【正文】 ve learned what a per cent unemployment rate really means.Words: 798 。ve gained something — a little more knowledge and a lot more understanding. You39。t know about was the loneliness. You39。 sales are down 30 per cent this month.But each time you recover that valued selfworth, you renew（重新開(kāi)始）a fight to keep it. Each time you go to a job interview and give them your best and they hire someone else, you go another round with yourself and your selfworth. Your unemployment seems to drag on beyond all reason. You start to see a stranger in your rearview mirror. The stranger suddenly looks like a bum（無(wú)業(yè)游民）. You look at her with clinical curiosity. Hmmm. Obviously into the worst stages. Definitely not possible to be employed.We unemployed share a social prejudice similar to that of the rape（強(qiáng)奸）victim. Whether consciously or subconsciously（下意識(shí)地）, much of the public driven by work ethics（倫理）feels that you39。m late! Late for what? The dull ache in your lower stomach reminds you: late for nothing.Again, you face the terms: Loss of selfworth and security, fear of the future, stress, depression（抑郁）. You wonder if eating a dozen chocolatechip（碎片）cookies, wearing a house coat until 4, bing your hair at 5, cleaning behind the stove (twice) and crying in a jobagency parking lot qualify as symptoms of stress or maybe loss of selfworth. Fighting with your spouse/boyfriend? Aha — tension in personal relationships.The loss of a job is rejection, resulting in the same hurt feelings as if a friend had told you to bug off. Only this friend filled up 40 to 60 (or more) hours of your week. Repeated references（提到）to the staff as family only emphasize the feeling of being left alone and having been told a lie. You picture yourself going home to your parents or spouse and being informed, Your services as our daughter/my wife are no longer required. Pick up your baby pictures as you leave.Each new act that confirms your job loss starts the pain again: the first trip to the employment agency, the first friend you tell, the first interview and, most fearful of all, the first trip to the unemployment（失業(yè)）office.You do eventually bee accustomed to being unemployed, in the way you might accept a bad limp. And you eventually quit beating yourself for not having been somehow indispensable — or for not having bee an accountant. You tire of straining（盡力使用）your memory for possible mistakes. You recover some of the confidence that always told you how good you were at your job and accept what the boss said: This doesn39。ve got bad news: we39。s uncle. But these terms have always been just words, affecting someone else39。s tone of voice and the editor39。懷特海德Section CWhat Life Is like When Out of Work(Fortunately, Jan Halvorsen was unemployed only four months. She is now assistant editor of the Twin Cities Courier（《雙城信使報(bào)》）in St. Paul, Minnesota. The following essay appeared as Newsweek39。 defend sb./sth. 防御，保護(hù)grind to a halt(of a process) gradually stop （指過(guò)程）慢慢停止PROPER NAMESHarris哈里斯Alfred North Whitehead阿爾弗雷德 briefly 總之，簡(jiǎn)言之by parisonwhen pared 比較起來(lái)associate withjoin (people or things) together 聯(lián)合，聯(lián)系inner cityoldest parts of a city, at or near its center 市中心區(qū)，老城區(qū)，內(nèi)城at largeas a whole。 of economics 經(jīng)濟(jì)（上）的；經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的economicallyad. 1. concerning economics or economy 在經(jīng)濟(jì)（學(xué)）上2. not wastefully 節(jié)約地，儉省地，經(jīng)濟(jì)地dominanta. more important, strong, noticeable, etc. than anything else of the same type 最重要的，占統(tǒng)治地位的，支配的assetn. 1. (pl.) thing, esp. property, owned by a person, pany, etc. that has value and can be used or sold 財(cái)產(chǎn)，資產(chǎn)2. [C] a valuable or useful quality, skill or person 有價(jià)值的特性（技能，人才）grindvi. make a harsh noise 發(fā)出摩擦的聲音vt. make sth. into small pieces, grain or dust by pressing between hard surfaces 磨碎，碾碎，磨成粉末eliminatevt. remove or take away 排除，消除，根除displayvt. 1. show signs of having (a quality or emotion, etc.) 顯露，表現(xiàn)出（一種品質(zhì)或情感）2. put sth. on show 陳列，展覽PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONSthe good old daysan earlier period of time (in one39。 nonexistence 缺乏；不存在2. [C, U] the state or a period of being away 缺席，不在，離開(kāi)▲plausiblea. (of a statement, an excuse, etc.) seeming to be right or reasonable （陳述、借口）似真實(shí)的，似乎有理的，似乎可信的▲gloomya. 1. (that makes people) sad and disappointed 令人沮喪的，令人憂郁的2. dark or unlighted 昏暗的，陰暗的，陰沉的▲implicita. 1. understood without being directly expressed, clearly intended even though it is not said 暗示的，含蓄的，不明晰的2. unnecessary to be questioned 深信不疑的，絕對(duì)的fearfula. 1. nervous and afraid 懼怕的，擔(dān)心的2. terrible, causing fear 可怕的，嚇人的backwarda. 1. directed towards the back or the starting point 向后的，倒著的2. having made or making less than normal progress 進(jìn)步遲緩的，落后的principala. first in rank or importance。, showing the importance or the degree of responsibility of the person having it。 sight 視力，視覺(jué)gangn. 1. [C] a group of criminals。 helpful 建設(shè)性的，積極的，有益的visionn. 1. [C] an imagined mental image of sth., often including one39。 put or fit together。s action)。re going to do as adults.If these people do not acquire some constructive vision of purpose for themselve