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VOA双语新闻2008年:Economic Stimulus Package

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President Bush says he is optimistic about reaching agreement with opposition1 legislators on an economic stimulus2 package. The U.S. central bank has cut the key interest rate in an effort to boost the troubled U.S. economy and stop a global sell-off of stocks.

 

美国总统布什说,他对能够和美国国会民主党议员就一项刺激经济的方案达成协议持乐观态度。美国中央银行已经降低了关键的利率,试图推动陷入困境的美国经济,并止住全球抛售股票的风潮。

President Bush met with leaders from both political parties in Congress to brief them on his trip to the Middle East last week. But it was concern about the U.S. economy that dominated Mr. Bush's session with lawmakers.

 

布什总统会见了美国国会两党的领导人,向他们简要介绍了他上星期的中东之行。不过,布什总统和国会议员们会见的主要话题是对美国经济的关切。

"I believe we can find common ground to get something done that is big enough and effective enough so that an economy that is inherently strong gets a boost to make sure that this uncertainty3 does not translate into more economic woes4 for our workers and small business people," said Mr. Bush.

 

布什总统说:“我相信我们能够找到共同点来采取足够大、也足够有效的行动,使这个一贯强大的经济能够得到推动,并确保这种不确定性不致演变成美国工人和小企业的更大经济困境。”

President Bush says he has reasonable expectations about how quickly an economic stimulus plan can get through Congress, but he is optimistic that it will.

 

布什总统说,他对国会要多久才会通过这个经济刺激计划有一个合理的预期,不过他对这个计划能获得通过感到乐观。

Mr. Bush says broad-based tax relief must be big enough to make a difference. So he is proposing an amount equal to about one percent of the value of all U.S. goods and services. That is between $140 billion and $150 billion.

 

布什说,减税的范围一定要足够广泛才能改变现状,所以他提议减少的税收数目相当于所有美国商品和服务价值的1%,也就是在1400亿到1500亿美元之间。

Before their meeting at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry5 Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Treasury6 Secretary Henry Paulson, who was named by President Bush as his lead negotiator on the stimulus plan.

 

在白宫举行会晤前,国会参议院多数党领袖里德和众议院议长佩洛西会见了财政部长保尔森。布什总统任命保尔森作为他的首席谈判代表来讨论这个经济刺激计划。

Speaker Pelosi told reporters that congressional Democrats7 are ready to work with their Republican colleagues and the president.

 

佩洛西对记者说,国会民主党人已经做好准备跟共和党议员以及总统合作。

"It's important that we have a stimulus package that is timely, that is temporary, and that is targeted," she said. "To that end, we are going to work in a bipartisan way in Congress and with the president to do just that."

 

她说:“拿出一个及时、临时和有针对性的经济刺激方案很重要。为了这个目标,我们准备抛开党派分歧,跟国会和总统合作。”

President Bush wants tax incentives8 for businesses to make investments this year as well as direct and rapid income tax relief for individuals.

 

布什总统希望对企业实行税收上的激励措施,使它们能在今年进行投资,还要对个人收入实行直接而快速的减税。

Democrats agree on the need to help individual taxpayers9, but they also want to boost unemployment benefits and food aid in the stimulus package. That social spending may face opposition from a president who says the deal should not include spending projects with little immediate10 impact on the economy.

 

民主党人同意需要对纳税人进行帮助,但是他们还希望在这一系列刺激经济的措施中加入提高失业救济和食品援助的内容。民主党提出的这些社会福利支出计划可能会遭到布什总统的反对,因为他曾表示新措施不应包括对经济不能立即产生影响的支出项目。

President Bush remains11 determined12 to make his record tax cuts permanent, but removed what would have been a big obstacle to any deal by agreeing not to include that demand in this request for temporary economic stimulus.

 

布什总统依然决心把他创纪录的减税政策永久性地实行下去,不过他同意在目前的这项临时性经济刺激计划中不加入永久性减税的要求,这为同国会达成协议去除了一个巨大的障碍。

Stock markets around the world have declined recently as investors13 worry that a slowing U.S. economy could hurt businesses in the many nations that trade with the United States. Federal Reserve officials say they cut rates to 3.5 percent to ease tight credit.

 

由于投资者担心美国经济放缓可能会伤害许多同美国有贸易往来的国家的商业状况,最近世界各地的股票市场都出现下挫的现象。美联储官员表示,他们已将利率下调至3.5%,以缓解信贷紧缩的情况。


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1 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 stimulus 3huyO     
n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物
参考例句:
  • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
  • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
3 uncertainty NlFwK     
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
参考例句:
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
4 woes 887656d87afcd3df018215107a0daaab     
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉
参考例句:
  • Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
  • She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。
5 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 treasury 7GeyP     
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
参考例句:
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
7 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》
8 incentives 884481806a10ef3017726acf079e8fa7     
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机
参考例句:
  • tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
  • Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者,提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
9 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
10 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
11 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。
12 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
13 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
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