白宫：川普有多种办法让墨西哥为边界墙出钱

 　　The White House says President Donald Trump¹ has a "buffet² of options" on how to get Mexico to pay for the wall he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexican border.

　　白宫表示，川普总统有多种办法让墨西哥为修建美墨边界墙出钱。

　　Earlier Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Trump wanted to slap a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexico. He said the new tax would raise $10 billion a year and "easily pay for the wall." He also said the president discussed the idea with congressional leaders and wanted to include the measure in a comprehensive tax reform package that Congress would have to approve.

　　白宫发言人斯派塞星期四早些时候说，川普总统将会向墨西哥征收20%的进口税。他说，新的税收政策将会带来一年100亿美元的收入，并能轻松支付修墙的费用。斯派塞又表示，川普总统与国会领导人讨论了这个提议，希望把这个措施加入需要国会批准的全面税务改革方案中。

　　But later, the White House said the idea is just one of several options on the table for paying for a wall along the southern border. And it said Trump has yet to make a final decision about how the U.S. will recoup the costs of his proposed border wall.

　　不过后来白宫又说，这个提议只是支付修墙费用多种方案中的一种。白宫还说，川普总统还没有最后决定如何来弥补修建边界墙的这笔费用。

　　U.S. taxpayers³ initially⁴ would foot the bill for the wall, which is expected to cost as much as $15 billion.

　　这笔高达150亿美元的费用最初可能由美国纳税人来买单。

　　It is unclear what retaliatory⁵ steps Mexico could take if the border tax is approved, because exports to the U.S. are essential to the Mexican economy.

　　目前还不清楚如果边界税的措施被批准，墨西哥会采取什么样的报复行动，因为向美国出口是墨西哥经济的重要来源。

　　Earlier Thursday, Mexican President Enrique Pe?a Nieto cancelled next week's meeting with Trump in Washington after Trump said the talks should be called off if Mexico keeps insisting it will not pay for the wall.

　　墨西哥总统涅托星期四早些时候取消了下星期与川普在华盛顿的会晤，因为川普说，如果墨西哥坚持不出钱修建边界墙，会谈就不必举行了。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

3 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 retaliatory   

adj.报复的

参考例句：

• The process can take years before the WTO approves retaliatory action. 在WTO通过此行动之前，这个程序恐怕要等上一阵子了。 来自互联网
• Retaliatory tariffs on China are tantamount to taxing ourselves as a punishment. 将惩罚性关税强加于中国相当于对我们自己实施课税惩罚。 来自互联网