Bush Wants Free Trade with Colombia (1/2)

【标准VOA】2008-05-26
Bush Wants Free Trade with Colombia (1/2)



 大意
Bush calls for the passage of free trade agreement to the Congress.

 听写
 Most Colombian exports into enter the Unites States duty-free, but the 9 thousand US businesses selling goods and services in Coloumbia still face stiff tariffs. That’s why President Bush says it’s time for Congress to pass a free trade agreement with Colombia. “Their goods are not taxed, our goods are. It seems unfair to me. And people at of Congress should understand how unfair it is to workers in their districts, or the farmers in their districts, or the people who’re working hard for a living in their districts. They can’t who count upon selling goods overseas.” The president says the free trade agreement has enough support in the House of Representatives to pass, but House speaker Nancy Pelosi has delayed that vote until after November’s presidential and legislative elections. Pelosi says President Bush should do more to help American workers hurt by the economic slowdown before Congress passes another trade agreement. Some Congressional Democrats are also rising concerns about Colombia’s human rights record and its past repression untried of trade unionists.


 生词
repression 镇压；制止。


 翻译
很多C的进口品都是免税进入美国的，但9000多出口商品和服务的美国商人在C仍面临着高额的税款。所以布什说国会应该通过与C的自由贸易协定。“他们的商品免税，我们的商品收税。在我看来这不公平。国会议员应该明白这对于他们管区的工人是多么不公平，对他们的农民是多么不公平，对于那些努力工作，靠在国外做买卖为生的人是多么不公平。”总统说自由贸易协定已经在众议院得到了足够的支持，但NP将投票退后到11月总统选举和法定选举以后。P说布什应该给在经济增速放慢中受到冲击的工人更多帮助，然后才考虑让国会通过新的贸易协定。一些国会中的民主党人也提出了关于C人权记录和过去镇压贸易工会的担心。


 总结
政治这潭水很深……心理年龄暴涨肯定和听这么久VOA有关系……
posted @ 2008-05-26 00:11 vivianliv86 阅读(18) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 每日VOA 网摘收藏

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