广播电视英语短句 第 59 课：经济低迷-5

Just twenty-two banks have failed this year. 虽然今年只有32家银行倒闭。

But among them was Washington Mutual, the biggest bank collapse in American history. 但是这其中有华盛顿相互银行，是美国有史以来最大的银行倒闭。

Possibly the best measure of an economic crisis is unemployment. 也许经济危机的最佳衡量因素是失业率。

The rate in October was reported at a fourteen-year high of six and one-half percent. 十月份公布的失业率升至14年最高，6.5%。

Some think it could reach eight percent or higher. 有些人认为失业率可能会上升更高。