全球经济复苏无助失业问题

 　　全球经济复苏无助失业问题

　　The global economy may be on the mend, but the International Labor¹ Organization says the recovery has not improved the global employment picture. In a new report released this week, the U.N. labor advocacy group says unemployment around the world is rising, especially among young people.

　　The World Bank says growth in high income countries will fuel the global economic recovery - with overall growth expanding 3.2 percent in 2014 - then 3.5 percent by 2015.

　　But the U.N.’s International Labor Organization says those prospects² have not helped the world’s unemployed³.

　　Guy Ryder is the ILO's Director General.

　　“The bottom line figure for 2013 is that there are nearly 202 million people around the world unemployed, and that represents an increase of nearly five million on the previous year," said Ryder.

　　The Geneva-based group says the bulk of the increase came from East and South Asia, which represents nearly half of the additional job seekers, followed by sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.

　　The International Monetary⁴ Fund’s Christine Lagarde says growth remains⁵ too weak to boost employment.

　　"Overall, as I said, the direction is positive, but global growth is still too low, too fragile and too uneven⁶. Moreover, even as it is, or as we forecast that it will be, it is not enough to create 200 million jobs that are needed by people who are looking for a job everywhere in the world," said Lagarde.

　　Based on current trends, the ILO says the world’s jobless will grow another 13 million by 2018 - with youth unemployment rising nearly three times faster.

　　“Young people are the particular victims of unemployment: 74.5 million of the unemployed, aged⁷ between 15 to 24, that is one million more than the year before," said Ryder.

　　On a more positive note, the U.N. agency says the number of working poor is declining. But it says about 800 million workers - or more than a quarter of the world’s labor force - still live on about two dollars a day or less.

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 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
• The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

7 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。