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adj. 效率高的，胜任的
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[21:45.30]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[21:50.76]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[21:58.31]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[22:02.03]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[22:06.07]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[22:11.87]which we have ever seen in our history.
[22:14.39]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[22:18.76]and pink slips to their American employees.
[22:21.28]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[22:30.03]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[22:35.61]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[22:40.09]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[22:44.13]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[22:46.98]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[22:51.57]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[22:55.95]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[22:59.99]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[23:02.73]less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
[23:08.20]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[23:13.12]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[23:19.03]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[23:22.52]Now the passage will be read again.
[23:26.46]Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
[23:31.06]Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
[23:35.00]Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
[23:40.13]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[23:45.93]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[23:53.26]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[23:57.09]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[24:01.23]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[24:06.81]which we have ever seen in our history.
[24:09.33]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[24:13.49]and pink slips to their American employees.
[24:16.65]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[24:24.97]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[24:30.98]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[24:35.14]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[25:48.36]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[25:50.94]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[25:55.97]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[26:00.23]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[26:04.40]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[26:07.02]less security for the middle class.
[27:19.36]According to the AFL-CIO,
[27:21.98]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[27:26.68]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[27:32.80]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[28:45.36]Now the passage will be read for the third time.
[28:48.64]Health costs have been rising for middle class families.
[28:53.79]Nearly one in five Americans cannot afford health insurance.
[28:57.83]Contrast that with health insurance companies in great financial shape.
[29:02.97]United Health Group profits up 38 percent this quarter.
[29:08.55]The company's CEO William is leaving with a reported 1.1-billion-dollar retirement pension.
[29:15.98]Even he admitted reports of a stock option scandal.
[29:19.70]The gap between the wealthy and the working is expanding.
[29:23.86]And it has been the greatest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the elite class
[29:29.66]which we have ever seen in our history.
[29:32.17]Corporations are handing out profits to their shareholders
[29:36.33]and pink slips to their American employees.
[29:39.17]IBM reported a 47% jump in quarterly profits and layoffs of 400 US engineers.
[29:47.81]The Dow Johns Index jumped above the 12 000 threshold for the first time.
[29:53.61]But for middle class workers, job growth is slow,
[29:57.87]the housing market cooling and paychecks shrinking.
[30:01.81]We've always viewed ourselves as a country
[30:04.54]that provides upward mobility to everyone who works hard and that,
[30:09.47]in America, you can achieve the middle class dream, if you do so.
[30:13.51]And right now the middle class is not doing very well.
[30:17.67]Higher earnings for the corporate class,
[30:20.41]less security for the middle class. According to the AFL-CIO,
[30:25.87]the average CEO, not the CEO at the top,
[30:30.79]but the average chief executive officer makes 431 times
[30:36.81]the salary of a medium worker in the United States.
[30:40.20]This is the end of listening comprehension.
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