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英语科普:奥巴马演讲 关于控制赤字的谈话1

时间:2010-12-11 08:41:35

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THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Good morning, everybody. Let me begin by pointing out that although Washington is supposed to be a town of sharp elbows, it’s getting a little carried away.  For those of you who are worried about my lip, I should be okay.  The doctor has given me a clean bill of health, and I will continue to be playing basketball whenever I get a chance.  In fact, I played yesterday with Sasha and Malia and they took it easy on me because they were feeling pity.
 
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving, but now it’s time to get back to work.  Congress is back in town this week.  And I’m looking forward to sitting down with Republican leaders tomorrow to discuss many issues -- foremost(最重要的) among them the American people’s business that remains1 to be done this year.  My hope is that tomorrow’s meeting will mark a first step towards a new and productive working relationship.  Because we now have a shared responsibility to deliver for the American people on the issues that define not only these times but our future -- and I hope we can do that in a cooperative and serious way.
 
Our two most fundamental challenges are keeping the American people safe and growing our economy -- and it’s in that spirit that I look forward to sitting down tomorrow and talking about urgent matters like the ratification(批准,承认) of the New START treaty, which is so essential to our safety and security; and the status of the Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire(期满) at the end of this year.  And this is just one of the many economic issues we’ve got to tackle together in the months ahead. 
 
As I said a few weeks ago, the most important contest of our time is not the contest between Democrats2 and Republicans; it’s between America and our economic competitors all around the world.  Winning that contest means that we’ve got to ensure our children are the best educated in the world; that our research and development is second to none; and that we lead the globe in renewable energy and technological3 innovation. 
 
It also means making sure that in the future we’re not dragged down(向下拖) by long-term debt.  This is a challenge that both parties have a responsibility to address -- to get federal spending under control and bring down the deficits5 that have been growing for most of the last decade.
 
Now, there’s no doubt that if we want to bring down our deficits, it’s critical to keep growing our economy.  More importantly, there’s still a lot of pain out there, and we can’t afford to take any steps that might derail(出轨) our recovery or our efforts to put Americans back to work and to make Main Street whole again.  So we can’t put the brakes on too quickly.  And I’m going to be interested in hearing ideas from my Republican colleagues, as well as Democrats, about how we continue to grow the economy and how we put people back to work.
    
But we do have to correct our long-term fiscal(会计的,财政的) course.  And that’s why earlier this year I created a bipartisan(两党连立的) deficit4 commission that is poised6 to report back later this week with ideas that I hope will spark a serious and long-overdue conversation in this town.  Those of us who have been charged to lead will have to confront some very difficult decisions, cutting spending we don’t need in order to invest in the things that we do.
 
As President, I’m committed to doing my part.  From the earliest days of my administration, we’ve worked to eliminate wasteful7 spending and streamline(使合理化) government.  I promised to go through the budget line by line to eliminate programs that have outlived(经受住) their usefulness, and in each of the budgets I’ve put forward so far, we’ve proposed approximately $20 billion in savings8 through shrinking or ending more than 120 such programs. 
 
I’ve also set goals for this government that we’re on track to meet:  reducing improper9 payments by $50 billion, saving $40 billion in contracting, and selling off $8 billion of unneeded federal land and buildings. 

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1 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
2 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
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》
3 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的;工艺的
参考例句:
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
4 deficit tmAzu     
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。
5 deficits 08e04c986818dbc337627eabec5b794e     
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
6 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
7 wasteful ogdwu     
adj.(造成)浪费的,挥霍的
参考例句:
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派。
8 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款,储蓄
参考例句:
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
9 improper b9txi     
adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的
参考例句:
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。