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1、经济新闻BusinessreportingLocalspotnewsstoriesFeaturesInterpretativestories*principlesWhenindoubt,leantowardthegeneralreaderAvoidjargon,andexplainthatwhichisusedExplain,butdon’texplaintoomuchSaywhatatrendoreventmeans,aswellaswhatitisExample1美国经济增长缓慢[VOA]U.S.economybarelygrewinthelastquarterof2007.
2、Someeconomistssaythatisanothersignthenationismovingtowardarecession,butPresidentBushismoreoptimistic."Idon'tthinkwe'reheadedtoarecession,butnoquestionwe'reinaslowdown,"AtaWhiteHousenewsconference,thepresidentsaidrobustactionhasbeentakentopreventarecession,areferencetotheeconomicstimuluspacka
3、gerecentlypassedbyCongressthatwillputrebatechecksintothehandsofmanytaxpayersandprovidebusinesseswithinvestmentincentives."ConsumerismisasignificantpartofourGDPgrowth,andwewanttosustaintheAmericanconsumer,encouragetheAmericanconsumerand,atthesametime,wewanttoencourageinvestment."Mr.Bushwasaske
4、difgrowingpublicuneaseabouttheeconomymighthurthisRepublicanPartyinthisyear'spresidentialelection.Herefusedtoanswerdirectly,sayinghisconcernwhendealingwiththeeconomyisnotpoliticsbutthewelfareoftheAmericanpeople.Andyet,itisclearthattheupcomingelectionmay,inpart,provetobeareferendumonthepresiden
5、t'seconomicpolicies.ThetworemainingcandidatesfortheDemocraticParty'spresidentialnomination-SenatorsBarackObamaandHillaryClinton-havebothwarnedofapendingrecessionandhavelaidtheblamesquarelyontheBushadministration.AtarecentcampaigndebateinTexas,Obamaspokeatlengthaboutthecountry'seconomicwoes."
6、Youdon'tneedaneconomistortheFederalReservetotelltheAmericanpeoplethattheeconomyisintrouble,becausetheyhavebeenexperiencingitforyearsnow."Clintonfollowedupwithalistofspecificeconomictroublespotsthatmustbeaddressed,startingwithcorporatetaxregulations."Wearegoingtoridthetaxcodeoftheseloopholesan
7、dgiveaways.WearegoingtostopgivingapennyofyourmoneytoanybodywhoshipsajoboutofTexas,Ohiooranywhereelsetoanothercountry."BothsaidthattaxcutschampionedbyPresidentBushhavehelpedonlytherichestAmericans,andvowedtoputmoreofafocusontaxrelieffo