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一月份 第 13 课

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  • (2008-01-18) ------

  • Bush to Offer Ideas for Stimulating Economy
  • 布希将提出刺激美国经济构想
  •   President Bush is expected today (Friday) to offer ideas for stimulating the U.S. economy.
  • 预计布希总统星期五将提出刺激美国经济的构想。

  •   On Thursday, U.S central bank chief Ben Bernanke told a congressional committee that a timely package of new fiscal policies could revitalize the economy, following a string of downbeat economic reports.
  • 在一系列报告说美国目前经济状况欠佳之后,星期四,美国中央银行行长伯南克对国会的一个委员会表示,及时推出一套新的财政政策将有助於重振美国经济。

  •   A Federal Reserve report showed manufacturing declining sharply in a key area, while a separate government study said the number of new homes under construction in 2007 dropped by 25 percent, the steepest drop for that industry since 1980.
  • 美联準会的一个报告显示,製造业的一个重要领域出现显着的下滑;政府部门的另外一个研究报告说,在 2007 年新建房屋的数量下降了 25 %,是自 1980 年以来新房数量下滑幅度最大的一年。

  •   Bernanke stressed that any stimulus package must be implemented quickly and designed to be temporary.
  • 伯南克强调说,任何刺激经济的配套方案一定要快速实施,也必须是暂时性的。

  •   Economic stimulus packages usually come in the form of higher federal spending, lower taxes or some combination of the two.
  • 刺激经济的措施一般指的是增加联邦支出,减税,或两者并行。

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  • (2008-01-18) ------

  • Taiwanese Government Spokesman Resigns Amid Election Defeat
  • 败选后台湾政府发言人辞职
  •   Two Taiwanese Cabinet ministers have offered to resign, following the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's defeat in legislative elections held last week.
  • 在台湾执政的民进党於上星期的立法委员选举中遭到挫败后,台湾两名内阁部长级官员提出辞职。

  •   Government Information Office chief Shieh Jhy-wey told reporters today (Friday) that he wanted to quit ahead of the Cabinet's planned mass resignation on January 28th.
  • 台湾行政院新闻局长谢志伟星期五对记者表示,他要在内阁成员计划於 1 月 28 号集体辞职之前就辞职。

  •   Media reports say Education Minister Tu Cheng-sheng has also offered to go as well.
  • 媒体报导说,教育部长杜正胜也提出要辞去部长一职。

  •   In last week's elections, the opposition Nationalists won 81 of the 113 seats in Taiwan's legislature.
  • 在上个星期的选举中,反对党国民党阵营赢得了台湾立法院 113 个席位中的 81 席。

  •   The Nationalists campaigned on a theme of improving ties with China and strengthening Taiwan's stagnant economy, which they blamed on President Chen Shu-bian's pro-independence stance.
  • 国民党的竞选纲领是要与中国改善关係,强化台湾停滞的经济;国民党把经济问题归咎於陈水扁总统所持的倾向台独的立场。

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