LESSON 17 Washington
:qq66][color=#ff0000] listen to the material carefully,although it is difficult and sometime you can't write down the correct answer.As long as you have tried,whatever you write down will be the harvest of yours.You should believe that only by accumulating little by little could you learn English welll.so come on.[/color]Referring to what he called tough decisions put off for a long time,Mr.Obama said political leaders in Washington will have to compromise.
奥巴马称他也是推迟了很久才作出这个艰难的决定的。而华盛顿的政治领导人也不得不同意此项决议。
"We face challenges that will require the cooperation of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Everybody is going to have to cooperate. We cannot afford to fall back on to the same old ideologies or the same stale sound bites. We are going to have to budget on some deeply-held positions and compromise for the good of the country."
“当前我们需要民主党人，共和党人，和无党派人士一起合作，共同面临当前的挑战。因此每个人都不得不采取合作的方式。如果我们倒退到以前那样，选择陈旧的观念和说过时的话，那么这样的代价我们是付不起的。因此我们不得不在一些稳定的职位上进行财政预算，以及在那些对国家有帮助的事情上做一些牺牲和妥协。”
In Capitol Hill reaction, Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the pay freeze should have been shared between civilian and military personnel.
国会方面，众议院多数党领导人斯坦利·霍耶称，联邦文职雇员和军队人员都将受到薪水冻结。
Ohio Representative John Boehner, who will be the new House Speaker in the new Congress convening in January, welcomed the step,
即将成为新一任议院发言人，现任俄亥俄州众议员约翰·博伊赫内尔在一月的国会大会上，表示了他对此举的欢迎，
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