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America is a country that now sits atop the cherished myth that work provides rewards, that working people can support their fam
America is a country that now sits atop the cherished myth that work provides rewards, that working people can support their fam
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2010-08-21
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America is a country that now sits atop the cherished myth that work provides rewards, that working people can support their families. It’s a myth that has become so divorced from reality that it might as well begin with the words "Once upon a time". Today 1.6 million New Yorkers suffer from "food insecurity", which is a fancy way of saying they don’t have enough to eat. Some are the people who come in at night and clean the skyscrapers that glitter along the river. Some pour coffee and take care of the aged parents of the people who live in those buildings. The American Dream for the well-to-do grows from the bowed backs of the working poor, who too often have to choose between groceries and rent.
In a new book called "The Betrayal of Work", Beth Shulman says that even in the booming 1990s one out of every four American workers made less than $8. 70 an hour, an income equal to the government’s poverty level for a family of four. Many, if not most, of these workers had no health care, sick pay or retirement provisions.
We ease our consciences, Shulman writes, by describing these people as "low skilled", as though they’re not important or intelligent enough to deserve more. But Iow-skilled workers today are better educated than ever before, and they constitute the linchpin (SYNC) of American industry. When politicians crow (得意洋洋地说) that happy days are here again because jobs are on the rise, it’s these jobs they’re really talking about. Five of the 10 occupations expected to grow big in the next decade are in the lowest-paying job groups. And before we sit back and decide that’s just the way it; is, it’s instructive to consider the rest of the world. While the bottom 10 percent of American workers earn just 37 percent of our average wage, their counterparts in other industrialized countries earn upwards of 60 percent. And those are countries that provide health care and child care, which eases the economic pinch considerably.
Almost 40 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, a family with a car and a house in the suburbs felt prosperous. Today that same family may well feel poor, overwhelmed by credit card debt, a second mortgage and the cost of the stuff that has become the backbone of American life. When the middle Class feels poor, the poor have little chance for change, or even recognition.
We learn from the passage that the difference in pay between the lowest paid and the average worker in America is ______ than. that in other industrialized countries.
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答案
much greater
解析
第三段倒数第二句,“While the bottom 10 percent of American workers earn just 37 percent of our average wage,their,counterparts in other industrialized countries earn upwards of 60 percent.”中提到美国工资最低的10%的劳动者的收入占美国人均收入的37%,而在其他工业国家,这类劳动者的收入达到这些国家平均收入的60%。由此可见,美国劳动者的最低收入和人均收入的差距要比其他工业国家的大很多。因此,正确答案为“much greater”。
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