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VOA常速英语:Biden to Travel US to Promote Economic Stimulus Package

Source: 恒星英语学习网    2021-05-13   English BBS   Favorite  

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are traveling as part of a so-called"Help is Here" tour
美国总统乔·拜登和副总统卡马拉·哈里斯正在旅行推广所谓“援助就在这里”计划,
to promote the 1.9 trillion-dollar economic stimulus package he signed into law last week
此项1.9万亿美元的经济刺激计划于上周签署生效,
touted as one of the most sweeping anti-poverty measures in decades.
声称是几十年来范围最广的脱贫措施之一。
The package includes fourteen-hundred-dollar stimulus checks for many Americans and a new thirty-six-hundred dollar per child tax rebate for parents.
该计划包括为美国人提供许多张金额为1,400美元的支票,以及为父母提供每个孩子3,6oo美元的税款抵扣。
No republicans voted for the measure arguing it was too big and unfocused.
共和党并没有支持这项举措,声称此项举措范围太广,没有针对性。
"Republicans want to make sure people get shots in the arms, kids get back to school, people get back to work,
共和党想要确保人人能够注射疫苗,孩子可以回到学校,人们可以回去工作,
but we are not going to stand with the democrats as they try to exploit a crisis."
但我们不会支持民主党实施这项举措,因为他们试图利用危机。
Democrats point to a recent polling that shows a majority of Americans supports the package.
民主党人指出,最近的一项民调显示,大多数美国人支持这一方案。
A poll by cnn, for example, found that 61 percent of respondents support the relief measure.
例如,美国有线电视新闻网的一项民调发现,61%的受访者支持这项救济措施。
House Majority leader, Nancy Pelosi, a democrat, says the lack of republican support is just in Washington.
众议院多数党领袖、民主党人南希-佩洛西说,只是在华盛顿缺乏共和党的支持。
"You can be sure that all of their states and communities will be benefiting from this and they wont be complaining about it back home."
"可以确信的是,美国所有的州和社区都会从中受益。他们也不会在背后抱怨此项举措。"
Meanwhile Washington is at odds over how to handle a surge of migrants at the U.S southern border.
与此同时,美国政府在如何处理南部边境移民激增的问题上出现分歧。
The situation has led to finger-pointing with some republicans saying that
移民激增导致两党相互指责,一些共和党人声称说,
Bidens rollback of immigration measures implemented by former president Donald Trump are to blame for the surge.
拜登推翻了前总统特朗普实施的移民措施,是造成移民潮的罪魁祸首。
Democrats argue that it was Trumps policies that set up the situation today.
民主党人则认为,是特朗普的政策造成了今天的局面。


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