NPR邊聽邊練341：奧巴馬關(guān)注失業(yè)問題
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。
President Obama met with business leaders at the White House,_1_ them to do more to hire people who haven't been out of work for a long time. NPR's Scott Horsley reports it's the latest and serious move by the White House acts on its own when Congress will not.
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在白宮會(huì)見商界領(lǐng)袖，催促他們?cè)谠黾庸蛡蜷L(zhǎng)期失業(yè)人員方面做出更多努力。據(jù)NPR新聞的斯科特·霍斯利報(bào)道，這是當(dāng)國(guó)會(huì)不作為時(shí)，白宮自己采取的最新嚴(yán)肅舉動(dòng)。
So far the Obama administration has been stymied in its _2_ to get Congress to keep _3_ unemployment check to those who have been out of work 6 months or more. Obama says he will keep pressing lawmakers, calling those checks are economic lifeline. Meanwhile,though the president urge a quarter of American to do its part to put people back to work. The president says companies should be careful not to overlook job applicants, even they _4_ for an extent of period.
截至目前，奧巴馬政府一直致力于讓國(guó)會(huì)對(duì)那些失業(yè)6個(gè)月以上的民眾展開失業(yè)檢查。奧巴馬表示，他將繼續(xù)向議員施壓，稱這些檢查是經(jīng)濟(jì)命脈。同時(shí)，雖然總統(tǒng)催促一些美國(guó)民眾盡力使失業(yè)者恢復(fù)工作?？偨y(tǒng)表示，各家公司應(yīng)謹(jǐn)慎行事，不要因?yàn)槿藗冮L(zhǎng)期失業(yè)就忽視他們的求職申請(qǐng)。
"Just because you have been out of work for a while, that doesn't mean that you're not a hard worker."
“你失業(yè)了一段時(shí)間，并不意味著你工作不努力。”
Study suggests long-term unemployed are less likely to _5_ for jobs than people who haven't been out of work just few weeks. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.
研究表明，相對(duì)于僅失業(yè)幾周時(shí)間的民眾，那些長(zhǎng)期失業(yè)者不太可能接到面試通知。NPR新聞，斯科特·霍斯利白宮報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1. be careful to/not to do sth.
小心，謹(jǐn)慎做某事/不要做某事;
eg. We had to be very careful not to be seen.
我們得小心翼翼，不能被發(fā)現(xiàn)。
eg. He's always careful to do things by the book.
他總是小心翼翼地按規(guī)章辦事。
2、job applicants 職業(yè)申請(qǐng)者
eg:Do overweight job applicants approach jobs with less confidence than other candidates?
是不是過重的職業(yè)申請(qǐng)者在應(yīng)征時(shí)比其他人缺乏自信。
參考答案：
1、urging 2、efforts 3、sending
4、have been unemployed 5、be interviewed
