NPR边听边练266：奥巴马拒绝让步

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　A grim-faced John Boehner emerged from the White House to say that President Obama _1_ to negotiate with Republicans, who want to tie a temporary funding measure to his signature health care law, Speaker Boehner saying while there was a polite conversation, there's no sign of budging¹ from the president.

　　一脸严肃的约翰·博纳走出白宫，他表示，奥巴马总统拒绝和共和党协商，共和党希望对他签署的医改法案实施临时的限制拨款议案，议长博纳表示，虽然这场交谈很友好，但是总统并没有让步的意思。

　　"All we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare."

　　“我们所要求的只是进行商讨，为在奥巴马医改法案上给美国人民带来公平。”

　　Senate Majority Leader Harry² Reid, meanwhile, accuses his Republican colleague of being the one unwilling³ to move forward on the _2_ resolution to fund the government.

　　同时，参议院多数党领导人哈利·里德指责共和党是不愿推动为政府筹资这一持续性决议的一方。

　　"I thought that they were concerned about the long-term fiscal⁴ affairs of this country, and we said we are too, let's talk about it. My friend, John Boehner, I repeat,cannot take yes for an answer."

　　“我认为他们很担心这个国家的长期财务问题，我们明确表示我们也在担心，我们来谈谈这一问题。我的朋友，约翰·博纳，我再重复一遍，并不能给出肯定的回答。”

　　The standoff over health care _3_ in a now two-day-old partial government shutdown that's idled 800,000 federal workers and _4_ national parks, museums and monuments.

　　在医改问题上僵持不下使部分政府已经关闭两天，约80万名联邦工作人员暂停工作，国家公园、博物馆以及纪念碑也已关闭。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、emerge from

　　自…出现；从…显露出来

　　eg:But respect for diversity is something that has to emerge from within a culture.

　　而对文化多样性的尊重又必须从一个文化内部生长出来。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has refused 2、continuing

　　3、has resulted 4、closed

1 budging   

v.（使）稍微移动( budge的现在分词 )；（使）改变主意，（使）让步

参考例句：

• Give it up, plumber. She's not budging. 别费劲了，水管工。她不会改变主意的。 来自互联网
• I wondered how Albert who showed no intention of budging, felt about Leopold's desertion. 对于从未有迁徙打算的艾伯特来说，我不知道它会怎样看待利奥波德这样弃它而去呢。 来自互联网

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

4 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。