Although the U.S.jobless rate continues to spike higher, the actual number of Americans who lost jobs during the month was the smallest since last September, the fourth consecutive month in which the pace of job losses slowed.

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If you talk about going in for surgery, t have the exact figure in front of me, but something like a fourth of the people in Canada wait six month or more for surgery.

谈到手术，呃，我这里没有确切数据，ehm，，I，don’,但大约,四分之一的加拿大人,要等六个多月之久,才能手术。

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If you talk about going in for surgery, t have the exact figure in front of me, but something like a fourth of the people in Canada wait six month or more for surgery.

谈到手术，呃，我这里没有确切数据，ehm，，I，don’,但大约,四分之一的加拿大人,要等六个多月之久,才能手术。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选