2010年月高口阅读英译汉重难词汇总结.docVIP

2010年9月高口阅读上半场第一篇 Congress began 2010 with a bad case of legislative déjà vu. Last year, it approved a $787 billion stimulus package meant to create or save millions of jobs. President Obama says the stimulus has saved or created as many as 2 million jobs so far. But even if that highly optimistic figure is true, in the real world, over 3 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus was signed into law – a dismal feat all financed with enormous debt. Now Congress is working on another stimulus package, but theyre calling it a jobs bill. In December, the House passed a $174 billion Jobs for Main Street Bill that would use federal dollars to fund job-creating infrastructure projects, while extending unemployment benefits. Sound familiar? dismal（使人）悲伤的; 凄凉的; 阴沉的; 悲惨的 1 if a situation or a place is dismal, it is so bad that it makes you feel very unhappy and hopeless: The future looks pretty dismal right now. a dismal, grey afternoon 2 bad and unsuccessful: The teams record so far is pretty dismal. Her scheme was a dismal failure. jobs bill就业法案 Unemployment remains at about 10 percent and state unemployment insurance funds are running out of money. While the Obama administration works to artificially inflate the number of jobs, the unemployed face diminished opportunities and income security. By 2012, 40 state unemployment trust funds are projected to be empty, requiring $90 billion in federal loans to continue operating. Normally, state unemployment benefits pay jobless workers between 50 and 70 percent of their salaries for up to 26 weeks. But during this recession, Congress has extended those benefits four times. The result is that some workers can now claim benefits for 99 weeks. Now Congress may enact a record fifth extension. What would be wrong with that? Everything. The state-federal unemployment insurance program (UI) is an economic drag on businesses and states. And its a poor safety net for the unemployed. artificially [ ,a:tifi??li ] adv. 人工地；人为地；不自然地 inf