Obama Unveil New Job Creation Plan

US president Barack Obama is set to unveil a job-creation plan in a nationally televised speech to a joint¹ session of the House and Senate.

Bloomberg News reported that the plan would inject more than 300 billion US dollars into the economy next year, through tax cuts, infrastructure² spending and direct aid to state and local governments.

For more on this situation, we now cross live to Mike Bastin, Marketing³ and Management academic at Tsinghua University.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。