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真题解析 北外高翻学院2011真题解析 真题 第一段 It is not a coincidence that the global economy is experiencing the most severe case of unemployment duringtheworst economiccrisissincethe GreatDepression.//Unemployment is highly dependent on economic activity; in fact, growth andunemployment canbe thought of as two sidesofthe same coin / when economic activity ishigh, more production happens overall, and more people are needed to produce the higher amount of goods and services. //And when economicactivityislow,firmscutjobs andunemploymentrises./Inthatsense,unemploymentis countercyclical,meaningthatitriseswheneconomicgrowthislowandviceversa. 第二段 Butunemploymentdoesnotfallinlockstepwithanincreaseingrowth./Itismorecommonfor businesses to firsttry to recover from a downturnby having the samenumber of employees do moreworkorturnoutmoreproducts—thatis,toincreasetheirproductivity.Onlyastherecovery takes hold would businesses add workers.As a consequence,unemployment may startto come down onlywell after an economic recovery begins. // Thephenomenon works in reverse at the startofadownturn,whenfirmswouldratherreduceworkhours,orimposesomepaycutsbefore they let workers go. Unemployment starts rising only if the downturn is prolonged. /Because unemploymentfollowsgrowthwithadelay,itiscalledalaggingindicatorofeconomicactivity. 解析 1 第一段 It is not a coincidence that the global economy is experiencing the most severe case of unemploymentduringtheworsteconomiccrisissincetheGreatDepression. 在这次自大萧条以来最严重的经济危机中，全球经济正在经历着最为严重的就业困难， 而这并不是一个巧合而已。【重点句置尾，强调】 Unemploymentishighlydependentoneconomicactivity;infact,growthandunemployment canbethoughtofastwosidesofthesamecoin // when economic activity is high, more production happens overall, and more people are neededtoproducetheh