BBC新闻附字幕[翻译]：欧洲社会补贴福利引发争议

BBC News with Jonathan Izard.

The European Commission has released figures rejecting claims that migrants within Europe are draining their host countries’ resources by avoiding work and claiming social benefits. With the details, here’s Paul Henley.

The commission says European migrants without work make up less than 1% of the EU’s population. It also says that while overall migration has increased over the last decade, the proportion of migrants without work has decreased despite big rises in unemployment rates in host countries. Its figure suggests that most migrants not working are students, pensioners or caring for children, and that the majority share a house with at least one person in work. The report’s conclusion is that inter-EU migrants pay significantly more in taxes than they get in benefits and services.

A spokesman for the British prime minister has insisted there is widespread and understandable concern about what his government calls benefit tourism. He said the UK government was working with other EU countries to stop migrants arriving specifically to get social welfare payments. Some British newspapers today claimed there are as many as 600,000 unemployed foreign European citizens in the UK, a figure the European Commission says is quite simply wholly wrong.

President Obama is to meet Congressional leaders at the White House for more talks aimed at ending the partial government shutdown currently in its 14th day. A statement from the White House said a planned meeting has now been postponed to allow the Senate more time to negotiate. Aides to the leaders of both parties have told the BBC they are no closer to a deal, but speaking earlier in the day, Mr Obama struck a more positive note.

“There’s been some progress on the Senate side with Republicans recognising it’s not tenable, it’s not smart, it’s not good for the American people to let America default. There’s been some progress in recognising that we are not going to be able to completely bridge the differences between the parties all at once, and so it doesn’t make sense in the meantime to try to use a shutdown or the…

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[00:00.10]BBC News with Jonathan Izard.

[00:03.66]The European Commission has released figures rejecting claims that migrants within Europe are draining their host countries’ resources by avoiding work and claiming social benefits.

[00:12.97]With the details, here’s Paul Henley.

[00:14.97]The commission says European migrants without work make up less than 1% of the EU’s population.

[00:21.33]It also says that while overall migration has increased over the last decade, the proportion of migrants without work has decreased despite big rises in unemployment rates in host countries.

[00:31.83]Its figure suggests that most migrants not working are students, pensioners or caring for children, and that the majority share a house with at least one person in work.

[00:42.09]The report’s conclusion is that inter-EU migrants pay significantly more in taxes than they get in benefits and services.

[00:49.47]A spokesman for the British prime minister has insisted there is widespread and understandable concern about what his government calls benefit tourism.

[00:57.68]He said the UK government was working with other EU countries to stop migrants arriving specifically to get social welfare payments.

[01:04.11]Some British newspapers today claimed there are as many as 600,000 unemployed foreign European citizens in the UK, a figure the European Commission says is quite simply wholly wrong.

[01:15.31]President Obama is to meet Congressional leaders at the White House for more talks aimed at ending the partial government shutdown currently in its 14th day.

[01:23.60]A statement from the White House said a planned meeting has now been postponed to allow the Senate more time to negotiate.

[01:30.12]Aides to the leaders of both parties have told the BBC they are no closer to a deal, but speaking earlier in the day, Mr Obama struck a more positive note.

[01:38.11]“There’s been some progress on the Senate side with Republicans recognising it’s not tenable, it’s not smart, it’s not good for the American people to let America default.

[01:50.19]There’s been some progress in recognising that we are not going to be able to completely bridge the differences between the parties all at once,

[01:59.30] and so it doesn’t make sense in the meantime to try to use a shutdown or the…

第三页：词汇解析

commission

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.佣金；委员会；委托；委任；犯罪

vt.授予；使服役；委托

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The prisoner pleaded that he was drawn in to thecommissionof the crime.

囚犯辩解说他是受人引诱而犯罪的。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

The musician wascommissioneda new symphony for the festival.

那位音乐家受托为这个节庆写一首新的交响乐曲。

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proportion

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.部分；比例；均衡；（复）规模

vt.使成比例；使均衡；分摊

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

A largeproportionof my time is spent in studying.

我的大部分时间花在学习上。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

The fund shall be distributed among the claimants inproportionto the amounts of their established claims.

该项基金应在索赔人之间依其提出的索赔额比例进行分摊。

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despite

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

prep.尽管；不管

n.憎恨；轻视

参考例句

用作介词 (prep.)

She manageddespiteeverything to preserve her sense of humour.

她不管遇到什么情况都竭力保持着幽默感。

用作名词 (n.)

She ignored alldespitesand carried on with her dreams.

她不在乎别人的轻视,继续追逐自己的梦想。

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majority

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.大多数；多数；多数党；多数派

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Themajorityof people seem to prefer TV to radio.

多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。

Themajoritywas determined to press its proposal.

多数派决心强求通过其提案。

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prime

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.最好的；首要的；典型的

n.壮年；全盛时期；青春

n.[数]质数

vt.事先指点；在（金属、木材等上）打底漆

vi.变得首要

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

He reached hisprimeand then, when he had the most to live for, he died.

他到了壮年时期,该做出最大贡献,活得最好的时候,却死掉了。

Britain has a queen, but it is theprimeminister and the cabinet who govern.

英国有女王,但执政的是首相和内阁。

用作名词 (n.)

It states that every even number greater than two can be expressed as the sum of two primes (aprimeis a number that is only divisible by itself and by 1, such as 7 and 13).

其陈述是：每一个大于2的偶数都可以表达成两个素数之和(素数是指只能被1和它本身整除的数，如7和13)。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

You mustprimethe wood before you paint it.

油漆这木制东西前,你得先在上面涂上底漆。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

The telecom hotels areprimetargets for bombing.

电信宾馆是轰炸的首要目标。

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widespread

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.分布(或散布)广的；普遍的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The Government acted quickly to relieve thewidespreaddistress caused by the earthquake.

地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。

English is morewidespreadand more used in international intercourse than German.

英语在国际交往中比德语使用得更为广泛。

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welfare

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.福利；福利事业；幸福

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Thewelfareof the individual is bound up with the welfare of the community.

个人的福利与社会的福利有着密切的关系。

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wholly

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adv.完全地；全部地；一概

参考例句

用作副词 (adv.)

Iwhollystand for you.

我完全支持你。

第四页：中英双语听力稿

BBC News with Jonathan Izard.

Jonathan Izard为您播报BBC新闻。

The European Commission has released figures rejecting claims that migrants within Europe are draining their host countries' resources by avoiding work and claiming social benefits.

有传闻称在欧洲的移民不工作而申请社会补贴，掏空了所在国的资源，而欧洲委员会公布的数据反驳了该观点。

With the details, here's Paul Henley.

Paul Henley在这详细报道。

The commission says European migrants without work make up less than 1% of the EU's population.

该委员会称没有工作的欧洲移民占了欧洲人口的近1%。

It also says that while overall migration has increased over the last decade, the proportion of migrants without work has decreased despite big rises in unemployment rates in host countries.

它也表示尽管过去十年来总的移民人数增加了，但尽管所在国的失业率大大增加，但无业移民的比例却下降了。

Its figure suggests that most migrants not working are students, pensioners or caring for children, and that the majority share a house with at least one person in work.

它的数据显示大多数没有工作的移民是学生、领退休金的人和需要照顾的孩子，并且，大多数移民的家庭至少有一个工作者。

The report's conclusion is that inter-EU migrants pay significantly more in taxes than they get in benefits and services.

该报道的结论是，欧洲各国间的移民者所交纳的税额比他们所获得的补贴和服务要多。

A spokesman for the British prime minister has insisted there is widespread and understandable concern about what his government calls benefit tourism.

英国首相的发言人坚称，人们对政府所谓的福利旅游表现出普遍的担心，这是可以理解的。

He said the UK government was working with other EU countries to stop migrants arriving specifically to get social welfare payments.

他表示英国政府正与欧洲其他国家一起，努力阻止移民专为获得社会福利而来。

Some British newspapers today claimed there are as many as 600,000 unemployed foreign European citizens in the UK, a figure the European Commission says is quite simply wholly wrong.

今天有的英国报刊称，英国共有60万失业的外国欧洲公民，欧洲委员会称这个数据显然不对。

President Obama is to meet Congressional leaders at the White House for more talks aimed at ending the partial government shutdown currently in its 14th day.

在部分政府关门的第14天后，奥巴马总统在白宫会见在国会领导人，希望就结束政府关门进行更多的会谈。

A statement from the White House said a planned meeting has now been postponed to allow the Senate more time to negotiate.

来自白宫的声明称，为了允许参议院有更多的时间进行协商，原定的会议现在已经被推迟。

Aides to the leaders of both parties have told the BBC they are no closer to a deal, but speaking earlier in the day, Mr Obama struck a more positive note.

两党领导人的助手告诉BBC，目前尚未达成协议，但在当天早些时候，奥巴马先生促成了一场较积极的会议。

“There's been some progress on the Senate side with Republicans recognising it's not tenable, it's not smart, it's not good for the American people to let America default.

“目前参议院已经取得了一些进展，共和党承认进展并非无懈可击，对美国人来说，让美国违约是不明智的，是糟糕的。

There's been some progress in recognising that we are not going to be able to completely bridge the differences between the parties all at once, and so it doesn't make sense in the meantime to try to use a shutdown or the…

能够承认我们不可能一次性就弥合两党的分歧，这就是进步。

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