Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.

　　日益嚴重的失業(yè)問(wèn)題對政府來(lái)說(shuō)是一枚政治上的定時(shí)炸彈。

　　House prices rose five per cent last year.

　　去年房?jì)r(jià)上漲百分之五。

　　Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.

　　失業(yè)可能是犯罪率攀升的潛在原因。

　　Lending by banks rose to$ 10 billion last year.

　　去年銀行發(fā)放的貸款增至100億元。

　　There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work.

　　失業(yè)人數急劇增長(cháng)。