2015年text4 第一段，第二段：

　①Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news.② And they were right. ③For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. ④We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

⑤However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. ⑥There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. ⑦This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent)above its year ago level. 

句子切分：

第一句：

1. Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news.

2. (new jobs) the Labor Department reported for June

翻译解析：许多人谈论劳工部六月份报告的（定语从句前置）28万份新工作以及失业率降至6.1%，都认为这是一个好消息。

 

第二句：

And they were right.

翻译解析：他们的看法是对的。

 

第三句：

1. For now it appears

2. the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace.

翻译解析：因为就目前来说，经济创造就业的步伐还算不错。

 

第四句：

1. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment,

2. but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

翻译解析：尽管回到全民就业的状态还有很长的路要走，但至少我们现在加快了前进的步伐。

 

第五句：

1. However, there is another important part of the jobs picture

2. （the jobs picture）that was largely overlooked.

翻译解析：然而，关于就业前景的另一个重要部分在很大程度上被人们忽略了。

 

第六句：

1. There was a big jump in the number of people

2. （people） who report voluntarily working part-time.

翻译解析：自愿兼职工作者的（定语从句前置）数量出现了激增。

 

第七句：

This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent)above its year ago level.

翻译解析：该数字目前是83万（占比4.4%）高于一年前的水平。

 

动词及短语（重点）：

talk of（谈起）/talk about（谈论）/talk into（说服）:talk一词虽然简单，但是与不同的介词搭配意义又会有不一样

drop/fall/decline/be lower than/be down:真题中出现的用于下降这一语义相关的表达；

jump/increase/climb/rise/be higher than/be up：真题中出现的用于上升这一语义相关的表达；

get back to：回到某个地方、某个状态；

move forward to：向前到到达某一地方，某个状态；

overlook：忽视，忽略；相当于ignore；

figure：该词在真题中考察了两个语义：1.用作动词，常形成out构成短语，表示解决；2.用作名词，表示数字；

 

其他相关词汇：

along with：与...一起；就相当于and

a decent pace/a faster pace：pace节奏，该词前可以加不同的形容词表示不一样的节奏；

voluntary（自愿的）-involuntary（非自愿的）

延伸阅读：

1.【英语】2015年真题文本精讲186期

2.【英语】2015年真题文本精讲185期

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