时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(一月)


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By Mil Arcega
Washington
09 January 2008
 

The world's largest business federation 1 says the United States faces very real problems from failing schools, rising healthcare costs and higher energy prices.  But the U.S. Chamber 2 of Commerce says it is not too late for America to reaffirm its leadership role in the global economy.  VOA's Mil Arcega reports.


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says America is at a crossroads.  Although business and consumer confidence has suffered as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis and high oil prices, chamber president Tom Donohue says it is not too late to turn the situation around. "Our economy is resilient and the fundamentals of our society are strong.  But our future is clouded by Washington's failure to seriously address the core competitive challenges that will drive growth, opportunity and prosperity in the 21st century," he said.


Donahue on Tuesday discussed the nation's economic challenges in his annual state of business speech in Washington.


He called on U.S. lawmakers to enact 3 reforms and improve America's competitiveness. "This year, we'll be working to pass specific measures on education, trade, aviation, health, [Information Technology] -- the protection of intellectual property -- the protection of due process rights and the extension and expansion of visa programs to address serious worker shortages," he said.


Some analysts 4 expect the U.S. economy to decline this year, but Donohue expressed optimism. He said the economy is still growing and still creating jobs.


"While there is a risk of a recession, our view is that the economy, while growing slowly this year and perhaps picking up a little steam in the second half, will dodge 5 the bullet and we won't actually have a recession," he added.


The chamber projects unemployment will rise slightly this year, but Donohue said inflation should remain moderate; making future interest rate cuts less likely as the year progresses.




n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
vt.制定(法律);上演,扮演
  • The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
  • For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • 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。
v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计
  • A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪,才没被车从身上辗过。
  • The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
学英语单词
aeronutical acoustics
air cargo clauses
Amazon milk frog
Big Lake
bildad
boiler master
breakbacks
building act
by's
carelessly
carry-over factor
Cercidiphyllum
chloroprene rubber
churchly
consignment shop
Cordyceps cicadae
crossbreeder
crossed callosal tract
cyanogenetic
descending mesocolon
dichotomous-choice format
diesel-dynamo aggregate
diesman
dolores vagi
dreams away
elemental body
elsons
evaluation of life-saving appliance
extremely leptokurtic
fail-safe disconnect
family soil
farmer's lung
frequency response function (frf)
genus procavias
grain boundary area
gross flight performance
haemagogue
horsebeans
i.g.
in tow two's
incoalescible
interjectional
iopodic acid
karyokinetic spindle
Kaunda
law of vapour pressure relations
lentile
lipoylated
low-est
magnetostriction oscillation
malfunction program
mammalian cells
martenet process
medagle
meter lens
minas
moskito
Myxosprorium
natural breadth
nipple protector
nonovarian
opopanax tree
peziza sylvestris
prototypes & design detailing
provend
Pseudoleskea
pyschology
quabling
reagent bottle with ground stopper
Rev'd.
Rezipas
rheogoniometry
risk-weighted capital ratio
rooped
sales returns
sccs (standby core cooling system)
screw template
set of degeneracy
sexual appetite
shenqi pills
shlepping
short-flame coal
sigmoidal
singletrees
slab lattice
sponge-glass
stagger about
super polyamide
the varsity match
time classification
tofilaus
topsy-turvydoms
totalisations
track autoradiography
undermoderated system
unhang
unified atomic mass unit
untypeable
Urolex
vulcanization accelerator 808
Walsch
weebill