NPR边听边练146：奥巴马公布预算法案

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2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。
3、复述新闻。
President Obama says a nearly $ 3.8 trillion budget he announced today shrinks the deficit¹, while still _1_ needed investments in the country's economy. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the president's plan calls for new taxes, entitlement savings² and fresh _2_ pre-school and public works.
奥巴马总统表示，他今天公布的近3.8万亿美元的预算案将缩小赤字，且同样会为美国经济带来所需的投资。据NPR新闻的斯科特·霍斯利报道，总统的预算方案要求实行新税法，缩减福利项目规模，增加学前教育和公共工程的支出。
The president's plan has already drawn³ criticism from both the left and the right for it's _3_ trim spending on medicare and social security and it's called for hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes. Still Obama says the plan should appeal to centrist lawmakers with its balance of deficit reduction and new investment.
总统的预算案遭到了左翼和右翼双方的批评，因为这份方案要求缩减医保项目和社会安全方面的支出，通过新税法增加数千亿美元的税收。不过奥巴马表示，这份方案对中立派议员来说很有吸引力，因为其平衡了削减赤字与增加投资。
"And if we can come together, have a serious, _4_ debate, not driven by politics and come together around common sense and compromise, then I am confident we will move this country forward and leave behind something better for our children. "
“如果我们可以一起进行严肃理性的辩论，不受政治驱使，共同找到符合常理的折衷方案，那我有自信我们会推动这个国家的发展，为我们的后代留下更好的东西。
Obama will push that plan tonight when _5_ a private dinner with a dozen Republican senators. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.
奥巴马今晚将举行私人晚宴，并邀请了12名共和党参议员，到时他将会推进这份预算方案。NPR新闻，斯科特·霍斯利白宫报道。
词汇解析：
1. appeal to 对……有吸引力；引起兴趣；诉诸，求助于；呼吁；
eg. Her sense of humour appealed to him enormously.
她的幽默感把他强烈地吸引住了。
eg. His appeal to a higher court was set aside.
他的上诉被驳回。
eg. This new job really appeals to me a great deal.
这份新工作我的确非常感兴趣。
2. leave behind 留下；余留；永久离开；抛下；把……抛在后面；超过
eg. I don't want to leave anything behind.
我不想留下任何东西。
eg. A misty⁴ rain in the morning had left behind a coolness that would stay for hours.
早上，蒙蒙细雨带来一股清凉之意，数小时不散。
eg. We're going to be left behind by the rest of the world.
我们将被全世界甩在后面。
参考答案：
1、making 2、spending on 3、offered to
4、reasoned 5、holds

1 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。

2 savings   

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。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 misty   

adj.雾蒙蒙的，有雾的

参考例句：

• He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿，看看是不是还有雾霭。
• The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。