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On Friday, the U.S. economy showed signs of a slowdown as the Department of Labor announced that just 160,000 new jobs had been created in April,
周五，美国劳工部发布最新数据，美国四月非农新增就业人口仅为16万人，
which was 40,000 fewer than had been expected.
比预期减少4万人，经济呈放缓趋势T[eQps)YiP)l+z9]u。
Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate remained steady at 5%.

与此同时，美国失业率稳定在5%+8eju,@|RBpYNG!;ili6。
According to Reuters, economists had expected the economy to add 202,000 jobs and in the first quarter of 2016, job gains averaged 209,000 a month.
据路透社报道，经济学家期望随着经济强势，每月新增就业能达到2万零2千个，2016年第一季度，每月平均新增就业2万零9千个NQF_p+hLsa%y42uP89,I。
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that in the first quarter of 2016 the economy grew at its slowest pace in two years.
据美国商务部上周报告，第一季度经济增速达两年内最低值B=n6i@Q;n8。

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词语解释

1.unemployment rate 失业率

例句：But how high is the true unemployment rate?
但是真实的失业率到底是多少？

2.Department of Labor 劳工部

例句：I work for the Department of Labor.
我在劳动部工作znKYghFFYnRQHSg0x6。

3.Department of Commerce 商务部

例句：The Department of Commerce is a highly diversified organization.
商业部是个高度多样化的机构E8Yomd6gle0-f&yiujf。

4.according to 据…所说

例句：The van raced away, according to police reports, and police gave chase.
根据警方的报告，这辆货车飞驰而去，警方进行了追赶V=xUX=^v9oFvnwX=I。