Jobless claims released by the Labor Department on Thursday remain at extraordinarily high levels by historical standards.

勞工部週四公佈的失業救濟金申請，按歷史標準來看，仍處於超常水準。

At the height of the great recession, weekly unemployment claims peaked at 665,000.

在經濟大衰退的高峰期，每週申請失業金人數最高達到66.5萬。

The latest claims report comes as the health crisis disrupts operations at businesses like restaurants, gyms and other establishments where crowds tend to gather, reducing hours for many workers and pushing others out of employment.

最新的索賠報告是在健康危機擾亂了餐館、健身房和其他人群容易聚集的場所等企業的營運，減少了許多工人的工作時間，並迫使其他人失業。

Consumers are also hunkering down at home, leading to a weakening in demand.

消費者也縮在家裡，導致需求減弱。

Part of the elevation and claims reflects people re applying for benefits following the government's recent renewal of a $300 unemployment supplement until March 14th.

部分提升和索賠反映了人們在政府最近將300美元的失業補充金延長至3月14日之後重新申請福利。

Joseph Robinette Biden Junior Biden, who took the oath of office on Wednesday, has pitched a plan to pump in additional $1.9 trillion into the struggling economy.

約瑟夫-羅賓內特-拜登（Joseph Robinette Biden Junior Biden）週三宣誓就職，他提出了一項計劃，要向陷入困境的經濟額外注入1.9萬億美元。

If approved by Congress, it would provide $400 per week in supplementary unemployment benefits through September plus aid for state and local governments and direct payments of $1400 to individuals, on top of the $600 approved in December.

如果國會準許，將在12月準許的600美元的基礎上，每週提供400美元的補充失業救濟金到9月，再加上對州和地方政府的援助和對個人的直接支付1400美元。

As of the first week of January, there were roughly 16 million Americans receiving some sort of government jobless assistance.

截至1月份的第一週，大約有1600萬美國人接受了政府的某種失業援助。