VOA标准英语2013--Obama Has Opportunities, Challenges in Second Term
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(一月)
Obama Has Opportunities, Challenges in Second Term
Creating jobs and bolstering 1 the economy will still be the president's top domestic goals in his second term. But he is unlikely to get cooperation from opposition 2 Republicans
On one major issue, raising the national debt limit, Obama is standing 3 firm.
"We can arrive at a package that gets this thing done. I am happy to have that conversation but what I will not do is have that negotiation 4 with a gun at the head of the American people," he said.
Sparked by last month's massacre 5 of 26 children and teachers in a Connecticut school, Obama's second term agenda includes gun control legislation.
Already, the National Rifle Association is attacking the president for proposing new gun controls.
Obama is also determined 6 to achieve immigration reform, an unfinished first term goal. It will require coalition 7 building on Capitol Hill.
"We need to seize the moment, and my expectation is that we get a bill introduced, and we begin the process in Congress very soon after my inauguration," he said.
John Hudak at the Brookings Institution predicts Obama will seek results any way he can.
"I think what the president wants most is for a Democrat 8 to succeed him, and the best way for a Democrat to win the White House in 2016 is for him to be essentially 9 a beacon 10 of policy, to get things done," he said.
Overseas, in Afghanistan, Obama will oversee 11 the scheduled withdrawal 12 of U.S. troops in 2014.
Iran's nuclear program and potential Israeli military action may require critical decisions as could the violent conflict in Syria.
Analysts 13 expect Obama to be cautious in deploying 14 U.S. military assets, relying on international partners.
"There may be instances in the next four years where American boots will need to be on the ground somewhere that we don't expect today, but it is going to have to meet a very high threshold for how does this impact the vital national interests of the United States, and who do we have with us," said former U.S. Diplomat 15 Karl Inderfurth, who is at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Analysts say the president's foreign policy credentials 16 could help him manage key relationships with his foreign counterparts, including China's new president Xi Jinping and with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
- He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- 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。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- 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。
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
- Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
- Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。