2026年6月英语四级听力真题 卷二 短文一

Passage One

短文一

If US workers want to switch jobs, they’d better do it now.

如果美国上班族想要跳槽，最好现在行动。

Last year, job switchers earned far higher wage increases than those staying in their jobs, but the gap is now closing.

去年，跳槽人员的薪资涨幅远高于坚守原岗位的人，但如今这一差距正在缩小。

A three-month moving average of annual wage increases from the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s wage tracker shows that US job switchers got the highest wage increase last July, when the measure touched 8.5 percent.

亚特兰大联邦储备银行薪资追踪数据的年度薪资涨幅三月移动平均值显示：去年七月美国跳槽者薪资涨幅达到峰值，该数值触及 8.5%。

Since then, it has gone up and down, and has been going steadily down since November.

自那以后，数据起伏波动，并且从 11 月开始持续稳步下行。

The gap in wage gains between people who switched jobs and those who stayed in their jobs is now closing.

跳槽人群与留职人群之间的薪资增长差距正在不断缩小。

On average, people who changed jobs have almost always gotten better pay raises than those who stayed, but in the past the difference was usually around one percentage point.

平均来看，跳槽者的加薪幅度几乎一向高于留职者，不过以往二者的差距通常在 1 个百分点左右。

In July, though, the gap widened to 2.6 percentage points.

不过在七月，这一差距扩大至 2.6 个百分点。

But now wage growth is slowing down for everyone, and job switchers are getting smaller wage bumps in their new jobs.

但如今所有人的薪资增速都在放缓，跳槽者在新工作中获得的加薪幅度也缩水了。

At the moment, those who change jobs get an average 7.3% raise every year, while those who stay get a 5.4% raise.

目前，跳槽者年均加薪幅度为 7.3%，而留职人员年均加薪幅度为 5.4%。

That suggests the demand for workers has reached or is at least nearing its peak.

这表明市场用工需求已经见顶，或至少即将到达顶峰。

The labor market is likely cooling, because even a shortage of workers isn’t overcoming the historic imbalance between employers and employees in the US:

劳动力市场大概率正在降温，因为即便是劳动力短缺，也无法扭转美国雇主与雇员之间长期存在的失衡局面：

the volume of income that workers take home as a proportion of what the US economy produces is still falling.

劳动者实际到手收入在美国经济总产出中的占比仍在持续下滑。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

第 16 至 18 小题基于你刚刚听到的这篇短文。

Question 16. What does the passage say about the gap in wage gains between job switchers and those who stay in their jobs?

16. 关于跳槽者和留职者之间的薪资增长差距，文章有何表述？

Question 17. What do we learn about wage growth now?

17. 我们从中能了解到当下薪资增长的哪些情况？

Question 18. What is the labor market likely doing according to the passage?

18. 根据文章内容，劳动力市场可能正在发生什么变化？

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