Just how badly young people were affected appears to have depended partly on how severe the local downturn was and partly on local laborpractices and laws. Some of the hardest-hit young people were in countries with the most protections for older workers.

　　年轻人会受到多大影响，部分取决于当地经济衰退的严重程度，部分取决于当地的劳动法规和相关习俗。一部分受到最严重打击的年轻人身处那些为年纪较大的就业者提供最多保护的国家。

　　The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which includes 29 mostly rich countries, released a study this week of youth unemployment in advanceof a meeting of labor ministers from the Group of 20 countries, scheduled for Monday in Washington. "There are currently nearly 15 million youth unemployed in the O.E.C.D. area, about four million more than at the end of 2007," stated the study.

　　包括29个最富裕国家在内的经济合作与发展组织(经合组织)上周发表了一份研究年轻人失业状况的报告。而本周一，二十国集团的劳工部长们将在华盛顿召开会议。这份研究报告称：“目前经合组织国家中有将近1500万年轻人失业，比2007年底大约多了400万。”