畢業季影響失業率
First-time job seekers in Taiwan usually spend an average of 6.5 months to land a job, according to a survey by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).
根據主計總處調查，初次尋職者平均得花6.5個月才能找到工作。
average(n.)平均land(v.)獲得;得到;贏得
Pan Ning-hsin, deputy director of the DGBAS’s census department, said that owing to a lack of experience, it takes longer for first-time job hunters to find a job than people who have worked before.
主計總處國勢普查處副處長潘寧馨表示，因為經驗不足，初次尋職者的失業週數平均要比非初次尋職者更長。
census(n.)(官方的)調查;統計;人口普查owing to~因為=due to~=because of~
Pan said that in 2017, people with work experience took 23.7 weeks to secure a job, whereas first-time job seekers took 26 weeks on average.
潘寧馨說，2017年，非初次尋職者平均失業週數為23.7週，而初次尋職者平均失業週數為26週。
secure(v.)獲得;設法得到=gain=obtainwhereas(conj.)而、然而、但是=whereas
Analysis of the data over the past three years shows that normally it takes first-time job seekers 6 months to be given a job offer.
分析近3年的資料顯示，初次尋職者平均得花半年的時間才會找到工作。
analysis(n.)分析
Meanwhile, the jobless rate for June rose 0.07 percentage points from a month earlier to 3.70 percent, with 439,000 people out of employment.
同時，6月份失業率較上月上升0.07個百分點，來到3.70％，共有43萬9000人失業。
jobless rate失業率=unemployment rateout of employment失業= unemployed=out of work
Pan said with the graduation season, the surge in new entrants to the job market had pushed the unemployment rate higher, but the adverse effect was offset to some degree by ongoing economic growth.
潘寧馨說，因為畢業季的關係，就業市場新鮮人激增拉高了失業率，但持續的經濟成長某種程度上抵銷了其負面影響。
surge(n.)激增= increase=rise=upsurgeentrant(n.)新成員;新職員adverse(adj.)負面的;不利的=negativeoffset(v.)抵銷=cancel (out)=counterbalance=balance outto some degree就某種程度而言=to some extent
Pan said that Taiwan’s labor market remains stable and that the effect of the current graduation season on the jobless rate is expected to continue in July and August before fading in September.
潘寧馨說，台灣的就業市場保持穩定，目前畢業季對失業率的影響預計將在7月和8月持續，然後在9月時消退。
stable(adj.)穩定的fade(v.)褪色、消退