考试英语听力材料（高考）1 独白

2016年高考（江苏卷）英语听力 独白Hello.Welcome to the program.大家好，欢迎收听我们的节目。In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations.在美国，五月和六月是传统的毕业季。A listener in China, Wang Ming, who is about to get an engineering degree,一位中国的听众——王明，即将得到他的工程学位，wants to know how American college graduates find jobs.他想知道美国的大学毕业生是如何找到工作的。Right now, the answer is: not very easily.现在，答案是：不容易找到工作。A latest study on the college job market showed that employers wanted to hire 22%fewer graduates this year than last.最近一份关于大学生就业市场的调查研究显示，用人单位今年要招收的毕业生比去年少了22%。The study also showed that just 20%of those who looked for jobs before graduation have found one by now.调查还显示在那些还没毕业就开始找工作的毕业生中，目前为止只有20%的人找到了一份工作。This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago.这是跟两年前相比，那时有一半的学生在这个时候已经找工作了。But one difference: fewer of this year's graduates have started to search for jobs.但是有一点不同：今年已经开始找工作的毕业生要比往年少。Engineering graduates were more likely to have started their job search already, and to have accepted a job.工程类毕业生更有可能已经开始找工作，并且已经接受一份工作了。This is among the best-paid professions for people with just a college degree.这是只有本科学位的毕业生中收入最高的职业之一。On average, engineering majors expect to start at about $62,000 a year.平均来说，工程专业学生期望他们开始工作的年薪为$62,000。