Bush: US Economy Slowing But Resilient (3/3)

【标准VOA】2008-02-04
Bush: US Economy Slowing But Resilient (3/3)



 大意
The president and the Congress could not agree with each other.


 听写
Some lawmakers have raised major objections to the agreement, citing human rights and other concerns. But the president stressed rejecting the measure will send a bad signal to America’s neighbors to the south. “If We reject this opportunity to support a friend with good economic policy, if we turned down this free trade agreement, it will hurt our relations in South America. It will give the voices of South false populism something to say. It is in our tradition strategic interests that we support democracies in our neighborhood.” The agreement with Colombia is the first of 3 free trade agreements the White House wants to see clear the Congress this year, the others are with Panama and South Korea. However the head of the Senate Finance Committee, which handles all legislation dealing with trade, has indicated he is in no rush to bring these measures up for consideration. Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat, said the Senate must first take action to help American workers with who have lost their jobs as a result to of foreign competition.


 生词
今天没有。


 翻译
一些立法者已经对这一协议提出了反对，他们引申了对人权等问题的担心。但总统强调反对这以法案将向美国南部邻国发出不好信号。“如果我们反对这一通过良好经济政策支持友邦的机会，如果我们反对自由贸易协议，我们将会伤害与南美的关系。这将给错误人权注意以口拾。支持邻国的民主是符合我们战略利益的。”与哥伦比亚的协议是3个自由贸易协定中的第一个，其他两个巴拿马和韩国。然而主管贸易立法的参议院金融委员会表示他不急于考虑这些提案。民主党参议员MB说参议院必须先采取行动帮助那些在外国竞争中失去工作的美国工人。


 总结
MS……连读弱读的问题又暴露出来了……
posted @ 2008-02-04 12:14 vivianliv86 阅读(17) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 每日VOA 网摘收藏

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