CNN 2012-06-06

 And we are off in a running.A big thanks to the Mr V's class for helping¹ us to kick off our last week of the school year.I am Carl Azus.As you heard them say.Let's go ahead and get to some of today's headlines.

 

 

First up Syria's president says his government is the target of the international conspiracy².Many world leaders have accused Syrian government forces of carring out a massacre³ against civilians⁴ recently.But in the speech yesterday,Syrian president MOA said his governemnt forces had nothing to do with it.He said quote"even monsters do not do what we saw."OA blamed the violence on terrorists.

 

 

From the crisis in Syria we are heading to a country that went through a political revolution last year.We are talking about Egypt.For nearly thirty years that country was run a man named HM.The protests and uprising forced MBL out of power.He was put on trial for orderring of killing⁵ protestors during that revolution.He said he did not even violate any laws.MBL who is wearing sunglasses here,was found guilty.Over the weekend he and one of his former official were sentenced to lighten prison.That decision lead to new protests.Some people were angery that MBL was not given the death penalty.Others were upset that six other former officials were clear of the same charges.MBL's lawyer said he is planning to appeal the verdict.

 

 

Today's shoutout goes out to Mr R's social study classes at Nobels Junior Senior high school in M,Alaska.Which part of the US government collects and releases the national unemployment rate.Here we go,is this the H... department,treasury department,labor⁶ department or ....department.You have got three seconds go.Unemployment information is collected by the division of the labor department.That is your answer and that is your shoutout.

 

 

The bureau of labor statistics which is the part of the labor department,releases that unemployment information every month.Last Friday the agency put out the new numbers for May.Most analysts⁷ agreed that the news is not good.The national unemployment rate went up from eight point one percent in April to eight point two in May.That is the first time that the rate has increased since last June.And the economy added jobs but only sixty nine thousand of them last month.One economist⁸ had predicted that the number would be close to one hundred and fifty thousand.The news hit Wall Street hard.After the unempolyment rate came out,the stock market took a diving.Any games that had been made so far this year were all went down on Friday.All right when you are talking about something like the unemployment rate,this eight point two percent figure,you might be wonderring how the government comes out with these numbers.Tom F is gonna break down for us right now.

 

 

Like the economic hard PD,unemployment rate is one of the most closely watch indicators⁹ of the country's financial health.So how exactly is it calculated?Out of more than three million hundred million people in the America.You take out the children,retair folks and others,The bureau of labor statistics says about half of us have jobs.and another thirty million so are unempolyed.That number does not come from the number of unemployment checks being issued as many people imagine,instead,every month since 1940,the federal government has condicted a survey of fifty to sixty thousand households,asking people about their income,their race,their education and what kind of jobs they do or do not hold.Everyone over 60 is classified in one of three ways.Employed meaning that person has a job.Unemployed¹⁰ meaning he or she is available for work and looking for a job and can not find one.Or three out of the workforce¹¹ meaning this person is not seeking a work.The Feds then take them to math them from that sample,applied to the entire population and .....there is the unempolyment rate.But beyond that critics complain their basic floors in this system.For example,if you stop actively¹² seeking a work,you no longer considerred unemployed.that is a problem,because in a really bad economy a lot of folks might just give up looking for some period of time even though they still want jobs.That could artificial lower the unemployment rate even as actual unemployment is as bad or worse than ever.Another problem for the government is a job,a job,a job,a job,So some losses a hundred thousand dollars a year position and he is now fleeping burger from minimal¹³ ways.He considerred just employed  what he is before.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 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。

7 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

8 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。

9 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

10 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。

11 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。

12 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

13 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。