VOA双语新闻：23、奥巴马医保又成关注重点
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：VOA双语新闻 2013年12月
奥巴马医保又成关注重点
The coming week will see renewed focus on President Barack Obama’s signature health care law amid a reported end-of-year surge in people who have signed up for coverage 1. The news constitutes the most concrete sign to date that technical problems plaguing the Affordable 2 Care Act have subsided 3, although the long-term success of the program remains 4 in question.
新年将至，很多人抓紧2013年最后一两天登记加入被称为奥巴马医保的平价医保。奥巴马医保法这个星期将再次成为关注重点。尽管一直困扰平价医保网站的技术问题终于从新闻报道中消失，但长期来看，这个医保计划是否能取得成功还有待观察。
President Obama is on vacation in Hawaii, but the administration says more than one million people have now enrolled 5 for private insurance through federal health care exchanges established under the law, also known as "Obamacare."
奥巴马总统正在夏威夷度假。政府说，已经有100多万人通过根据奥巴马医保法建立的联邦医保网站在私营保险公司投保。
Almost all of the new enrollees have signed up in December. Millions visited the federal website last week ahead of a deadline for health care coverage beginning January 1.
几乎所有新的参保人都是12月加入的。上星期，数百万人赶在2014年1月1号最后期限之前登录联邦医保网站。
The enrollment 6 surge offers the first glimmer 7 of hope that the technical glitches 8 that paralyzed the Affordable Care Act’s rollout are a thing of the past. Until now, President Barack Obama has been on the defensive 9 about the law’s implementation 10.
大批人参保终于让人松了一口气，导致平价医保刚一问世就陷于瘫痪的技术问题已经成为过去。迄今，在平价医保法实施问题上，奥巴马总统一直处于守势。
“The fact is, it did not happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was acceptable. And since I am in charge, obviously, we screwed it up,” Obama remarked.
他说：“头一个月，头6个星期，工作没能以可接受的方式展开。这事情由我负责，显然我们把事情搞砸了。”
Republicans continue to call for Obamacare’s repeal 11, contending that more Americans have had their existing health insurance policies cancelled than have benefitted from the law. Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer predicts the criticism will fade over time.
共和党人继续要求废除奥巴马医保。他们说，现有医疗保险遭取消的人数超过了受益于奥巴马医保的人。不过民主党参议员舒默预计，随着时间推移，批评声将逐渐平息。
“The bottom line is, there are a lot of good things in Obamacare that people like, and the more people see that, the more positive it is going to be.”
舒默说：“最根本的是，奥巴马医保有很多人们喜欢的优点，看到这一面的人越多，人们对它的评价就会越积极。”
A million enrollees is far short of the seven million goal the Obama administration set for the initial phase of the Affordable Care Act. And it remains to be seen whether large numbers of younger, healthier Americans will sign up for coverage. Without them, the economics of Obamacare will collapse 12.
现在有超过100万人参保，这和奥巴马政府为平价医保初始阶段制定的700万人参保的目标相比，还差得远。是否会有大量更年轻、更健康的美国人参保，尚有待观察。没有这些人参加，奥巴马医保在经济上将难以为继。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
- After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后，部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚， 暴风雨已经过去，四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
- They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
- I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。
- I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
- A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。
- Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output. 生产中的故障影响了该厂的产量。 来自辞典例句
- Another kind of period variation,\"Glitches,\" are seen in several pulsars. 在几个脉冲星中还看到了周期的另一种变化，即“自转突快”现象。 来自辞典例句
- Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
- The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。