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Women Lead US Economic Recovery

The U.S. unemployment situation is improving gradually but unevenly, with women, especially, recovering the jobs they lost in the recession and adding more. Hispanic Americans were hit harder by the downturn and are recovering more slowly.

The recession hit hard in the male-dominated industries of manufacturing and construction, and these sectors recovered more slowly than the rest of the economy. That’s why men now hold hundreds of thousands fewer jobs across the economy than they did before the financial crisis.

Jeffrey Hayes studies this and other workforce issues at the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington.

“Recession did start off with large drops in some fairly male-dominated fields, construction, there was a housing crisis, and construction did drop off. [During the] finance crisis, some of the finance jobs were again male-dominated, did go away," said Hayes.

Large numbers of women work in education, health care, and business services, and the recession hit these areas later than the rest of the economy.

The female-dominated sectors also recovered more quickly than construction and manufacturing. IWPR research shows women now hold more jobs in the U.S. economy than they did before the financial crisis.

The situation is more difficult for the 23 million Hispanics in the U.S. workforce.

Hispanics historically have had a higher unemployment rate than other workers. They were badly hurt by the recession, and are recovering more slowly than other segments of the economy, according to National Council of La Raza analyst Alicia Criado.

“A majority of the jobs that have been created coming out of the recession, have been low-wage jobs, or jobs that don’t keep workers out of poverty and that is definitely the case for millions of Latino workers, who are increasingly filling jobs in the low-wage sector," she said.

The National Council of La Raza works for civil rights for Hispanics in the U.S. It supports raising the minimum wage as a way to help Hispanics escape poverty.

Criado says Hispanics are a fast-growing part of the U.S. population and will be nearly one-third of the work force by the year 2050. That, she says, makes it urgent to improve access to education and find other ways to help this part of the population reach its economic potential.

And while women may be gaining more jobs than their male counterparts, a recent study says women still make about 80 cents for every dollar earned by men.

詞匯解析

annual

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.每年的；年度的；一年生的

n.年刊；一年生植物

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The firm has an annual turnover of $75 million.

這家公司的年營業(yè)額為7500萬美元。

用作名詞 (n.)

His essay is copied from a college annual.

他的論文是從一本大學(xué)年刊上抄下來的。

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budget

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.預(yù)算

vt.編預(yù)算；為 ... 做預(yù)算

vi.節(jié)省開支

adj.廉價的；不貴的

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用作名詞 (n.)

Congress has approved the new educational budget.

國會通過了新的教育預(yù)算。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

The government has budgeted 10000000 pounds for education spending.

政府將10000000英鎊編入教育預(yù)算。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

If we budget carefully, we'll be able to afford a new house.

如果我們精打細算就能買一座新房子了。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

You can buy high-quality goods at budget prices there.

你可以在那買到物美價廉的商品。

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private

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

adj.私人的；個人的；私下的；私有的；緘默的

n.士兵；列兵

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The public is fascinated by the private lives of public figures.

公眾對社會名流的私生活具有濃厚的興趣。

用作名詞 (n.)

Soldiers are classified as Private, Specialist Sergeant and Master Sergeant.

士兵分為列兵、專業(yè)軍士、軍士長。

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establish

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.建立；確立；創(chuàng)辦；安頓

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用作動詞 (v.)

The framework of a social security system was established by and large.

社會保障體系框架基本確立。

They established themselves in their new house.

他們在新居安頓了下來。

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demand

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.要求；需求

v.要求；查問；需要

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用作名詞 (n.)

The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.

煤的需求在春天開始減少。

用作動詞 (v.)

All these questions demand careful and detailed study.

這些都需要認真具體的研究。

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source

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.來源；發(fā)源地；原始資料

v.從...獲得

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用作名詞 (n.)

My wages are the principal source of my income.

薪金是我收入的主要來源。

They gathered up from various sources a great amount of firsthand data.

他們從各種來源搜集了大量的第一手資料。

用作動詞 (v.)

We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.

我們商店里賣的肉均從英國農(nóng)場購進。

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urge

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

vt.驅(qū)策；鼓勵；催促；力陳

vi.極力主張

n.沖動；強烈愿望

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用作及物動詞 (vt.)

We will urge them to adhere to the Paris Agreement.

我們將敦促他們遵守巴黎協(xié)議。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

He urged against the adoption of the measure.

他極力反對采取這項措施。

用作名詞 (n.)

When the urge to create a cellar happens it's usually at the beginning of your wine appreciation career.

當你有強烈愿望要建一個酒窖時，通常是你的葡萄酒鑒賞生涯的開始。

 

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