Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.

　　日益嚴(yán)重的失業(yè)問題對(duì)政府來說是一枚政治上的定時(shí)炸彈。

　　House prices rose five per cent last year.

　　去年房?jī)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(shù)急劇增長(zhǎng)。