美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-27

 We've been talking about some of the traditional events invovled in the presidential inauguration¹. Another one happened on Tuesday morning, the inaugural² prayer service. The president, first lady Michelle Obama and about 200 other people went to the interfaith service at the National Cathedral. Now by interfaith we mean, it involved different religions. Yesterday's service included prayers and readings for member of the Protestant, Catholic, Othodox Christian³ as well as Jewish, Islamic, and Sikh faiths. The tradition of the inaugural prayer service started with George Washington, it's been hold at the National Cathedral since 1985.

"We will respond to the threat of the climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generation."

That was part of president Obama's inaugural speech on Monday, he mentioned some of the issues that are going to be a second term agenda, what he hopes to get done during the next four years. Some of the issues are hold over from his first term, trying to lower the country's debt, working on immigration reform. Other issues are new for him, like gun control. On our blob, some of you shared your expectations for president Obama's second term.

Antonio said I hope to see a more stable economy, and a more united nation rather than a nation that's divided on political and social issues.

Maddie wants to see that we lower our debt and stop depending on countries like China for the things we need.

John's list, immigration reform, gun control and the debt ceiling.

See if you can ID me?

I'm European country that's between France, Germany and Italy, I didn't get involved in either world war, I'm known for tourism, banking⁴ and watches and my capital is Bern.

I'm Switzerland, a country that's homed to around 8 million people.

Davos is the resort city in the Swiss moutains, that's not where we're talking about it. It's because this week, like every year, Davos is hosting the world economic forum⁵. This is a group that brings together business leaders, political leaders and other influential⁶ folks. We're gonna be talk about globle economic issues, like the debt crisis and high unemployment rates cross parts of Europe or the fiscal⁷ cliff and debt ceiling debates in Washington. The group also brainstorms⁸ possible solutions like creating a bailout fund or coming up with ways for governments to reduce their debt. Richard Quest now has an analogy comparing some of the economic issues that will be discussed at Davos to a popular pastime.

1 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

2 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

3 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

5 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

6 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

7 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

8 brainstorms   

脑猝病( brainstorm的名词复数 )； 计上心头； 突来的灵感； 集体研讨

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