America Confirmed New Commerce Secretary
In Washington: The Senate Commerce Committee has opened the hearing(1) to confirm Donald Evans as the new Commerce Secretary. The Texas oil businessman was chief money raiser for the election campaign(2) of President-elect George W. Bush. In Texas, Mr. Bush has been holding a second day of talks with business leaders to discuss the economy. He has praised a surprised reduction(3) in interest rates by the American Central Bank on Wednesday. But he said his proposal to lower taxes would also help the economy. Mr. Bush wants to cut taxes by 1.3 million million dollars over 10 years.
聽(tīng)音瓶頸詞匯
1. hearing[] n.聽(tīng)證會(huì)
2. campaign [] n.運(yùn)動(dòng);競(jìng)選運(yùn)動(dòng)
3. reduction [] n.削減
聽(tīng)音高級(jí)短語(yǔ)
President-elect 已當(dāng)選而尚未就任的總統(tǒng)
聽(tīng)音超級(jí)句型
…has been holding a second day of talks with…to discuss...
…同…舉行了第二天…的會(huì)談?dòng)懻?hellip;
美國(guó)確認(rèn)新任商務(wù)部長(zhǎng)
華盛頓消息:參議院商務(wù)委員會(huì)舉行聽(tīng)證會(huì)確認(rèn)了唐納德•埃文斯出席新的商務(wù)部長(zhǎng)。德州石油商人是喬治•W•布什總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)資助人。在德州布什總統(tǒng)同商業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人舉行了第二天的經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇。他對(duì)美國(guó)中央銀行星期三的利息率突然減低舉措持贊成意見(jiàn),認(rèn)為其減稅建議對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)也有幫助。布什先生希望在十年內(nèi)削減稅收一萬(wàn)三千億美圓。