Bush Takes Economic Message to New Hampshire

Bush Takes Economic Message to New Hampshire

Scott Stearns

President Bush is in New Hampshire to talk about the economy, two days after Democrats¹ wrapped-up their presidential primary in the key New England state.

Mr. Bush returned to a drab office park south of the state capital where he campaigned three years ago when running for the Republican nomination². He lost that New Hampshire primary by 18 points.

This time, Mr. Bush came back to the financial services firm Fidelity³ Investments as an incumbent⁴ with no serious challengers within the party and a victory in this week's largely over-looked Republican primary.

The president won 85 percent of the votes cast, but with no credible⁵ opposition⁶, most of the state's attention was focused on the Democratic primary where neighboring Senator John Kerry added to his momentum⁷ from the Iowa caucus⁸.

While President Bush has raised close to $200 million for this campaign, he has still not officially declared his candidacy, saying he is too focused on his job as president.

The "conversation on the economy" here was billed as a presidential event, not a political stop. As with all sitting presidents, that allows the campaign to split the cost of the trip with the government as it also includes a separate political fundraiser.

Introduced to a cheering crowd in Fidelity's company cafeteria, Mr. Bush spoke⁹ only briefly¹⁰ about this week's primaries. "It's nice to be back. I understand there has been some activity in the state of New Hampshire recently."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan deflected¹² questions about the timing¹³ of this trip, saying Mr. Bush takes his message to people across the country. The economy is one of the president's highest priorities, Mr. McClellan says, and it's a high priority for the people of New Hampshire as well.

President Bush reminded the crowd that the recent recession began under President Clinton and got worse following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

"Times were tough. The people of New Hampshire know what I am talking about. When that recession came, it was awfully¹⁴ hard for some people to be able to do their duty as a mom or a dad to put food on the table because their work wasn't steady. And they were worried about employment if they were working at all."

Democrats are challenging the president on the loss of almost three million jobs since he took office. Mr. Bush is responding by calling on Congress to make his record tax cuts permanent, because he says that will give businesses more money to hire more workers. "The economy is growing. People are finding work. There is an excitement in our economy. And the tax relief we passed made sense then. It makes sense now, and Congress needs to make this tax relief permanent."

Democrats say those tax cuts unfairly favor the rich and are driving-up huge federal deficits¹⁶. With the conflict in Iraq fading as a political issue for now, both sides are focusing more on a struggling economy.

 

注释：

New Hampshire [nju: 5hAmpFiE] n. 新罕布什尔州，美国东北部一个州，位于佛蒙特和缅因之间。

wrap-up  v. 包装

primary [5praimEri] n. 初选，预选

drab [drAb] adj. 土褐色的，单调的

Fidelity Investments  富达投资集团，全球最大的独立基金管理集团。

incumbent [in5kQmbEnt] n. 任职者

neighboring [5neibEriN] adj. 邻近的

Iowa [5aiEwE] n. 爱荷华州，美国中西部的一州。

caucus [5kC:kEs] n. 政党核心会议

candidacy [5kAndidEsi] n. 候选人的地位，候选资格

bill [bil] vt. 用海报宣传

sitting [5sitiN] adj. 在任的

fundraiser [5fQnd7reizE] n. 筹款人

cafeteria [5kAfi5tiEriE] n. 自助餐厅

deflect¹¹ [dI5flekt] v. 偏离，使转向

employment [im5plCimEnt] n. 工作，职业

permanent [5pE:mEnEnt] adj. 永久的，持久的

make sense  有意义

favor [5feivE] vt. 有利于

drive-up v. 抬高，迫使……上升

deficit¹⁵ [5defisit] n. 赤字，不足额

fade [feid] v. 减弱

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 fidelity   

n.忠诚，忠实；精确

参考例句：

• There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
• His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。

4 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

5 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

8 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

11 deflect   

v.(使)偏斜，(使)偏离，(使)转向

参考例句：

• Never let a little problem deflect you.决不要因一点小问题就半途而废。
• They decided to deflect from the original plan.他们决定改变原计划。

12 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

13 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

14 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

15 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

16 deficits   

n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损

参考例句：

• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句