英语新闻听写 白宫推迟给政府高官加薪

 

According to Business Insider, the White House has directed the Office of Personnel Management to hold off on giving top Trump¹ administration officials pay raises they were slated² to get.

据商业内幕网报道，白宫已指示人事管理办公室推迟给特朗普政府高级官员的预期加薪。

The raises would have come amid a partial government shutdown in which 800,000 federal employees are currently furloughed or not being paid while working.

这次加薪如果实行的话，将会恰逢现在的美国政府部分关门，目前有80万名联邦雇员暂时休假，或者在工作期间没有工资。

Before the decision, the scheduled pay increases enraged³ the Democratic party who called it "a betrayal of American workers"

在这个决定之前，定期加薪的做法激怒了民主党，他们称此举为“对美国工人的背叛”，

and accused Trump of "padding the pockets of his millionaire officials."

并且指责特朗普是在“把钱塞到他的百万富翁官员的口袋”。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

3 enraged   

使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤

参考例句：

• I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
• The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。