Obama: Tech Innovations Can Spur Job Growth
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U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a renewed emphasis on cutting-edge research and technological 1 advances as a way to spur the country's sluggish 2 job growth.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said a new partnership 3 he has launched that joins governmental, university and corporate 4 interests will seek to quickly transform ideas into useful products, helping 5 to create quality jobs and make U.S. businesses more competitive.
He said he is committed to working with both Republicans and Democrats 6 to cut the country's burgeoning 7 budget deficits 8. But he said as a country, "[we] can't simply cut our way to prosperity." He said investment in research and technologies is necessary to create new jobs in clean energy and advanced manufacturing.
He gave the address at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where on Friday he watched a display of mini-robots that explore water and sewer 9 pipes looking for leaks and cracks. He said such innovative 10 technology helps "renew the promise of American manufacturing."
Lately, Obama has visited a variety of businesses to cite their commercial ventures as a path toward toward spurring economic growth. But, as Mr. Obama faces a re-election contest in 2012, polls indicate that voters give him their weakest approval ratings for his handling of the American economy, the world's largest. The country's unemployment rate has hovered 11 at about 9 percent for the last two years.
In the Republican address Saturday, Representative Renee Elmers of North Carolina said a better path to job growth would include reduced governmental regulations, expanded domestic energy production and a requirement that the government consider the effect of federal rules on hiring.
She said that business people she knows are simply asking that government get "out of the way."(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
adj.技术的；工艺的
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的
- This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
- Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.迅速成长的，迅速发展的v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的现在分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝）
- Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
n.排水沟，下水道
- They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
- The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。
adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。