CNNnews:美国11月失业率意外下降至最低

[00:02.09]Our first story on this Monday edition of our show, every 48 minutes, someone in the US dies in a car wreck that involves a driver who's either drunk or in someway alcohol-impair. 在周一版我们节目的第一个故事是在美国每48分钟就会有人在一次车祸中丧生,这其中涉嫌司机喝醉或者是以某种方式因酒精而起。 [00:12.09]It works out to more than 10,000 deaths every year. 每年100，00多人死亡。 [00:15.45]Police say Jerry Brown is one of them. 警方称杰里·布朗就是其中之一。 [00:18.34]He was a linebacker on the Dallas Cowboys practice-squad who was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning. 他是周六早晨丧生于车祸的达拉斯牛仔队的一名球员。 [00:24.48]Brown was a passenger. 布朗同时也是一名乘客。 [00:26.19]Police say the car his was in hit a curb, flipped and caught on fire. 警方表示他乘坐的车撞到了马路边缘后翻车起火。 [00:30.25]Officers believe alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash. 官员们认为酒精在事故中起到了决定性因素。 [00:34.43]Cowboys nosetackle Josh Brent was behind the wheel. 同样身为牛仔队球员的乔希·布伦特负责开车。 [00:37.38]He's been arrested on suspension of intoxication manslaughter. 他因酒驾过失杀人罪而被捕。 [00:41.40]Brent and Brown were teammates in college too. 在大学时布伦特和布朗曾是队友。 [00:44.17]Brent pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in 2009 while he was in school. 布伦特2009年在学校时因醉酒驾驶而面临指控。 [00:49.33]The charge he's facing now could lead to a 10,000-dollar-fine and a potential prison sentence of two to 20 years. 而他现在面临的指控可能会招致10000美元的罚款及或许2年至20年的牢饭生涯。 [00:57.47]Every month, US government reports on a national unemployment rate and a number of jobs added or lost. 每个月,美国政府会公布全国的失业率及增加或者失去的工作岗位的报告。 [01:03.38]For November, 146, 000 jobs added; unemployment at 7.7%. 在11月,增加了146,000个就业岗位,而失业率是7.7%。 [01:08.51]That's a drop from a month before, and it's the lowest unemployment rate it has been in nearly four years. 这个数字相比前一个月有所下降, 而且在近四年中已经是最低的失业率。 [01:16.10]But these numbers can be a little tricky. 但这些数字可能有点令人棘手。 [01:18.05]The unemployment rate only counts people actively looking for a job. 失业率会只统计积极地寻找工作的人们。 [01:22.25]Experts say that's the main reason the rate went down is because some people just give up and stop looking. 专家表示比率下降的主要原因是因为有些人放弃并不再寻找工作。 [01:28.37]The big number to keep in mind: 12 million. 要记住的是这个巨大的数字:1200万。 [01:31.34]That's how many Americans were counted as unemployed in November. 这是在11月统计的美国失业人数。 [01:35.49]The state legislature in Michigan is getting ready to vote on a right-to-work law. 密西根州的立法机构正准备为即将的工作权利法投票。 [01:40.00]The big part of this story has to do with Labor Unions. 而这个故事与工会有很大关系。 [01:43.02]Right-to-work laws say that workers don't have to join unions or pay union dues. 工作权利法认为工人们没有加入工会或支付会费。 [01:48.12]People who support this law say they can make a state more attractive to businesses and can bring in more money for the state economy. 而那些支持者们表示他们可以使这个州吸引更多的企业,并带来更多经济效益。 [01:55.27]Critics of the law say that they make unions weaker and can keep wages lower for workers. 批评家们称法律使公会更为疲弱并且让工人们的工资更低。 [02:01.26]On this map, the states in blue have a right-to-work law. 在这张地图上,用蓝色圈出的各州实行工作权利法。 [02:04.42]There are 23 of those, including Indiana, just past its legislation this year. 有23个,其中包括今年刚刚通过立法的印第安纳州。 [02:10.08]Poppy Harlot got the perspective from both sides of the debate over the possibility of a right-to-work law in Michigan. 普培·哈洛特将从双方争论的角度探究密歇根州实施工作权利法的可能性。 [02:17.44]A labor representative told me this legislation is anti-worker, saying that it gives worker less of voice. 一位劳工代表告诉我这项法案是和工人作对,表示它没有听取工人们的意见。 [02:24.19]What do you say of that? 你有什么看法? [02:25.24]That's backward. This is about being pro-worker. 那有些落后。这是对于专业工人而言。 [02:28.08]Again, giving workers the choice, thefreedom to choose, that's fundamental. 再一次,给工人自由选择的机会,选择,这才是最基本的。 [02:32.39]So, Governor Snyder's legislation is anti-worker. 所以,州长斯奈德的立法是针对工人。 [02:35.47]It's gonna end up, you know,being a devastating blow to the middle class here. 这会结束,你知道, 对在这里的中产阶级是毁灭性的打击。

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