Welcome to Voice of America’s “News Words”, where we teach you about words in the news.
欢迎收听美国之声“新闻词汇”，在这个节目中，我们会教您新闻中的词汇。
When you hear the word “encouraging” in a news story, what does it mean?
当你在新闻中听到“令人鼓舞的”这个词时，它是什么意思？
In this monthly jobs report, was the news good or bad?
在这篇月度工作报告中，这个新闻是好是坏？
175,000 jobs created is an encouraging sign of improvement in our labor market.
新增的十七万五千个工作岗位是一个令人鼓舞的标志，表明了劳动力市场的进步。

“Encouraging” means to give hope that something good will happen -- in this case, more jobs will lead to a better economy.
“令人鼓舞的”意味着好事有希望会发生——在这个例子中，更多的工作岗位会带来更蓬勃的经济。
And if people encourage you to do something, it means they support you and want you to succeed.
如果人们鼓励你做某事，这意味着他们支持你，希望你成功。
Now, when you hear the word “encouraging”, your English will be good enough to know what this News Word means.
现在，当你听到“令人鼓舞的”这个词，你的英文程度就足以听懂这个新闻词汇了。