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.
聽音瓶頸詞匯
1. hearing[] n.聽證會
2. campaign [] n.運(yùn)動;競選運(yùn)動
3. reduction [] n.削減
聽音高級短語
President-elect 已當(dāng)選而尚未就任的總統(tǒng)
聽音超級句型
…has been holding a second day of talks with…to discuss...
…同…舉行了第二天…的會談討論…
美國確認(rèn)新任商務(wù)部長
華盛頓消息:參議院商務(wù)委員會舉行聽證會確認(rèn)了唐納德•埃文斯出席新的商務(wù)部長。德州石油商人是喬治•W•布什總統(tǒng)競選的主要經(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。他對美國中央銀行星期三的利息率突然減低舉措持贊成意見,認(rèn)為其減稅建議對經(jīng)濟(jì)也有幫助。布什先生希望在十年內(nèi)削減稅收一萬三千億美圓。