04-04-08

民调：81%美国人说国家超错误方向走 (Poll: 81 Percent of US Residents Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction)

美国纽约时报和哥伦比亚广播公司联合进行的一项调查显示，81%的美国居民认为美国正在朝错误的方向发展。去年持这种看法的人占69%，2002年初是35%。

当被问到如何将美国今天的状况与5年前相比时，78%的民众回答说，现在不如过去。只有4%的人回答说，国家现在的状况比过去好。21%的受访者认为美国经济状况良好，这是自1992年来的最低比率。

参与这项民调的55%的人认为美国现在的种族关系良好，36%的人认为种族关系不好。1300百多人参与这项民意调查，这项民调的误差率为3个百分点。

A new survey by the New York Times and CBS News says 81-percent of U.S. residents believe the United States is headed in the wrong direction. That number was 69 percent last year and 35 percent in early 2002.

When asked to compare the condition of the U.S. today to what it was five years ago, 78-percent said things are worse now. Only four percent said the country is better off now. Twenty-one-percent of respondents believe the U.S. economy is doing well. That is the lowest such number since 1992. 

Fifty-five-percent of those surveyed believe race relations are good in the U.S. now, compared to 36-percent who think they are bad.Over 13-hundred people took part in the survey, which has a margin of error of three percentage points. 

报告称美国有更多消费者遭到互联网欺诈 (Report Finds Higher US Consumer Losses to Internet Scams )

美国政府一份报告说，2007年，美国居民因互联网欺诈蒙受损失的款项超过以往任何时间。网络犯罪投诉中心说，涉及网上拍卖欺诈、窃取身份等网络欺诈共造成美国消费者2亿3千9百万美元的损失，创历史新高，比2006年同类犯罪造成的损失多4千万美元。

这个投诉中心由联邦调查局、司法援助局以及国家白领犯罪调查中心共同设立。这个举报中心公布的第七份年度报告说，虽然受骗上当的人没有往年那么多，但是受骗的人损失的钱数目更大。报告说，受骗男性平均损失765美元，女性平均损失522美元。最常见的欺诈涉及到宠物交易、网上支票兑现以及网上交友。

A U.S. government report says U.S. residents lost more money to internet fraud in 2007 than ever before.The Internet Crime Complaint Center says internet fraud involving auctions, identity theft and other activities cost U.S. consumers a record 239-million dollars, an increase of 40-million dollars from 2006. 

The center is a joint effort of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National White Collar Crime Center. Its seventh annual report says not as many people are falling victim to fraud, but those that are, are losing more money. The report says men lost an average of 765 dollars, while women averaged a loss of 552 dollars.The most common scams involved pets, check-cashing schemes and online dating.