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叁月份 第 11 课

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  • Obama to aid Small Businesses
  • 欧巴马将协助小企业
  •   U.S. President Barack Obama is set to focus more government help on small businesses, while new economic data shows more problems for a key sector of the U.S. economy.
  • 美国总统欧巴马预定集中向小型企业提供更多的政府援助,同时,新的经济数据显示美国经济一个主要板块出现更多的问题。

  •   Some economists say small businesses are a major creator of new jobs, so the Obama Administration will outline a plan Monday to make it easier for small businesses to borrow the money they need to expand and hire people.
  • 有些经济学家说,小型企业是新工作机会的主要创造来源,所以欧巴马行政当局星期一会发表一项计划,让小型企业更容易获得所需要的贷款以扩充企业和雇用员工。

  •   The program also includes focusing money from the stimulus package in ways that helps banks' confidence, and encourages them to lend to small businesses.
  • 这项计划还包括集中使用刺激经济计划的经费以谋求帮助银行的信心和鼓励银行向小型企业提供贷款。

  •   The program comes as new government reports on Monday say U.S. industrial production fell for the fourth month in a row in February.
  • 这项计划是星期一政府发表新的报告期间提出的;新的报告说,美国工业生產在 2 月份连续第 4 个月下降。

  •   Other data shows the amount of U.S. factory capacity being used matched a record-low level.
  • 其他数据显示,美国工厂的开工率降到了最低记录的水準。

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  • Authorities Ask Court To Seize Madoff Belongings
  • 当局要求法庭没收麦道夫财產
  •   U.S. prosecutors say confessed swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife should give up millions of dollars worth of possessions now that he has pleaded guilty to one of the largest frauds in U.S. history.
  • 美国检方说,既然麦道夫承认犯有美国有史以来最大规模的诈骗行為之一,那麼已经认罪的诈骗犯麦道夫和他的妻子必须交出价值数以百万计美元计的财產。

  •   Officials have filed papers asking court permission to seize the couple's $7 million New York apartment, along with several other luxurious homes, exotic cars, boats, securities, and other goods.
  • 有关官员已经提交文件,要求法庭准许没收麦道夫夫妻在纽约价值 7 百万美元的公寓以及其他几所豪华住宅、外国名车、游艇、股票证券和其他财物。

  •   Madoff is in jail awaiting a hearing in June on sentencing.
  • 麦道夫目前在监狱中等候定於 6 月举行的宣判庭证会。

  •   The 70-year old former financial guru could get as much as 150 years in prison.
  • 这位 70 岁的前金融界巨头可能获刑最高达 150 年的监禁。

  •   His attorney has filed an appeal asking that he be freed until the sentencing hearing.
  • 他的律师提出上诉,要求在宣判庭审之前保释。

  •   Until Thursday's guilty plea, Madoff had been living under house arrest.
  • 麦道夫在上星期四认罪之前,一直受到软禁。

  •   Estimates of the size of the fraud range up to $65 billion.
  • 据估计,这起诈骗案涉及高达 650 亿美元。

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