英国失业率高达7.2％

 　　英国失业率高达7.2％

　　LONDON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- British unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 after a surprising drop to 7.1 percent in the previous three months, official figures showed on Wednesday.

　　Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed there were 2.34 million unemployed¹ people aged² 16 and over between October and December 2013.

　　The employment rate in the period stood at 72.1 percent, which was up 0.3 percentage point from July to September 2013 and up 0.6 from a year earlier.

　　The ONS said the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance in January fell by 27,600 to 1.22 million.

　　"It is unsurprising that employment growth is now dipping following last month's surprisingly strong numbers," said Gerwyn Davies, the CIPD's labour market adviser³.

　　"The continuing gap between pay and CPI inflation also reiterates⁴ our findings that employees and employers do not expect the rate of pay rises to increase significantly in 2014," Davies added.

　　However, he was worried about the latest quarterly figures on output per hour which fell by 0.3 percent.

　　"Overall, while the immediate⁵ jobs outlook remains⁶ relatively⁷ bright, it looks as though the vast majority of workers will at best experience a standstill in real earnings⁸, with the greatest challenges being faced by the rapidly growing number of self-employed people," Davies said.

　　According to the ONS figures, total pay rose by 1.1 percent in the last three months of 2013, compared with October to December 2012.

　　Average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 1.0 percent by the same period. The earning growth still lagged behind inflation rate.

1 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。

2 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。

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 reiterates   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The Chinese government reiterates that the question of Taiwan is China's internal affair. 中国政府重申，台湾问题是中国的内政。 来自汉英非文学 - 汉英文件
• Wang Jianzhou reiterates a fact and a viewpoint in Davos. 王建宙在达沃斯重申一个事实和一个观点。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 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。

7 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

8 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。