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🔥Women’s Job Losses From Pandemic Aren’t Good for Economic Recovery
疫情衝擊的不平等現象：女性失業速度比男性快，將妨礙經濟復甦
👩Women have lost jobs at a steeper rate than men during the coronavirus pandemic, a factor that is likely to hold back the economic recovery.
新冠病毒大流行期間，女性失業速度比男性快，很可能對經濟復甦造成阻礙。
-steep: 陡峭的；急劇升降的
-be likely to: 可能
-hold back: 保留; 抑制；阻礙, 阻止；限制
💁Female workers account for the majority of service-sector jobs, including food service and personal care, which are more vulnerable to social-distancing measures and have suffered the brunt of losses during the current economic crisis. Married women, who in past recessions took jobs to offset lost wages when their husband or male partner was laid off, also are less likely to seek work because their employment prospects are now limited, one researcher concluded.
服務業的大多數工作由女性承擔，包括食品服務和個人護理等，這類工作更容易受到社交隔離措施影響，在當前經濟危機中遭受的衝擊更大。此外，一位研究人員得出結論，在歷次經濟衰退中，已婚女性往往在丈夫或男性伴侶被解僱後外出工作，以彌補收入損失，但眼下她們的就業前景有限，不太可能找到工作。
-account for: 說明, 作某事物的解釋；對...負有責任
-be vulnerable to: 易受(傷害),易於…
-brunt: 衝擊；最沉重（或強烈）的部分
-offset: 補償；抵銷
-lay off: 解僱 (lay-laid-laid)
💇These dynamics present an impediment to broader economic growth: If participation among women remains weak, it means fewer workers in female-dominated fields such as nursing or hair care. Economists say the squeeze on jobs and continued child and elder-care responsibilities pose setbacks to female employment and labor-force participation as businesses start to reopen in the coming months.
這樣的情況阻礙了更廣泛的經濟成長：如果女性參與度持續低迷，意味著由女性主導的護理或美髮等領域勞動力會減少。經濟學家們表示，未來幾個月商業重啟之際，女性就業和勞動力參與仍會面臨阻礙，一方面因為工作機會緊縮，一方面因為她們得繼續承擔照顧兒童和老人的責任。
-impediment: 妨礙，阻礙
-setback: 挫折；失敗；倒退
未完待續...
女性為主的工作在這次疫情更加脆弱？
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Female workers _______ the majority of service-sector jobs, including food service and personal care, which are more _______ social-distancing measures and have suffered the brunt of losses during the current economic crisis.
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A. on account / eager to
B. take account of / willing to
C. account for / vulnerable to
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