NPR边听边练280：奥巴马医改困难重重

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　　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。

　　On Capitol Hill today, House lawmakers grilled¹ representatives of 4 major contracting companies, that worked on the government health insurance website. In an exchange with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Cheryl Campbell of CGI federal said her firm's part of project _1_ until it linked to the others.

　　今天，众议院议员在国会山询问4家主要合同公司的代表，他们是在进行政府医保网站项目的公司。CGI Federal公司的谢丽尔·坎贝尔对国会女议员安娜·埃索表示，她公司负责的那部分项目连接其他网站时能正常工作。

　　"Our portion of the system, the CGI was responsible for that our functionality worked."

　　“这个系统我们负责的那部分，CGI负责的部分可以正常工作。”

　　"And they didn't?"

　　“那些没有问题？”

　　"Yes."

　　“对。”

　　"It did not in the end result, correct?"

　　“这不是最终的结果，没错吧？”

　　"When it became part of an integrated end-to-end system……"

　　“那是整合的端对端系统……”

　　"But you knew it was gonna to be integrated. There were many subcontractors. That wasn't a surprise."

　　“但是你知道要进行整合。有许多分包商。这不是个意外。”

　　The contractors² said they _2_ the Obama administration about insufficient³ _3_ in the entire healthcare.gov website, but government decided⁴ to go public with its plan October 1.

　　承包商表示，他们已经警告过奥巴马政府整个医保网站存在测试不足的问题，但是政府还是决定按原计划于10月1日向公众开放。

　　Meanwhile the Obama administration continues to say it's working to make sure Americans who buy health insurances anytime during the open enrollment⁵ period that ends March 31 will face no penalties. But NPR's Julie Rovner reports, there's still no details on how that will happen.

　　同时，奥巴马政府依然表示，会确保让在开放注册期3月31日前购买医保的美国人避免罚单。但是据NPR新闻的朱莉·罗夫纳报道，目前仍没有公布解决问题的具体方法。

　　As it stands, people can _4_ for insurances until the end of March. But in an order to avoid tax penalty, they have to make that 5purchases by the middle of February. The White House Spokesman Jay Carney said the administration is working to make sure those to wait until the end of open enrollment aren't penalized⁶ either.

　　按照目前的情况，民众在三月底前都可以购买保险。但是为了避免税务罚款，他们必须要在二月中旬前进行购买。白宫发言人杰伊·卡尼表示，政府目前正在解决这个问题，以保证那些在临近开放注册期结束时购买保险的人不会收到罚单。

　　"If you have an insurance by March 31, because you purchased but hasn't kicked in you should not be penalizing⁷. And we're working to make sure that does not happen."

　　“如果你在3月31日前购买保险，已经购买但是没有生效，你也不应收到罚单。我们正在努力解决这个问题。”

　　Carney, however, and the officials at the Department of Health and Human Services both say the guide on how they would make that is not yet finished. Julie Rovner, NPR News, Washington.

　　但是，卡尼和美国卫生与公众服务部官员均表示，解决问题的指导方案目前还没有完成。NPR新闻，朱莉·罗夫纳华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. as it stands

　　按照实际情况来说；按照现在情况；事实是这样；

　　eg. As it stands though, none of us ever likes to be interrupted anyway.

　　事实就是这样，我们讲话的时候不喜欢被打断。

　　eg. As it stands, home prices are still unaffordable for the average American.

　　就像现在这样，家庭房屋价格对普通美国人而言，依然是不可承受的。

　　2. kick in

　　开始生效；起作用；

　　eg. As discounts kicked in, bookings for immediate⁸ travel rose by 15%.

　　由于开始实行打折，近期旅行的预订量上升了15%。

　　eg. When you're confronted with the problem, emotions kick in, fear kicks in, and you don't always do the rational and thought-out approach.

　　当面临这个问题时，人会变得情绪激动、恐惧不安，你不一定总能采取理性且慎重的方法。

　　参考答案：

　　1、worked 2、warned 3、testing

　　4、sign up 5、purchases

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