VOA标准英语2011.09.16
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/voab/voab20110916.mp3[/audio]The number claiming unemployment benefits in Spain went up by more than 50,000 last month.
上个月，西班牙认领失业津贴的人数上升到了5万多人。
Spain's Labor Ministry says the hike is typical of the month of August but, nonetheless, discouraging.
西班牙劳工部表示，八月份的（人数）上升是很典型的，然而却使人感到沮丧。
"Spain has the largest unemployment rate in the euro area and one of the largest unemployment rates in the world," noted Javier Diaz-Gimenez, professor of economics at the IESE Business School in Madrid. "In fact, our employment rate currently is about twice the euro area average and about three times the unemployment rate in Germany."
“在欧元区，西班牙拥有最高的失业率；在全世界，他们也算是拥有超高失业率地方之一。”马德里IESE商学院经济学教授Javier Diaz-Gimenez表示。“实际上，我们当下的失业率是整个欧元区平均水平的两倍，是德国失业率的三倍。”
Spain's unemployment rate is more than 20 percent. For those under the age of 25, it is more than 45 percent.
西班牙的失业率超过了20%。而在25岁以下人群中，失业率超过45%。
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Greece, Portugal and Ireland have already had to borrow money from their euro neighbors in order to avoid defaulting on their debts.
为了避免债务违约，希腊，葡萄牙和爱尔兰已经向欧元区邻国借款。
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