六级2016年6月仔细阅读P2(unemployment)
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3. The fact is job openings have plunged in every major sector, while the number of workers forced into part-time employment in almost all industries has soared. Unemployment has surged in every major occupational category. Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%. So the evidence contradicts the claim that we’re mainly suffering from structural unemployment. Why, then, has this claim become so popular?
翻译：现实情况是，在所有主要领域中，职位空缺都大幅减少，而所有行业被迫从事兼职工作的人数都在激增。每个主要行业的失业人数都剧增。只有三个州的失业率维持在5%以下，可是这三个州的总人数还没有布鲁克林的多。所以说，我们面临着结构性失业这一说法是与事实相悖的。那么为什么这一说法盛行呢？
词汇：
1） plunge [plʌndʒ] v. 下降，急降；突降使投入；跳入；栽进
2） surge [sɜːdʒ] v. 激增; 汹涌；涌起
3） soar [sɔː(r)] v. 高涨
4） contradict [ˌkɒntrə'dɪkt] v. 矛盾，反驳
