VOA标准英语2013--Deficit, Economy Worry Texans Ahead of State of Union Address
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(二月)
Deficit 1, Economy Worry Texans Ahead of State of Union Address
Tomball is a little town northwest of Houston known for shops that sell antiques and handicrafts.
One of the largest and most colorful is Granny's Korner.
Owner Mary Harvey says she will listen to the president's speech, but she would like to see the federal government operate more like a business.
“I don't see how anybody can operate without a budget,” she said.
One of her suppliers, Jeffrey Klein, owner of Klein's Fine Foods, wants more bipartisanship in Washington.
“I'd like to see more consensus 2 between the parties instead of this butting 3 of heads," he said. "I would like to see us move forward as a country and not be so divisive.”
Klein employs six people at his Tomball plant making specialty 4 food items.
Although this area is doing better than most others around the country, Klein says not everyone prospers 5.
“I know people all around Tomball who are unemployed 6 or under-employed," he said. "I think that is one of the things that is missed in statistics - underemployment.”
Furniture maker 7 Tony Bell says the slowdown has affected 8 his sales.
“I am suffering just like everybody else," he said. "We are just trying to make it from day to day.”
He says he does not like to discuss politics, but he will listen to the president.
“Whatever he says is all right by me. Politics, I don't get involved in, you know," Bell said. "I am just a person that, you know, I try to live and let live.”
Bell says he is too busy working to pay attention to politics.
- 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。
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时，玛丽老是插嘴。
- A couple of goats are butting each other. 两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。
- Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
- His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。
- Whatever prospers my business is welcome. 凡使我生意兴隆者皆竭诚欢迎。 来自辞典例句
- Whatever prospers my business is good. 任何使我生意兴隆的都是好的。 来自辞典例句
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。