美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-20

 The ball seems to be back on Senate's goal for dealing¹ reopen the government and avoiding default. Also tonight, 360 exclusives an announcement tell millions of veterans if the shutdown continues. So, let's get started.   

 

Take a look at the clock on the bottom of the screen. There's just 28 hours to go until the debt ceiling deadline and tonight, there's a breaking news, more evidence. And this is not a game. If lawmakers don't wanna listen to the polls that show how much you, the American people, disapprove³ of how they are doing  their jobs. Perhaps, they'll listen to this. Tonight, the credit rating agency, F., put the United States on notice that its rating could be down graded. It's called a rating watch negative. We have more on that a moment. In a statement, the agency said the political brinksmentship could increase the rick of default. So, where exactly are we on a deal to end that risk or at least delay it? All day today we're expecting a vote on the House floor. Tonight, on a deal to reopen the government and avert⁴ a debt default but low and behold⁵ House Republican leaders have canceled that vote. Congressman⁶ Peter King, a Republican, comes and joins me now. Congressman, thanks for being with us.  

 

"Thank you, Anderson."

 

"What you have seen today? How do you describe it?" 

 

"It makes actually no sense. I mean, you know, the game is over. We have to get this done and John Boehner has tried everything he can and there are just some people in our party that no matter what he has tried to do, they wont⁷' go along. So, hopefully, we get some adult supervision⁸ from the Senator something will happen. But, we are talking about a real disaster coming up and Boehner John, the speaker has tried everything he can and no matter what he does, this is a certain group that's not going to go along with him." 

 

"Well, the speaker could have, I mean, brought up a clean CR before. I mean to say he's done everything. Is that really true?"    

 

"Well, I said he's done everything. He has 2 roles but one is to run the House. The other is try to keep the party united. So, he's tried to keep the party united and he's tried to move this forward. And it seems very difficult to put the party united."

 

"What do you make Dana Bash saying from a source, a Democratic source that seems to be perhaps sort of a deal on a Senate side? Is that something you would support on? What if it came to the House?"

 

"I would. Listen, I've said all along. This was madness. It was madness to follow Ted² Cruz. It was absolutely madness to be saying we're gonna shutdown the government, to defund Obamacare. It never makes sense and now we are, we are down apparently⁹ he's trying to pass a CR and take away health insurance from the congressional employees. That's why we shutdown the government for it. It makes no sense." 

 

"And you said all along that those who are promising¹⁰ their constituents¹¹, defunding or delaying Obamacare that was a fraud."

 

"Yeah. Ted Cruz is total fraud from the start. It never could have succeeded. I can't imagine going into battle knowing you can't win and yet continue to tell your people you are winning. It's just a...It's like a never land. Parallel universes, whatever you want to call." 

 

"What do you think what happened with this Senate bill assuming that it's under the same parameters¹² we've been hearing about since yesterday in terms of continuing the government, ending the shutdown and not really, it's not defunding. It's not delaying Obamacare. Will...could that pass now?"

 

"Well,  certainly I can be anything. I'm certainly of that. If that comes to a vote on the House floor, you probably get all the Democrats¹³ and certainly enough Republicans to get it through."

 

"And you're confident speaker Boehner would allow to come to the House?"

 

"I'm... I don't know what John would do but I think, though, if he's gonna to be involved in expediting the process at all, he probably then would allow it to come to a vote in the House floor. It's getting too close to the wire." 

 

"Have you ever seen anything like this?" 

 

"No, nothing is bad, no. Because again, I've seen some tough battles. Back in 1995 and 96, you can argue whether or not should have been a government shutdown that was over 2 competing budgets. It was a real philosophical¹⁴ difference and both sides were negotiating throughout. This is just we shutdown the government which is really a dramatic thing to do for a goal that we never have a chance of obtaining based on one guy from Texas who somehow convinced 40 House members that this was a crusade they had carried out."

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

4 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

5 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

6 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

7 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

8 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

9 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

10 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

11 constituents   

n.选民( constituent的名词复数 )；成分；构成部分；要素

参考例句：

• She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
• Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 parameters   

因素，特征； 界限； （限定性的）因素( parameter的名词复数 )； 参量； 参项； 决定因素

参考例句：

• We have to work within the parameters of time. 我们的工作受时间所限。
• See parameters.cpp for a compilable example. This is part of the Spirit distribution. 可编译例子见parameters.cpp.这是Spirit分发包的组成部分。

13 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。