2017年CRI Trump to privatize air traffic control system
时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：2017CRI中国国际广播电台
U.S. President Donald Trump 1 (R) speaks before signing a decision memo 2 and a letter to members of Congress outlining a plan for privatizing the nation's air traffic control system, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC, on June 5, 2017. [Photo: Imagine China]
U.S. President Donald Trump made a proposal on Monday to privatize the country's air traffic control system as he unveiled his infrastructure 3 initiative.
"We'll launch this air travel revolution by modernizing 4 the outdated 5 system of air traffic control. It's about time!" said Trump, kicking off his “infrastructure week”.
The U.S. President also blamed the outdated system for unacceptable delays at airports and long waiting hours on the tarmac, while also saying these delays are costing "billions and billions of dollars."
"At a time when every passenger has GPS technology in their pockets, our air traffic control system still runs on radar 6 and ground-based radio systems that they don't even make anymore, they can't even fix anymore, and many controllers must use slips of paper to track our thousands and thousands of planes that are up in the air," said Trump.
Under his plan, the air traffic control system will be run by a self-financing, non-profit organization that will cost taxpayers 7 not a single penny.
"Under this new plan, the Federal Aviation Administration will focus firmly on what it does best -- safety. A separate non-profit entity 8 would be charged with ensuring route efficiency, timely service, and a long-awaited reduction in delays," said Trump.
The changes are expected to save fuel, improve safety and lower operations costs, according to the administration.
The move was hailed by vice 9 president Mike Pence as a new era of infrastructure.
However, the plan has met with immediate 10 criticism from Democrats 11 who called Trump's efforts a giveaway to wealthy investors 12 at the expense of everyday Americans.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement on Monday, saying the plan means the President tolls 13 from one end of America to the other.
He said that huge profits for financiers will be repaid by the average driver, worker and citizen.
Privatization of air traffic control system has long had strong support among the country's airlines, and Republicans have advocated for it for years. And countries like Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland are running their air traffic control systems through the private sector 14.
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
- Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
- The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。
- That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
- Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
- They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
- Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
- The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
- As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- 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》
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会