时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(五月)


英语课

By Paula Wolfson
Washington
30 May 2006


 
President Bush, left, listens as Henry M. Paulson Jr. speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday, May 30, 2006
  
President Bush has named a new treasury 1 secretary, choosing Wall Street executive Henry Paulson to replace John Snow. 


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There had been speculation 2 for about a year that Treasury Secretary John Snow would step down. On Tuesday morning, the speculation became fact.


President Bush moved quickly to name a replacement 3.


"I am pleased to announce that I will nominate Henry Paulson to be the secretary of the treasury," he announced.


For the past eight years, Paulson has been chairman of Goldman Sachs, one of the leading financial firms on Wall Street. The company has sent a number of its top executives to Washington.


President Bush said Paulson is leaving one of the most rewarding jobs on Wall Street to serve the American people, and he urged the Senate to confirm the appointment as quickly as possible.


"He has a lifetime of business experience; he has an intimate knowledge of financial markets and the ability to explain economic issues in clear terms. He has earned a reputation for candor 4 and integrity. And when he is confirmed by the Senate, he will be a superb addition to my cabinet," added Mr. Bush.


The president went on to thank John Snow for his service, noting economic gains made during his tenure 5. But Snow had limited success selling the administration's economic policies, and his departure is part of a White House shake-up designed to revive the president's sagging 6 approval rating with the public, which is at just more than 30 percent.



1 treasury
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
2 speculation
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
3 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
4 candor
n.坦白,率真
  • He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
  • He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率,已使婚姻奄奄一息。
5 tenure
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
6 sagging
下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度
  • The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
  • We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
学英语单词
-g.
a man of renown
alligator shoes
ambitions
angiya
antiseizure
anvils
ascensional ventilation
ASCRS
automatic data-logging equipment
bahiaite
Baïdou
beards
brightened
cable guards
ceq
Chaobai River
citril
cleaning tanker
clip-in
collateral issue
communication monitor system
control pedal
conventional neutrality
defeysance
Dhat
Dhuusa Mareeb
dicloavit
Dillnite
doublet refractor
Dyothelete
emitter followr
fieldnames
floorlet
force to be reckoned with
fuel injection beginning
gaseous voltage regulator
gaspra
genus hazardias
Glenospora
guarding against a possible secondary infection
heisigs
hemimetabolas
hydatidiform
hydraulic lifting system
inaequihymeniiferous
intrinsic font
iranis
iron-dextran
lake george diamonds
leaf bridge
lever tumblers
linear flexibility
local rating
longwall face
malacopterygious
mask production
Mattox-Kendall method
mid atlantic ridge
motor depot
multiparameter case
MVDP
mycotrienins
myotonic atrophy
nondepot
opportun
peacock-throne
pilot jack
pinafore
positive regeeration
predikant
pyramidal layer
quadratic equation in one variable
quenching effect
rank defect
rilkes
rubinstein-taybi(syndrome)
rubus lambertianus var.hakonensis focke
RZ system (return-to-zero system)
sakalava (madagascar)
saponification equivalent
Sedniv
Sissano
spearman
steam out
steyrs
swindall
tabura (india)
tax payer
token ring lan
tolerable delay
toriconical reducer
Uchur
vapour pressure isotope effect
variable labor costs
visible balance
vitamin D
water-cooled diesel engine
wellplaced
wet sand treatment
wether
yarlighs