VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Meets with Governors on Economy
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(二月)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the nation's governors will be held accountable for money flowing into their states as part of his economic stimulus 1 plan. The money should start arriving this week.
President Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden before addressing National Governors Association at the White House, 23 Feb. 2009
The plan includes billions of dollars to help states hard hit by the recession keep important programs and services in operation.
The first money to flow from Washington will be used to help states provide health care for those in need.
The president says $15 billion will be transferred from the federal government to state coffers on Wednesday.
"Children with asthma 3 will be able to breathe easier, seniors won't need to fear losing their doctors, and pregnant women with limited means won't have to worry about the health of their babies," he said.
During a meeting with most of the 50 governors at the White House, President Obama stressed the importance of accountability.
He said when it comes to implementing 4 the $787 billion stimulus package there is no room for error.
"We are addressing the greatest economic crisis we have seen in decades by investing unprecedented 5 amounts of the American peoples' hard earned money," he said. "With that comes an unprecedented obligation to do so wisely, free from politics and personal agendas."
Mr. Obama said he is naming Earl Devaney, a government official who exposed corruption 6 and waste at the U.S. Interior Department to head a new office that will monitor the distribution and use of stimulus funds. And he said Vice 2 President Joe Biden will oversee 7 the implementation 8 of the plan.
"And the fact that I am asking my vice president to personally lead this effort shows how important it is for our country and our future to get this right," he said.
Governors from the president's own Democratic Party are strongly supportive of the stimulus package. Republican governors are more divided, with some refusing to take part of the money set aside for their states, while others are backing the president.
President Obama acknowledged in his remarks to the governors that there has been "a healthy debate" on the stimulus.
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, speaking for the Republicans at the White House meeting, held out the hope that all sides could now come together as the plan enters the implementation phase.
"It is not a partisan 9 issue to get America moving again," he said. "Both Republicans and Democrats 10 have lost their jobs all across this country and we have to work together to put them back to work."
The session with the governors was the first of many events the president will have this week on the economy. Later Monday, he is hosting a summit of experts and lawmakers on the federal budget deficit 11. News reports say Mr. Obama intends to cut the deficit by half over four years.
The president will talk about his economic goals Tuesday night in a nationally broadcast speech before a joint 12 session of Congress. And on Thursday, he will unveil his federal budget for the next fiscal 13 year.
- 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。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
- Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。
- -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
- He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- 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。
- In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中,他们忘掉一切党派之争。
- The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。
- 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》
- 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。
- 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。