联合国宣布要提供更多的工作来降低失业率

32 联合国宣布要提供更多的工作来降低失业率

DATE=5-28-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Jobs Report
BYLINE=Jill Moss¹

(start at 1'01") This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
The United Nations says at least five-hundred-million new jobs will be needed during the next ten years to help support the world's (1) workforce².  The U-N International Labor³ Office published the World (2) Employment Report a few months ago.  It says the new jobs will be needed to help reduce unemployment around the world by half. 
The International Labor Office estimates that one- hundred- sixty- million people did not have jobs at the end of last year.  Most of these people were seeking jobs for the first time.  Among them, about one- hundred- ten- million lives in developing countries.   
The report also (3) estimates about five- hundred- million workers around the world have jobs, but they are not paid enough money.  They earn less than one American dollar a day.  This is called "（4）underemployment." 
It means a worker earns less money than what he or she needs to survive.  The International Labor Office says that nearly all-underemployed people live in （5）developing countries. 
The rate at which people enter the world's workforce is expected to slow during the next ten years.  However, the U-N estimates about four- hundred- sixty- million people will join the world's workforce by Two-Thousand-Ten.  More than half of these new workers will be from Asia.  
Experts say the need for jobs depends greatly on whether the world economy continues to expand.   If it does, the International Labor Office says information technology and （6）communications will offer the most promising⁴ chances for work.  Duncan Campbell is the economist⁵ who supervised⁶ the World Employment Report.  He says technology is important. But there are also concerns. 
Many developing countries do not have technology. (7) resources like those in industrial countries. Mister Campbell says developing countries will have to take steps to bridge this digital divide.  He says lack of education is the main reason why people in developing countries do not use technology.  The International Labor Organization is urging developing countries to create new public policies.  The goal is to find ways to link more people to computers and information technology. 
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.

注释：
(1)    workforce [5w[:k7fR:s]n. 劳动力,工人总数，职工总数
(2) employment[ im5plCimEnt ]n.雇用, 使用
(3) estimate[ 5estimeit ]v.估计, 估价
(4) underemployment[ 7QndErim5plCimEnt ]n.不充分就业
(5) developing[ di5velEpiN ]adj.发展中的
(6) communications[kEmju:nI5keIF(E)nz]n.[计] 通信
(7) resource[ ri5sC:s ]n.资源, 财力

 

1 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

2 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

3 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。

4 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

5 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

6 supervised   

v.监督，管理( supervise的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The architect supervised the building of the house. 建筑工程师监督房子的施工。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers. 他指导和培训了400多名志愿者。 来自辞典例句