VOA标准英语2009-US Treasury Secretary Assures China Its Doll
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
U.S. Treasury 1 Secretary Timothy Geithner is reassuring 2 the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe.
As evidence of the importance of the Sino-American relationship, China is Secretary Geithner's only destination on this trip. His official duties in Beijing began Monday, with a speech at Peking University, where he attended in 1981.
Geithner says it is crucial for the United States and China to work together to effectively combat the global economic downturn.
"How successful we are in Washington and in Beijing will be critically important to the economic fortunes of the rest of the world," he said.
China is the biggest foreign owner of U.S. Treasury bonds. American data shows that China held $768 billion in treasury securities as of March.
The English edition of the Beijing-based Global Times newspaper ran an article Monday in which 23 Chinese economists 4 expressed deep concern that American debt poses great risks to the Chinese economy.
In response to a student's question about this issue, Geithner said Chinese assets are very safe.
The American official renewed pledges that the Obama administration will cut its huge fiscal 5 deficits 6 and promised future spending that would be, in his words, "very disciplined."
Speaking about major news back in the United States, Geithner says he is optimistic General Motors and Chrysler will emerge from bankruptcy 7, without needing government assistance.
"Their failure would have had a very, very substantial cost to the economy, as a whole," he said. "So the president decided 8 that we would be willing to provide support if there was in place the kind of comprehensive restructuring plan to allow them to emerge viable 9 as private entities 10, over time."
Geithner met with some of his former Chinese professors in Beijing and visited a Ford 11 Foundation economist 3 training program set up by his father. He is to meet President Hu Jintao and Premier 12 Wen Jiabao on Tuesday.
- 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。
- He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
- With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left. 他鼓励地拍了拍她的手臂就离开了。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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 Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
- The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。
- Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
- The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。