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第 49 课:经济复苏计划-4

Unemployment has reached seven and six-tenths percent, the highest rate since nineteen ninety-two. 失业人数已经达到7.6%,是自1992年以来最高值。

The president spoke in Illinois to workers at Caterpillar. The maker of earth moving equipment recently announced twenty-two thousand job cuts. 总统在伊利诺伊州向卡特彼勒工人发表讲话。推土设备生产商最近宣布裁员22000人。

The president told the workers that the head of the company said the stimulus plan could save some of those jobs. 总统告诉工人,公司领导说经济刺激计划可以挽救一些工作。

Chief executive Jim Owens later told reporters, however, that even more jobs may go. 尽管总统这样说,但是董事长吉姆欧文斯晚些告诉记者会有更多的工作丢掉。

President Obama returned to his home state of Illinois to celebrate the two hundredth birthday of President Abraham Lincoln. 总统奥巴马回到自己的老家伊利诺伊州庆祝林肯总统诞辰200周年。

But while he was away from Washington, his nominee for secretary of commerce announced that he was withdrawing. 但是当他从华盛顿离开时,他的商务部长声称退出提名。