2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《欧元区青年人失业率24.4%创新高》.docVIP

欧元区青年人失业率24.4%创新高 The crisis facing the younger generation across the Eurozone worsened last month as youth unemployment hit a new record high of 24.4% with under-25s in Spain, Italy and Portugal finding it harder to get jobs. 欧元区的青年人失业率在10月达到24.4%，创下历史新高。年轻一代面临的就业危机逾发恶化，特别是西班牙、意大利和葡萄牙的青年（25岁以下）找工作格外困难。 ?The grim（冷酷的） news on on employment came as the Netherlands was stripped of its prized AAA credit rating despite the countrys recent exit from a year-long recession. ? Ratings agency Standard Poors said on Friday that weakening growth prospects showed the country would struggle to improve its financial stability and generate new jobs. ? It said: The downgrade reflects our opinion that the Netherlands growth prospects are now weaker than we had previously anticipated, and the real GDP per capita trend growth rate is persistently lower than that of peers. ? It cited weakening consumer demand, high levels of personal debt and falling house prices for keeping consumer spending and tax receipts low in the next few years. One in four Dutch homebuyers is in negative equity as a result of falling property values. ? Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister, said SPs downgrade to AA+ was disappointing when the economy had returned to growth. ? SPs action leaves only three members of the eurozone with a top rating from all three agencies – Germany, Luxembourg and Finland.? The Eurozone jobless data showed Spains youth unemployment rate has now increased to 57.4%, only marginally below Greeces August high of 58% - which remains the highest rate of youth unemployment for any country in the eurozones history. Italys youth unemployment rate rose to 41.2%, from 40.5% the previous month. In Portugal, it rose to 36.5% from 36.2%. ? The startling figures from southern Europe contrast with rates in the north where Germany has a 7.8% youth unemployment rate and the Netherlands an 11.6% rate. ? Italys credit rating is perilously close to entering junk status and Rome is lobbying