PBS高端访谈:罗姆尼将能源独立作为优先政策

 　　KWAME HOLMAN:Republican presidential candidate Mitt¹ Romney unveiled his energy plan today at a campaign stop in New Mexico. It sets a national goal to achieve energy independence by 2020. One of the major components² is to open more areas offshore³ to oil and gas drilling, including off Virginia and North Carolina, two election swing states where drilling currently is banned.

　　Romney said his energy proposals will spur job growth.

　　MITT ROMNEY (R):Three million jobs come back to this country by taking advantage of something we have right underneath⁵ our feet. That's oil and gas and coal. We're going to make it happen. We're going to create those jobs.

　　Let me tell you what else it does. It adds $500 billion to the size of our economy. That's more good wages. That's an opportunity for more Americans to have a bright and prosperous future.

　　KWAME HOLMAN:Romney's proposals make little mention of wind, solar and other renewable resources backed by President Obama.

　　In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president believes energy policy should embrace many energy sources.

　　JAY CARNEY, White House:The Republican approach is essentially⁶ one that is written by or dictated⁷ by big oil. And it focuses almost entirely⁸ on oil and fossil fuels. This president believes we need to embrace all forms of domestic energy production, including oil, including natural gas, including nuclear energy, which, as you know, this administration has invested in for the first time in 30 years.

　　KWAME HOLMAN:President Obama spent part of the day today in what his campaign called political meetings at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington.

　　Tropical Storm Isaac churned westward⁹ in the Caribbean today, with sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. The storm unleashed¹⁰ rain and winds on Puerto Rico and the Virgin⁴ Islands today. The latest predictions show Isaac could strengthen to a hurricane before landing on the Dominican Republic and Haiti tomorrow, and moving up the Gulf¹¹ Coast of Florida Monday. That's when more than 70,000 are expected in Tampa for day one of the Republican National Convention.

　　A Northern California wildfire expanded its southern front today, and threatened at least 900 more homes. The Ponderosa fire, believed ignited by lightning on Saturday, has grown to 44 square miles and burned 64 homes. Firefighters have it about half contained and say it may be controlled early next week. Another fire burning east of Seattle, Wash., was nearly contained. It destroyed more than 50 homes since it started a week ago.

　　On Wall Street today, U.S. stocks sagged¹² from the weak global economy and concern European leaders aren't doing enough to solve their debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 115 points to close at 13,057. The Nasdaq fell 20 points to close at 3,053.

　　Those are some of the day's major stories.

1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

3 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

4 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

7 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 westward   

n.西方，西部；adj.西方的，向西的；adv.向西

参考例句：

• We live on the westward slope of the hill.我们住在这座山的西山坡。
• Explore westward or wherever.向西或到什么别的地方去勘探。

10 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

12 sagged   

下垂的

参考例句：

• The black reticule sagged under the weight of shapeless objects. 黑色的拎包由于装了各种形状的东西而中间下陷。
• He sagged wearily back in his chair. 他疲倦地瘫坐到椅子上。