歐巴馬在第一場美國總統辯論表現不佳，當所有的媒體都在討論辯論裡的facts之際(見New York Times-Presidential Debate Fact-Check /Time Magazine 最新一期Cover story)，九月份的美國就業報告幫歐巴馬點了盞明燈。
新聞短播(20121008)九月份的就業報告助歐巴馬一臂之力--Courtesy of Time Magazine
September Jobs Report: Obama 1)Boosted by Weak but Persistent Recovery
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A man waves a sign at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., in this Sept. 5, 2012, photo from the second day of the Democratic National Convention
Barack Obama’s re-election effort once looked to be a 2)tug-of-war between two powerful political forces: the 3)magnetism of a 4)charismatic 5)incumbent vs. the 6)drain of a slow economic recovery. But a month before Election Day, the President’s charisma went missing, at least for one debate night, while new jobs numbers suggest that the economy isn’t such a disadvantage for Obama.
The headline of the government’s monthly jobs report released Friday was that the economy added 114,000 jobs in September, while the 7)unemployment rate fell to 7.8%. That’s not all that great: the jobs total barely keeps pace with population growth, and near-8% unemployment is far from ideal. But read into the report — and 8)between its lines — and the news should be 9)heartening for Democrats 10)spooked by their candidate’s poor debate performance Wednesday.
1)Boost v. 增加、墊高
2)tug-of-war n 拔河
3)magnetism n 磁力，在此指吸引力很強
4)charismatic adj 有魅力的。更常見的是Charisma 個人魅力
5)incumbent n. 現任，指的是現任總統
6)drain n. 本來是指排水溝，這邊指的是流失，當經濟復甦在流失的意思也就是幾乎看不到緩慢的經濟復甦。常見一詞為Brain Drain 人才流失
7)unemployment rate n. 失業率
8)between its lines n. 從字裡行間
9)heartening adj 鼓舞人心的
10)spooked a. 受驚的
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