1.然而，lP继续受到大部分民众的拥护

However, Lopez Obrador continues to _________ the loyalty of a ___________ part of the population.

command   significant

command:to get something such as respect or attention because you do something well or are important or popular

Philip was a remarkable teacher, able to command instant respect.

significant:large enough to be noticeable or have noticeable effects [≠ insignificant]:

A significant number of drivers fail to keep to speed limits

2.但是总统C毫不迟疑的推行他的政策，包括改革司法系统，减少管理条理。

But President Calderon has shown no _________ in __________ his policies, which include an effort to reform the _______system and reduce regulations

hesitancy   promoting      judicial

show (no) hesitency in doing sth.

promote:to try to persuade people to support or use something:

John Major promoted the idea of a classless society.

judical adj法庭的；法官的； 审判的

a judicial decision

3.总统C说他想发动改革使得墨西哥更有竞争力创造更多的岗位

President Calderon says he wants to ________ reforms that would make Mexico more competitive and _______ more jobs.

initiate   generate

initiate:to arrange for something important to start, such as an official process or a new plan:

They have decided to initiate legal proceedings against the newspaper.

generate:to produce or cause something [= create]

The program would generate a lot of new jobs.

4.两党的立法者都赞扬了盖茨在周二听证会上的坦率，当时他力证他不相信美国赢得了伊拉克战争。

Lawmakers of both parties praised Gates' _______ during confirmation _________ Tuesday, when he _________ that he did not believe the United States was winning the Iraq war.

candor       hearings  testified

candor: n. 坦白, 直率

hearing:a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case

testify:to show clearly that something is the case

The full ashtrays testify that smoking hasn't been stubbed out.

5.尽管他不相信美国将失去这场战争，他警告说如果伊拉克在最近一两年不稳定下来的话，冲突将导致地区性的灾难。

Although he said he did not believe the United States was losing the war, he warned that the conflict could lead to a regional ___________ if Iraq is not __________ over the next year or two.

conflagration   stabilized

conflagration:大火灾，突发

stabilize:vt.使稳定，使稳固；使不变；使保持平衡，使平衡 （亦作：stabilise）

6.Vista是微软近五年内推出的最新操作系统.官方发布使得微软行政总裁ST有足够的理由敲响Nasdaq股票市场的开盘钟声.对于举行这次发布和介绍,我们非常兴奋.我要说,从1995年发布我们windows 旗舰产品到现在,我们一直在围绕它们开发后续产品,而Vista和Office2007是意义最重大的.

We couldn't be more excited to be doing this launch, this introduction, of by far I would say, the largest wave of products we've ever _______ ____ and all anchored around the most significant releases since 1995 of our two _______ products of Microsoft Windows, the Windows Vista release and Microsoft Office 2007."

kicked off   flagship 

kick off: if you kick off a discussion, meeting, event etc, you start it:

I'm going to kick off today's meeting with a few remarks about the budget.

flagship:n. 旗舰

7.微软称Vista将使电脑更安全,强劲并有更多的动态图形化,特别是安装上新的office2007套件,这将给常见软件如Word,Outlook和powerpoint带来彻底的改变.

Microsoft says Vista will make computers more secure, powerful and graphically dynamic, especially when _______ _______ the new Office 2007 suite, which brings _______ changes to familiar programs such as Word, Outlook and Powerpoint.

combined with   sweeping

combine:if you combine two or more different things, or if they combine, they begin to exist or work together

Diets are most effective when combined with exercise

sweeping:affecting many things, or making an important difference to something

sweeping changes/cuts/reforms etc

They want to make sweeping changes to education policies.

8.但是目前,B称这些只有商业用户才能享用.

But for now, Ballmer says it's only __________ _____ business users.

available:something that is available is able to be used or can easily be bought or found

available for

No figures are available for the number of goods sold.

9.现今，估计有8000亿PC机，或者说全世界90%的电脑运行Windows软件。

Right now, an estimated 800 million PC's, or 90 percent of the world's computers, _____ ______ Windows software.

run:if a computer program runs, it operates

run on

The software will run on any PC.

10.最终，每个人都将被新的操作系统吸引，你几乎不能抗拒它。但是你知道这将花费5到6年才能达到和现在的XP相同的饱和度

“Eventually, everyone will ______ ______ to the new operating system, you almost can't avoid it, but you know it will take five to six years to reach the same level of ___________ today that XP has."

roll over      saturation

roll over:to turn your body over once so that you are lying in a different position, or to turn someone's body over

saturation:n浸透；饱和 饱和度；纯色度 饱和量

However, Lopez Obrador continues to command the loyalty of a significant part of the population. The leftist parties who support him do not have sufficient votes in the Mexican Congress to block legislation, but they can complicate the legislative process and delay approval of Calderon's reform proposals.

But President Calderon has shown no hesitancy in promoting his policies, which include an effort to reform the judicial system and reduce regulations. This would encourage more private investment. He spoke of his government's commitment to this at the Spanish-Mexican Investment Forum in Mexico City Monday.

President Calderon says he wants to initiate reforms that would make Mexico more competitive and generate more jobs. He says he would prefer to have Mexican laborers remain here rather than cross the border illegally to work in the United States.

Political analysts question how much of this ambitious program the new president will be able to accomplish, given the fact that he won the election with only a little more than a third of the vote and his party lacks the votes in Congress to pass legislation without seeking votes from other parties.

A day after the Senate Armed Services Committee approved his nomination, the full Senate late Wednesday easily confirmed Robert Gates, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Senator John Warner of Virginia, the outgoing Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Gates would provide President Bush with a fresh and honest perspective about Iraq and other pressing concerns: "I am confident he will indeed be fearless, absolutely fearless, in providing expert advice, professional advice, his own deep most inner-most personal feelings, about the complex issues that face our nation and indeed the world."

Lawmakers of both parties praised Gates' candor during confirmation hearings Tuesday, when he testified that he did not believe the United States was winning the Iraq war. Although he said he did not believe the United States was losing the war, he warned that the conflict could lead to a regional conflagration if Iraq is not stabilized over the next year or two.

Democrats welcomed the recommendations, and called on Gates and President Bush to implement them.

Vista is Microsoft's first new operating system in five years. And its official launch was reason enough for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange. "We couldn't be more excited to be doing this launch, this introduction, of by far I would say, the largest wave of products we've ever kicked off and all anchored around the most significant releases since 1995 of our two flagship products of Microsoft Windows, the Windows Vista release and Microsoft Office 2007."

Microsoft says Vista will make computers more secure, powerful and graphically dynamic, especially when combined with the new Office 2007 suite, which brings sweeping changes to familiar programs such as Word, Outlook and Powerpoint. But for now, Ballmer says it's only available for business users.

Vista will be priced about the same as the equivalent version of the older operating system, Windows XP, but will offer five different versions for home and business users. Prices range from $99 for the Basic Home upgrade to about $400 for the premium version.

Business analyst Simon Yates says the success of the new operating system is critically important not just for Microsoft but also for the $200 billion personal computer industry. "If Microsoft doesn't have a good launch of Vista, and it doesn't come out of the gates flying, you know there's a potential revenue impact there in the near term."

Microsoft expects more than 200 million people will be using at least one of the new products by the end of 2007. Right now, an estimated 800 million PC's, or 90 percent of the world's computers, run on Windows software.

“Eventually, everyone will roll over to the new operating system, you almost can't avoid it, but you know it will take five to six years to reach the same level of saturation today that XP has."

Microsoft spent an estimated $7 billion to develop Vista. But software security problems delayed the product launch for more than two years.