back up and unemployment dropping back down to the way they were before the coronavirus struck. That literally⁶ depends on how the recovery shapes up.

美国财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦表示，他预计在美国击败新冠病毒后，美国经济将迅速复苏，国内生产总值将回升，失业率也将回落至冠状病毒爆发之前的水平。但这实际上要取决于复苏的方式。

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 layoffs   

临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 )； 停工，停止活动

参考例句：

• Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
• Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌

4 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

5 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

6 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。