广播电视英语短句 第 276 课：阿富汗选举-7

On Friday President Obama signed into law a bill that extends payments for the unemployed and expands a tax credit for homebuyers. 总统奥巴马于本周五签字生效一项旨在延长对失业者补助时间和对进行买房人减税的法案。

But also Friday, the government reported that the unemployment rate was ten and two-tenths percent in October. 但是也是在周五，政府说 10 月份的失业率是 10.2% ，比原来预期的要高，

That was higher than expected, and above ten percent for the first time in twenty-six years. But job losses have been slowing. 也是 26 年来第一次高于 10%. 但是工作岗位消失的速度已变缓。