This has been a recession like no other since World War II. Yes, the U.S. has recovered faster than many of our overseas competitors. And, yes, the private sector has been hiring at a reasonable clip lately - about 145,000 new jobs a month so far this year.

这次的经济衰退 是二战以来最严重的。没错，我们比许多海外竞争者复苏得更快。没错，私营部门的就业率最近一直以可观的速度增长，年初迄今平均每月新增约145,000个岗位。

Over the last four years, the U.S. government has thrown billions and billions of borrowed money, and billions more of printed money, at the economy. Yet according to a recent study by the Associated Press, this has been the weakest recovery since the War.

过去四年中，美国政府将数十亿借来的钱和几十亿印出来的钱扔进经济体系当中，但据美联社(Associated Press)最近的一项研究显示，此次经济复苏是二战以来最乏力的。

The public has just elected you to sustain a jobs recovery in these circumstances. And the public is looking for you to bring the estimated five million long-term unemployed back into the economy.

民众刚挑选了你，期待你能在目前的经济环境中维持就业增长，并希望你能让长期失业者──据估计约有500万──重回工作岗位。

3. Retirement

3、退休

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