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


英语课
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
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acidity
aerosol food
afghanistani
alloy irons
antibiolumphin
ashpan blower valve
automatic assembly
avi cable
bakeout degassing clamp
birchleaf pear
body-curved disease
bodywood
bottom relief map
Bozeman's position
bridge cloth
bullock blocks
bushing electric
call accepted signal
chondriomere
Cirbanal
close set
color constants
comebackers
commodity wastage
correptions
courier bag
Cunaxa
departmentation by process or equipment
electronic fire-control equipment
element name
encoded fields
end of astronomical evening twilight
engine pod
ensampling
epss network
featurism
ferret distemper virus
fiber-map
full electronic switching
gallucci
general-purpose diagnostic program
geographical north
geospatial engineering
glowfly
haberse
hardware stage
hexagonal mirror
hot penetration construction
Hudsonian godwit
Immobilon
interstitial distance (mather 1936)
investigation on audience
Krasnaya Polyana
layer-wound solenoid
leather loader
limestone neutralization treatment
maximal tubular excretory capacity
melanedema
natural rate of unemployment
nerr
non-coplanar transfer
norvasc
nosedives
OMR (optical mark reader)
optically positive
over bridges
partner with
Pashtunwali
patung series
paving stone degeneration of retina
permanent magnet moving coil meter
pivoted bucket carrier
plantar spaces
plunged into
prince fumimaro konoyes
prodan
psychoanalytical theory
Pterocles
pyrophoric lead
raw material of woodcharcaol
roller chamfer
schwab
Scythians
sequentially-lobed radar
signal smoke
signe de peau d'orange
slugft
So it goes
sp vol
spin space
Stackelberg decision theory
swansea
tandem electrostatic generator
terry swatch
the leaflets of the trifoliolate leaves
topochemical control
variable acceptance sampling
viscosity model
Warenford
weighing-appliance
zeomorphis