2015年text4 第三段，第四段：

①Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. ②Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. ③They take part-time work because this is all they can get. ④An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.

⑤There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down.⑥ Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(7.9percent)from this year ago level.

句子切分：

第一句：

1. Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare,

2.  it is worth making an important distinction.

翻译解析：在解释与奥巴马医改方案的关系之前，有必要先做一个重要的区分。

 

第二句：

1. Many people actually want full-time jobs.

2. （people）who work part-time jobs

翻译解析：许多兼职工作的（定语从句前置）人实际上想要一份全职的工作。

 

第三句：

1. They take part-time work

2.  because this is all they can get.

翻译解析：他们做兼职工作的原因是他们只能找到这样的工作。

 

第四句：

1. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market

2. and it means that

3. many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.

翻译解析：非自愿兼职者数量的增加是劳动力市场疲软的证据，它意味着许多人将会艰难维持生活。

 

第五句：

1. There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June,

2. but the general direction has been down.

翻译解析：六月份，非自愿兼职者数量有所增加，但整体趋势是下降。

 

第六句：

1. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession,

2. but it is down by 640,000(7.9percent)from this year ago level.

翻译解析：非自愿兼职工作仍然比经济衰退之前要高出很多，但与一年前相比（时间状语前置），已经减少了64万（占比7.9%）。

 

 

重点词汇：

have a connection to=relate to ：二者都可以表示与什么相联系，相关；

be worth doing sth：值得做某事；

distinct（形容词，有区别的）-distinction（名词，区别）

have a hard time doing sth=be difficult to do sth

make ends meet:固定搭配，勉强维持生计；

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