2015年text4 第五段：

①We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. ② The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. ③If the answer is “yes”, they are classified as working part-time .④The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice .⑤They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.

句子切分：

第一句：

1. We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment

2. because people tell us.

翻译解析：我们得知自愿兼职和非自愿兼职的区别是因为人们告诉了我们。

 

第二句：

1. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people

2. if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. 

翻译解析：劳工部的调查会询问人们一周工作时间是否少于35小时。

 

第三句：

1. If the answer is “yes”,

2. they are classified as working part-time .

翻译解析：如果回答是肯定的，他们就被归为兼职工作者。

 

第四句：

1. The survey then asks

2. whether they worked less than 35hours in that week

3. because they wanted to work less than full time

4. or because they had no choice .

翻译解析：接下来，调查会问他们，每周工作少于35小时是因为他们不想做全职工作还是因为他们别无选择。

 

第五句：

1. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers

2.  if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.

翻译解析：只有当他们说是自愿选择每周工作时间少于35小时，他们才会被划分为自愿兼职者。

 

重点词汇：

direct（动词，指导，指向）-direction（方向）

reference week：参照周

be classified as=be categarized as :被分类为

survey taker：调研者

延伸阅读：

1.【英语】2015年真题文本精讲188期

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