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焦点教育出品-托福阅读背景机经：美国年轻人就业前景堪忧 　　The labor market in the United States is starting to show signs of recovery, but for many young workers the recovery is not happening fast enough. Although the national unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been in two years, one study suggests the job prospects for 16 to 24-year-olds remains grim. 　　美国劳工市场开始显示复苏的迹象，但是对很多年轻人来说，复苏的步伐还不够快。尽管全国的失业率现在为两年来的最低位，但是，一项新的研究显示，对16岁和24岁的年轻人来说，就业前景仍然很暗淡。 　　Americas youth faces an increasingly uncertain future. Despite a slowly improving job market, economist Heidi Shierholz at the Economic Policy Institute says young workers have yet to see similar gains. 　　尽管就业市场在缓慢复苏，但是美国年轻人的未来的不确定性仍在增加。经济政策研究所的经济学家海蒂·谢尔霍兹说，年轻人的就业市场还没有看到类似的改善。 　　Young people across the board have never seen anything like this in 70 years, said Heidi Shierholz. Since the Great Depression we have not seen unemployment rates this high. 　　她说：“对所有年轻人来说，他们现在所面临的情况是过去70年从未见过的。自大萧条以来，我们都没有看到失业率如此之高。” 　　With unemployment rates more than twice the national average, Shierholz says the graduating Class of 2011 faces fierce competition for fewer jobs. 　　谢尔霍兹说，年轻人的失业率是全国平均水平的两倍以上，对2011年的毕业生来说，就业机会更少，竞争也将更加激烈。 　　New college grads are in direct competition with the cohort from last year and the cohort from the year before that, when the unemployment rate was also incredibly high, so theres just extremely stiff competition for new jobs for young people, she said. 　　她说：“新的大学毕业生将面临来自去年，甚至前年留下的一批人的直接竞争。失业率高得令人难以置信，所以对年轻人来说，新的工作的竞争将非常严峻。” 　　George Washington University law student Elliot Reaven feels good about his career choices but he admits it is an intimidating economy for many students. 　　乔治·华盛顿大学的法律系学生艾略特·里文对自己的职业选择感觉不错，但是他承认，对很多学生来说，这样的经济现状令人感到害怕。 　　Im optimistic, said Elliot Reaven. I think people are working on getting it better, but I think people are generally pretty discouraged right now and Im with that sentiment. 　　他说：“我还是比较乐观，我想大家都在努力改善局面。我想，这个时候，大家普遍都有些泄气， 我也会那种感觉。” 　　Instead of having to compete against experienced workers for f