奥巴马就债务上限谈判发表演讲

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1、奥巴马就债务上限谈判发表演讲（全文）小编阿梅 2011年08月02日11:53 来源：爱词霸英语网 点击195次   Goodevening.TherearestillsomeveryimportantvotestobetakenbymembersofCongress,butIwanttoannouncethattheleadersofbothparties,inbothchambers,havereachedanagreementthatwillreducethedeficitandavoiddefault—adefaultthatwouldhav

2、ehadadevastatingeffectonoureconomy. 晚上好。现在国会议员还有一些重要的票要投，但是我要宣布参众两院的两党领导人已经达成削减赤字和避免债务违约的协议，债务违约将给美国经济带来灾难性影响。 Thefirstpartofthisagreementwillcutabout$1trillioninspendingoverthenext10years—cutsthatbothpartieshadagreedtoearlyoninthisprocess.Theresultwouldbethelowestlevelofannual

3、domesticspendingsinceDwightEisenhowerwasPresident—butatalevelthatstillallowsustomakejob-creatinginvestmentsinthingslikeeducationandresearch.Wealsomadesurethatthesecutswouldn’thappensoabruptlythatthey’dbeadragonafragileeconomy. 协议的第一部分要求在未来10年里削减约1万亿美元的开支，而削减开支这项内容在投票表决的初期两党就已经一

4、致同意。这将使美国的年度国内开支降至自艾森豪威尔总统以来的最低水平，但是在这个开支水平我们还能投资诸如教育和研究等领域来创造就业机会。我们保证不会过急削减开支以免拖累脆弱的经济。 Now,I’vesaidfromthebeginningthattheultimatesolutiontoourdeficitproblemmustbebalanced.DespitewhatsomeRepublicanshaveargued,IbelievethatwehavetoaskthewealthiestAmericansandbiggestcorporation

5、stopaytheirfairsharebygivinguptaxbreaksandspecialdeductions.Despitewhatsomeinmyownpartyhaveargued,IbelievethatweneedtomakesomemodestadjustmentstoprogramslikeMedicaretoensurethatthey’restillaroundforfuturegenerations. 从一开始，我就已经说过我们赤字问题的最终解决方法必须是平衡的。不管一些共和党人争辩什么，我相信，我们不得不要求最富裕的美国

6、人和最大的企业放弃税额优惠和特殊扣减，缴纳公平的税收份额。不管我所在党派的一些成员争辩什么，我相信，我们需要对诸如医疗保健等项目做一些最适度的调整来确保未来世代都受益于此。 That’swhythesecondpartofthisagreementissoimportant.ItestablishesabipartisancommitteeofCongresstoreportbackbyNovemberwithaproposaltofurtherreducethedeficit,whichwillthenbeputbeforetheentireCon

7、gressforanupordownvote.Inthisstage,everythingwillbeonthetable.Toholdusallaccountableformakingthesereforms,toughcutsthatbothpartieswouldfindobjectionablewouldautomaticallygointoeffectifwedon’tact.Andoverthenextfewmonths,I’llcontinuetomakeadetailedcasetotheselawmakersaboutwhyIbel

8、ieveabalancedapproachisnecessarytofinishthejob. 这就是协议第