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。

　　President Obama thanks Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington for finally _1_ an agreement. The president's remarks come after the Senate by vote of 81 to 18 signed off on measure to avoid financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. President says once the House sign off on the measure, he will sign it.

　　奥巴马总统在华盛顿感谢民主党和共和党领导人最终达成协议，此前，参议院以81票赞成18票反对通过法案，避免债务违约并使部分政府在关门16天后重开。总统表示，众议院一通过法案他就会马上签字生效。

　　"Once this agreement _2_ on my desk, I will sign it immediately. We'll begin reopening our government immediately, and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our business and from the American people."

　　“一旦该协议送到我的办公桌，我将立即签署。我们将立即重新开放政府，我们将开始拨开笼罩在企业和美国民众心头不确定和不安的迷雾。”

　　Senate passage came after several hours beyond when the deal was hammered out between Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and Minority leader Mitch McConnell. They will reopen the government to January 15th that _3_ the Treasure to borrow to February 7th.

　　参议院多数党领导人哈利·里德和少数党领导人米奇·麦康奈尔达成协议几个小时以后，参议院通过了该议案，重开政府并确保政府运营至1月15日，允许财政部将借款权限延长至2月7日。

　　The House meanwhile has taken the measure _4_ earlier today by the Senate after Republicans including speaker John Boehner conceded defeat in their _5_ persuade president to engage the negotiations on the country's debt and now three-year-old healthcare law.NPR's Tamara Keith says there are more to expect there.

　　同时，在参议院于今天早上通过了该议案之后，众议院也通过了这份议案，此前，包括众议院议长约翰·博纳在内的共和党人承认失败，未能劝说总统就美国的债务和已实施三年的医改法案进行协商。据NPR新闻的塔玛拉·基思报道，还有更多的期待。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、sign off on

　　[美国俚语]非正式同意；未经签署认可，未经签字而批准(协议、计划等)：

　　eg:Yes it was and we all agreed on it — you even signed off on it.

　　是的，就是这样的，我们大家都同意了——你还签过字呢。

　　eg:He insists he will not sign off on a Lisbon treaty, which has already been ratified by the Czech parliament.

　　尽管《里斯本条约》已经得到捷克议会的批准，但他拒绝签字让它生效。

　　2、 hammer out

　　（经长时间或艰难的讨论）达成（一致意见或协定）

　　eg. I think we can hammer out a solution.

　　我想我们可以通过讨论找到一个解决方案。

　　eg. The new fixture package has been hammered out by the Premiership clubs in talks over the last ten days.

　　新的一揽子赛事安排已由各英超俱乐部在过去10天的会谈中经反复商讨确定。

　　参考答案：

　　1、reaching 2、arrives 3、permits

　　4、approved 5、efforts