纽约时报 政府停摆 美国经济开始震荡(3)

“They are asking you to put your life on the line and not paying you — it’s ridiculous,”

“他们让你冒着生命危险工作，却不给你发工资——简直荒谬之极，”

said Donald Mihalek, 49, a 20-year Secret Service veteran

时年49岁，已经有20年工作经验的特勤局高级特工唐纳德·米哈里克说到，

whose own retirement¹ paperwork has yet to be processed because of the shutdown.

由于政府关门，他的退休文件也还没有得到处理。

“Morale is a serious issue,”

“现在，士气已经成了一个十分严重的问题，”

said Mr. Mihalek, who served on the presidential detail during George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s administrations.

曾在乔治·W·布什和巴拉克·奥巴马政府期间担任总统事务助理的米哈雷克也表示。

“This is an incredibly stressful job that requires your full attention,

“因为这份工作的压力是超乎寻常人想象的，因为你必须集中所有的精力，

and if you are standing² there thinking about your mortgage,

如果你站在那里，心里还想着你的抵押贷款，

or your credit card bills, or the fact that you are burning through your savings³,

想着你的信用卡账单，或者想着你的积蓄正在飞速减少，

you are distracted, you not able to give 100 percent.”

你就会分心，就无法全神贯注地做好工作。”

Financial enforcement is also suffering.

金融执法方面也受到了影响。

The S.E.C. has about 4,400 full-time⁴ employees

证券交易委员会大约有4400名全职员工，

and during the shutdown is operating with just a few hundred — most of those tasked “to protect life or property.”

政府停摆期间，继续坚持工作的已经只有几百人了——他们中有大部分人的职责都是“保护生命或财产”。

The constrained⁵ operations means pending⁶ investigations⁷ in securities violations⁸ have ground to a halt,

业务受限制意味着对违反证券规定的调查也已经停滞，

and there is no one reviewing applications for company stock offerings to raise cash or consider merger⁹ and acquisition filings.

意味着没了人审核企业为了募集现金，并购或收购发行股票的申请。

Defense¹⁰ and corporate¹¹ lawyers said meetings with potential witnesses in pending investigations have been canceled,

辩护律师和公司律师说，他们已经取消了与调查中可能的证人的会面，

and some companies seeking to raise cash through a stock offering are having to bide¹² their time.

所以，部分寻求通过发行股票筹集现金的公司还得继续等待时机。

Staff lawyers at the S.E.C. are largely prohibited from responding to emails seeking information or guidance.

证券交易委员会的律师基本上都被禁止回复寻求信息或指导的电子邮件了。

In the past, the S.E.C. had managed to keep operating during government shutdowns by shifting around money in its budget.

过去，在政府停摆期间，证券交易委员会还能通过挪用预算中的其他资金维持运营。

But the commission, which has been operating under a hiring freeze for more than a year, is not able to do that this time.

但这次，在招聘冻结的情况下运营了一年多的证券交易委员会，已经做不到了。

“When I was there, we always had money to be able to operate for a certain period of time,”

“我还在委员会的时候，我们总是能够筹到钱在政府停摆后继续运营一段时间，”

said Andrew M. Calamari, a lawyer with Finn Dixon & Herling in Connecticut,

康涅狄格州芬迪克森&赫林律师事务所的律师安德鲁·M.卡拉马里说，

who stepped down as the director of the S.E.C.’s New York office in October 2017.

2017年10月，他辞去了证券交易委员会纽约分会会长一职。

“I was there for 17 years, and in my time,

我管分会管了17年，我在任的那段时间，

we had several shutdowns, and in each case, we continued to operate.”

政府停摆了好几次，但每次我们都能继续运营。”

The S.E.C. said in a statement that staff “continues to monitor the asset management space,

证券交易委员会在一份声明中表示，他们的员工“仍在继续监控资产管理领域，

track market activity and watch for systems issues

跟踪市场活动，监视系统问题，

or other events that could disrupt the fair and orderly operation of the securities markets.”

以及其他会扰乱证券市场公平有序运行的问题。”

1 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

2 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。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

5 constrained   

adj.束缚的,节制的

参考例句：

• The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。
• I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。

6 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

7 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

8 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

9 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

10 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。

11 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

12 bide   

v.忍耐；等候；住

参考例句：

• We'll have to bide our time until the rain stops.我们必须等到雨停。
• Bide here for a while. 请在这儿等一会儿。