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Organizations like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the international economy to perform better this year than in 2013.
世界銀行和國際貨幣基金組織等機構都期待著2013年經濟有所起色。
They also expect economic conditions to improve the next year.
當然他們也期待著明年的經濟好轉。
Yet one United Nations agency worries that economic progress is not creating enough jobs for the millions of people seeking employment.
然而，一聯合國機構擔心經濟的發展無法為數百萬求職者提供足夠的工作崗位。
The U.N.'s International Labor Organization (ILO) is saying current economic growth has not helped the world's unemployed.
聯合國國際勞工組織表示目前的經濟增長未能幫到世界失業問題。
The ILO released a report on employment this week.
該機構本周發表了一份關于失業情況的報告。
Guy Ryder of Britain is the Director General of the agency.
英國人居伊·萊德是國際勞工組織總干事。
He says the unemployment numbers for 2013 represent an increase from the year before.
他表示2013年的失業人數從去年開始就呈上漲趨勢。
That means new jobs created by economy growth are not keeping up with the number of people entering the job market.
這意味著經濟增長所創造的新工作崗位無法滿足即將進入就業市場的人數。
"The bottom line figure for 2013 is that there are nearly 202 million people around the world unemployed, and that represents an increase of nearly five million on the previous year," said Ryder.
萊德說，“2013年世界凈失業人數為2.02億，這比去年將近增加了500萬人?！?/div>
The ILO says much of the increase came from East and South Asia—they were responsible for nearly half of the additional job seekers, and many others came from sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
國際勞工組織稱這一增長主要出現在東亞和南亞國家，這些國家的新增失業人口將近占新增總量的一半。還有一大部分新增失業人口來自撒哈拉以南的非洲和歐洲國家。
One question is whether the current period of economic growth is leading to job creation.
目前的一個問題是這段時間的經濟增長是否真的在創造就業。
The ILO says, based on current information, the world will have 18 million more jobless individuals by 2018, many of these are young people between the ages of 15 and 24.
基于目前的信息，國際勞工組織表示截止到2018年，全球新增失業者人數將達180萬，其中將有大部分是年齡在15-24周歲的年輕人。
Guy Ryder says youth unemployment is a major concern.
居伊·萊德稱青年失業者是主要問題。
"Young people are the particular victims of unemployment: 74.5 million of the unemployed, aged between 15 and 24, that is one million more than the year before," said Ryder.
“青年人將是失業問題中最大受害者：年齡在15-24周歲之間的失業者有7450萬人，這比去年多出了100萬人?！比R德說。
The ILO says youth unemployment worldwide is over 13 percent.
國際勞工組織的數據顯示全球青年失業率已超過13%。
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題13至問題15是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇短文的
Question 13. What is the United Nations agency worried about?
問題13 這一聯合國機構擔心的是什么問題？
Question 14. Where is the increased world unemployment mostly from?
問題14 全球新增失業人口來自哪里？
Question 15. What do we know about youth unemployment?
問題15 關于青年失業問題我們都了解到了什么？
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