看時報 學英文

【新聞英文單字】  

unemployment rate － 失業率 

The strong job market has caused the unemployment rate to drop to a new low.
就業市場活絡，失業率跌到歷年的新低。

For hundreds of officials across Uzbekistan, each morning begins with the same routine: up at 5 a.m. and on the tennis court. They include several deputy prime ministers, the interior, trade and finance ministers, the national security chief, the mayor of the Uzbek capital Tashkent and almost all the regional governors. 

For some, it's a matter of political survival. Islam Karimov, autocratic president of this former Soviet republic, is known to be passionate about tennis, and when he decided that his 25 million fellow citizens should love it too. Even during an economic crisis, when factories came to a halt and te unemployment rate soared, Uzbekistan's government found the cash to build tennis courts and host international tennis tournaments.

【原文 新聞內容】

對烏茲別克數以百計的官員而言，每天早晨的例行公事是五時起床上網球場。 這些官員包括數名副總理、內政、貿易及財政部長、國安會主席、烏茲別克首都塔什干市長以及幾乎所有地區首長。

對一些人而言，這是攸關政治生存的事。專制總統卡里莫夫以熱愛網球知名，也決定全國二千五百萬人民也應愛網球。 縱使在經濟危機期間，工廠停工，失業率狂飆，烏茲別克政府仍挪出現金建網球場並主辦國際網球大賽。