印度财政部长敦促进行经济改革
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（下）--全球经济要闻
Treasury 1 Secretary Urges India to Press
Economic Reform
印度财政部长敦促进行经济改革
Treasury Secretary John Snow says economic cooperation between India and the United States "has never been better."
Mr. Snow spoke 2 to reporters in New Delhi where he met senior government officials to review the growing commercial relationship between the two countries.
He said India has taken steps to liberalize its financial markets, but needs to do more to allow greater scope for foreign ownership in the banking 3 and insurance industry. He says this would be in the country's best interests.
John Snow: We commend you for that and urge you on with those initiatives because they have huge potential for lifting growth rates, and helping 4 address the issue that I know is much on your mind ... reducing poverty levels, creating employment, stronger job numbers.
The two sides also discussed how India can improve its investment climate to attract more American private financing for infrastructure 5 -- seen as a huge bottleneck 6 to further expansion of its growing economy.
India has attracted more foreign businesses in recent years, and is seen as having the potential to become a major economy.
Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram also expressed optimism about increasing engagement with the United States.
P. Chidambaram: Economic cooperation between the two countries is growing, it is stronger every year and I believe it will get stronger in the future too.
In a joint 7 statement following a meeting of the India-U.S. Financial and Economic Forum 8, both countries said global economic performance remains 9 sound, although rising energy prices, tightening 10 of financial market conditions, and uneven 11 growth in the world present a challenge. The two sides also emphasized the need to combat terrorist financing and money-laundering operations.
Mr. Snow also said the United States is committed to reducing its fiscal 12 deficit 13, and to increasing domestic savings 14.
He came to the Indian capital from Bombay, where he met some of the country's top industrial leaders.
Anjana Pasricha, for VOA news, New Delhi.
注释：
potential [pE5tenF(E)l] n. 潜力
bottleneck [5bCtl7nek] n. 瓶颈
optimism [5CptimizEm] n. 乐观
uneven [5Qni:vEn] adj. 不平坦的，不平均的
money-laundering 洗钱
Bombay [bCm5bei] n. 孟买
- 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。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
- He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
- China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- 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。
- Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
- It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。
- The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
- The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
- 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。