两会“强声”选登

 　　With CPPCC members

　　与全国政协委员讨论

　　The premier¹ responded to a report that Chinese tourists to Japan often buy toilet seat lids to bring home. He called for an open attitude to the trend and for the acceleration² of the upgrading of the domestic sanitation³ industry. "If the toilet seat lids are of the same quality, at least the consumers can save the air ticket."

　　李克强总理对中国游客抢购日本马桶盖一事做出了回应。他呼吁各界对此应持开放的心态，并尽快加快国内卫浴产业的升级。“要是马桶盖与国外的同类产品同质，这样起码能帮消费者省下机票钱。”

　　强声

　　With NPC deputies from Shandong province

　　参加山东代表团审议：

　　With the exception of confidential⁴ statistics, all government data should be made public to facilitate cloud computing⁵ and to allow the public to advise the government in the decision-making process, Li said.

　　李克强总理表示，政府掌握的数据要公开，除依法涉密的之外，数据要尽可能地公开，以便于云计算企业为社会服务，鼓励人民群众为政府决策积极建言献策。

　　With NPC deputies from Jiangsu province

　　参加江苏代表团审议：

　　Many fiscal⁶ and monetary⁷ policies have yet to be employed. The government will take steps if the economy slumps⁸ further, Li said.

　　李克强总理表示，许多财政、货币政策还有待真正贯彻落实。他强调，政府要顶住经济下行压力，积极采取措施应对。

　　With NPC deputies from Hebei province

　　参加河北代表团审议：

　　Li said production overcapacity is not necessarily a problem, and excess goods could be transferred either to the underdeveloped western areas, or to overseas markets in need of cement, flat glass and steel: "I have told government officials that Hebei is the top choice in the transfer of excess production to overseas markets."

　　李克强总理表示，产能过剩的问题是可解决的。过剩的产品一方面可以向西部地区转移；另一方面也可以向缺乏钢铁、水泥、平板玻璃等基建材料的海外市场输出。他还说：“正如我对相关官员所说，河北省是过剩产能输出的首选地。”

　　Vocabulary

　　sanitation：卫生设备

　　confidential：保密的

　　slump：衰退

　　overcapacity：产能过剩

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 acceleration   

n.加速，加速度

参考例句：

• All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
• He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。

3 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

4 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

5 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

6 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。

7 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

8 slumps   

萧条期( slump的名词复数 )； （个人、球队等的）低潮状态； （销售量、价格、价值等的）骤降； 猛跌

参考例句：

• Deflation could emerge from simultaneous slumps in the world's three major economies. 如果世界经济三大主体同时衰退，通货紧缩就会出现。
• This is the cycle of economic booms and slumps. 这是经济繁荣和经济萧条的周期变化。