VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(三月)
Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence
In coming days, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal 1 year. Total funding will be at reduced levels mandated 2 by automatic budget cuts. Once differences between Senate and House authorizations are reconciled, both chambers 3 will vote on a unified 4 bill to keep the U.S. government funded through September.
But America’s long-term fiscal outlook remains 5 murky 6. President Obama’s three trips to Capitol Hill last week did little to alter a partisan 7 stand-off on how best to reduce the deficit 8 in future years.
A Democratic budget blueprint 9 combines spending restraint with new tax revenue. Senator Patty Murray said, "This is a jobs and economic growth budget.”
Not so, according to the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell. “My conference [Republicans] opposes this leftwing manifesto 10 masquerading as a responsible budget," he said.
A Republican budget proposal relies on spending cuts alone to improve America’s fiscal health. Congressman 11 Paul Ryan:
“Our plan lets Washington spend only what it takes in. This is how every family tries to live, in good times and in bad. Your government should do the same," he said.
The Republican budget is a fantasy, according to Democratic Senator Charles Schumer. “The document is filled with deceptive 12 gimmicks 13, far-fetched assumptions, and phony arithmetic," he said.
Meanwhile, the Senate will soon take up legislation to curb 14 rampant 15 gun violence in the United States. Last week, the Judiciary Committee approved bills to strengthen gun registration 16 and ban military-style assault weapons.
Republican Senator John Cornyn warns of unintended consequences. “We are considering a piece of legislation that jeopardizes 17 the self-defense rights of law-abiding citizens," he said.
Not so, according to Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. “No one has presented me with any evidence that a person fares better in self-defense with an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine than with a standard handgun," she said.
Public opinion polls show a boost in support for stricter gun laws since the December mass-shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
- 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。
- Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
- Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
- The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
- The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
- 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。
- She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
- She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。
- 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 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。
- All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
- The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。
- I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
- His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- His appearance was deceptive.他的外表带有欺骗性。
- The storyline is deceptively simple.故事情节看似简单，其实不然。
- Financial institutions are also often expected yield of gimmicks. 金融机构也往往以预期收益率为噱头。 来自互联网
- However these are just marketing gimmicks that propagate the myth. 然而这些只是噱头的营销传播的神话。 来自互联网
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
- Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
- You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。
- Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
- What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？
- If your reckless behavior jeopardizes this mission, you're out! 如果你不注意你的言行，会危及到这次任务你也会被开除！
- Factionalism now seriously jeopardizes our overall interest. 现在闹派性已经严重地妨害我们的大局。