Hi, everybody. On Tuesday, I gave my final State of the Union Address. And a focus was this: how do we make the new economy work better for everyone, not just those at the top?
After the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, we're in the midst of the longest streak1 of private-sector job growth in our history. More than 14 million new jobs. An unemployment rate cut in half. At the same time, our economy continues to go through profound changes that began long before the Great Recession hit. It's changed to the point where even when folks have jobs; even when the economy is growing; it's harder for hardworking families to pull themselves out of poverty, harder for young people to start out on their careers, and tougher for workers to retire when they want to.
That's a big part of the reason a lot of working families are feeling anxious. And it offends our fundamentally American belief that everybody who works hard should be able to get ahead. <A hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNifoRm.html>蘇州作文培訓(xùn)班</a>
That's why we've been fighting so hard to give families more opportunity and more security-by working to create more good jobs, invest in our middle class, and help working people get a raise. It's what the Affordable2 Care Act is all about-filling in the gaps in employer-based care so that when somebody loses a job, or goes back to school, or starts that new business, they still have health care. And it's why I believe we've got to take steps to modernize3 our unemployment insurance system.
If a hardworking American loses her job, regardless of what state she lives in, we should make sure she can get unemployment insurance and some help to retrain for her next job. If she's been unemployed4 for a while, we should reach out to her and connect her with career counseling. And if she finds a new job that doesn't pay as much as her old one, we should offer some wage insurance that helps her pay her bills. Under my plan, experienced workers who now make less than $50,000 could replace half of their lost wages-up to $10,000 over two years. It's a way to give families some stability and encourage folks to rejoin the workforce-because we shouldn't just be talking about unemployment; we should be talking about re-employment.
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That's when America works best-when everyone has opportunity; when everyone has some security; and when everyone can contribute to this country we love. That's how we make sure that hardworking families can get ahead. And that's what I'll be fighting for with every last day of my presidency5.
Thanks everybody. Have a great weekend.
1 streak
n.條理，斑紋，傾向，少許，痕跡；v.加條紋，變成條紋，奔馳，快速移動(dòng)
參考例句：
The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人過去常用顏料在臉上涂條紋。 Why did you streak the tree?你為什么在樹上刻條紋？
2 affordable
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adj.支付得起的，不太昂貴的
參考例句：
The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。 There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中沒有幾所公寓是便宜的。
3 modernize
vt.使現(xiàn)代化，使適應(yīng)現(xiàn)代的需要
參考例句：
It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他們使國家進(jìn)行工業(yè)現(xiàn)代化，明顯失敗了。 There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我們的選舉制度迫切需要現(xiàn)代化。
4 unemployed
adj.失業(yè)的，沒有工作的；未動(dòng)用的，閑置的
參考例句：
There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.這個(gè)國家現(xiàn)有四百萬失業(yè)人員。 The unemployed hunger for jobs.失業(yè)者渴望得到工作。
5 presidency
n.總統(tǒng)(校長，總經(jīng)理)的職位(任期)
參考例句：
Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.羅斯福連續(xù)當(dāng)選四屆美國總統(tǒng)。 Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.兩位候選人最終成為總統(tǒng)職位競(jìng)爭者。
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