U.S. House of Representatives passes Chinese currency bill

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives（众议院） on Wednesday passed a bill to press China to let its currency rise faster, amid accusations¹ that China suppressed the value of its currency and placed a drag on U.S. job creation.
    The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee backed the proposed Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act last Friday, clearing the way for the full House to take up the measure this week.
    With November's midterm elections approaching（接近） and pressure from recession-weary voters, U.S. lawmakers were weighing bills that would slap sanctions on Chinese goods.
    China Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to recognize the importance of Sino-U.S. trade and economic ties and to avoid protectionist measures against China.
    Safeguarding healthy and stable development of the Sino-U.S. trade and economic ties was in the common interest of both countries, said Chinese Foreign Ministry² spokeswoman Jiang Yu.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。