Obama Blames Republicans for Deficit Committee Failure
英语课
President Barack Obama blamed opposition 1 Republicans in Congress on Monday for the failure of a special deficit 2 committee to reach a compromise on $1.2 trillion in additional federal government spending cuts during the next 10 years.
Mr. Obama spoke 3 after the so-called "supercommittee" acknowledged its inability to reach an agreement, saying its members could not bridge "significant differences."
The president said Americans overwhelmingly support "balanced" deficit reduction. And he said Republicans trying to protect tax cuts for the wealthy are the main "stumbling block" to an agreement.
"There are still too many Republicans in Congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason and compromise that are coming from outside of Washington," said President Obama.
The inability of the Joint 4 Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement means that under a compromise reached in August, an additional $1.2 trillion in mandatory 5 cuts in domestic and defense 6 spending will begin in 2013.
Obama said he will reject any effort to modify the original agreement and vows 7 there will be "no easy off-ramps" for Congress. But he said lawmakers can avoid these mandatory reductions by compromising on a "balanced" plan, he says, will help the economy "with a scalpel, not a hatchet 8."
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- 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。
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿
- Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
- The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
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