VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Effects of Automatic Spending Cuts
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 Effects of Automatic Spending Cuts
With President Obama and Congress unable to agree on alternatives to across-the-board cuts, the American people are weighing in on Washington’s unending budgetary drama.
“It is just ridiculous that Congress and the president cannot get along. Every so often we have to go through this, and it just is not fair to the peoplem," said a resident of Florida.
Not everyone is panicked.
“I do not think it is going to be as bad as all the drama purports," said a resident of New York.
Absent sustained and vociferous 1 public outcry, President Barack Obama’s call for a bipartisan budget deal may fall on deaf ears.
“These cuts are not smart. They will hurt our economy and cost us jobs. And Congress can turn them off at any time - as soon as both sides are willing to compromise," he said.
The president wants a mix of targeted spending cuts and higher revenues to replace the so-called sequester 2. Republicans reject new tax hikes.
House Speaker John Boehner said, “This discussion on revenue, in my view, is over. It is about taking on the spending problem here in Washington.”
Chronic 3 political gridlock has left the American public dismayed and fatigued 4, according to analyst 5 Sarah Binder 6.
“I think the public generally looks at this and says, ‘A pox on both your houses’ - right? People disagree about what the solution is. I think everybody recognizes that is probably not the best way to govern," she said.
The coming week could also see Senate action on President Obama’s pick to head the CIA, John Brennan. Additionally, Congress continues to examine possible firearms restrictions 7 in the wake of mass-shootings that shocked the nation.
- They are holding a vociferous debate.他们在吵吵嚷嚷地辩论。
- He was a vociferous opponent of Conservatism.他高声反对保守主义。
- Everything he owned was sequestered.他的所有财产都被扣押了。
- This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。
- Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
- Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
- The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。
- The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑，疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The cloth flower snaps on with a special binder.这布花是用一种特殊的粘合剂固定住的。
- Purified water was used as liquid binder.纯净水作为液体粘合剂。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制