奥巴马演讲 美军将准时离开伊拉克2(2)
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That’s all right.  We don’t need help.  We’re just going to keep on pushing.  We push, we push.  The thing is slipping a little bit, but we stay with it.  Finally -- finally -- we get this car out of the ditch, where we’re just right there on the blacktop(沥青路,柏油路) .  We’re about to start driving forward again.  They say, hold on, we want the keys back.  (Laughter and applause.)  You can’t have the keys back -- you don’t know how to drive.  (Laughter and applause.)  You don’t know how to drive.

And I do want to point out, when you get in your car, when you go forward, what do you do?  You put it in “D.”  When you want to go back, what do you do?  (Laughter.)  You put it in “R.”  We won’t do want to go into reverse back in the ditch.  We want to go forwards.  We got to put it in “D.”  (Applause.)  Can’t have the keys back.  (Laughter.)

The choice in this election is between policies that encourage job creation here in America or encourage jobs to go elsewhere.  That’s why I’ve said instead of giving tax breaks to corporations that want to ship jobs overseas, we want to give tax breaks to companies that are investing right here in the United States of America.  (Applause.)  And by the way, we’ve already cut taxes for businesses eight times since I’ve been President -- eight times.  And we want to do more, because small business owners are the lifeblood of this economy.  (Applause.)

Right now, as we speak -- as we speak, there’s a bill in the Senate that would cut taxes for small businesses, would help them get the loans they need to hire again.  The members of Congress who are here, they already voted on this.  They already passed this bill.  And by the way, this is a bill that's based on Democratic and Republican ideas.  It’s been praised by groups like the Chamber1 of Commerce.  They never praise me.  (Laughter.)  The National Federation2 of Independent Business.  It’s a bill that’s fully3 paid for, doesn’t add to our deficit4.

So you would think -- Republicans say they're the pro-business party, isn’t that what they say?  You would think this is a bill that they would want to pass.  And, yet, day after day, week after week, they keep on stalling this bill and stonewalling(妨碍) this bill and opposing this bill.  Why?  Pure politics.

They're more interested in the next election than the next generation.  And that's why they can’t have the keys back -- because we need somebody who is driving with a vision to the future.  (Applause.)  That's what we’ve been doing over these last 20 months.

We’re also jumpstarting a homegrown, clean energy industry -- because I don’t want to see the solar panels(太阳能电池板) and the wind turbines and the biodiesel(生物柴油) created in other countries.  I don't want China and Germany and Brazil to get the jump on us in the industries of the future.  I want to see all that stuff right here in the United States of America, with American workers.  And the investments we’ve made so far are expected to create 800,000 jobs by 2012 -- 800,000 jobs in an industry of the future.  (Applause.)

We want to create the infrastructure5 for the future -- not just roads and bridges -- but also the broadband lines and the smart grid6 lines that will ensure we stay competitively on top for years to come, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs all across the country in the process.  So that's our plan to create jobs right here in America -- not just short term, but long term.

But the fact is, most of the members of the other party voted no on each and every one of these initiatives.  No on tax cuts to small businesses.  No to clean energy jobs.  No to the railroad and highway projects. 

Now, I want to point out that doesn’t stop them from showing up at the ribbon-cuttings.  (Laughter and applause.)  John, you notice that?  They’ll be voting no -- no, this is Obama’s -- no, we don't believe in recovery, we don't believe in all this.  And then you show up at that ribbon cutting, and they're all there right in the front.  Cheesing and grinning(露齿笑) .  (Laughter.)  Sending out press releases.  (Laughter.)

So a few weeks ago, the Republican leader of the House was asked, what’s your jobs plan if your party takes control of Congress next year?  He said, well, you know, our number one priority -- he was asked what’s your jobs plan -- your number priority is to repeal7(废除,撤销) the health care bill.

Now, this is a bill that makes sure that insurance companies can’t deny you coverage8 if you’ve got a #p#分页标题#e#preexisting(先前存在) condition, makes sure that young people can stay on their parents’ insurance till they're 26, provides a 35 percent tax credit to small businesses that are doing the right thing, giving their employees health care, makes sure that companies can’t drop you when you get sick.

Now, I have no idea why you would want to repeal that in the first place, but I sure don't understand how repealing9 it would create jobs, unless it’s for some folks in the insurance company who are being hired to deny you your claims.  But that can't be a real jobs plan.

Now, look, I may be wrong.  Maybe they know something I don't, or no other economist10 or expert understands.  And if you think that's a good idea, then you should vote for them.
 
But I’ve got a different view.  The health insurance reform we passed isn’t just preventing insurance companies from denying you coverage -- it’s making the coverage that you got more secure, and is ultimately going to lower costs for all Americans.  And one of the most important things we can do to reduce our budget deficit(预算赤字) is to get control of health care costs.

These guys don't have a plan for that.  They just have a plan to say no because they're thinking about the next election instead of the next generation.  And that's the choice that we’re going to be making in this next election.  The choice in this election is between policies that strengthen the hand of the special interests or strengthen America’s middle class.

They want to repeal health care -- we’re not going to let it happen.  We want to move forward.  They pledged to repeal Wall Street reform.  Here we’ve got the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.  Everybody knows, having looked at it, that the incentives11(刺激,奖励) on Wall Street were skewed(歪斜的,曲解的) and people were doing crazy things with other people’s money, making huge, risky12 bets and then expecting taxpayers13 to bail14 them out if it didn’t work out.  So after all the hardship we’ve gone through to repair this economy, you’d think it would be common sense to say, let’s have some basic rules of the road in place to ensure that a crisis like this doesn’t happen again.



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1 chamber wnky9     
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
参考例句:
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
2 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
3 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
4 deficit tmAzu     
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
参考例句:
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
5 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
6 grid 5rPzpK     
n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅
参考例句:
  • In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下,要用载体把格栅密封起来。
  • Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
7 repeal psVyy     
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
参考例句:
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
8 coverage nvwz7v     
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
参考例句:
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
9 repealing 2bef62bc0da74e58f678191769fa25ed     
撤销,废除( repeal的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • In addition, repealing the alternative minimum tax would also help. 此外,废除替代性最低税也会有所帮助。
  • Repealing the investment tax credit. 取消投资税款扣除。
10 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
11 incentives 884481806a10ef3017726acf079e8fa7     
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机
参考例句:
  • tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
  • Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者,提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
12 risky IXVxe     
adj.有风险的,冒险的
参考例句:
  • It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险,但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
  • He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
13 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
14 bail Aupz4     
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
参考例句:
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
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