CNN 2011-08-10

 With respect to debt, our problem is not confidence in our credit，the markets continue to reaffirm our credit as among the world's safest. Our challenge is the need to tackle our deficits¹ over the long term.Last week, we reached an agreement that will make historic cuts to defense² and domestic spending.But there's not much further we can cut in either of those categories.What we need to do now is combine those spending cuts with two additional steps: tax reform that will ask those who can afford it to pay their fair share and modest adjustments to health care programs like Medicare.

 

Black people in general came over here to fight for this country .Yeah ,so we need ,even if the Queen of England needs to come down here ,you understand? We need justice ,because of the police ,if the police don't stop killing³ our people,we are gonna have to react.

 

I think it's a two-way effort.Because police need to be more respectful to people and give us answers when we ask them .They can't just shoot people and tell us that they died in custody⁴ ,coz they were ill or something .We are not stupid.

 

So now I am almost 62-year-old ,and I'm standing⁵ here at the prime of my life.I think this is the prime when one reached this age,you still have a body that's strong but now you have a better mind.

1 deficits   

n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损

参考例句：

• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。