美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-11-13

 Glad you to start your new week with CNN student news, my name is Carr Azuz, we are going to start today at the top of the U.S Central Intelligence Agency.

 

That organization, CIA will be getting a new director, because the previous one resigned. On Friday, Director David Petraeus turned in his resignation and admitted to cheating on his wife. This all started with a FBI investigation¹ in the emails being sent by the woman who wrote Petraeus's biography. The investigation turned up other emails that revealed the CIA director's affair.

Some congressional leaders both Democrats² and Republicans have raised questions about why they weren't told about the investigations³ sooner. Since it could have had an impact on national security.

 

The name David Petraeus might be familiar to you, at different times, he was the commander of the U.S forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He became CIA director in September last year after he officially left the military.

I'm Jonathan Mann with another political Jargon⁴ Buster. What is the fiscal⁵ cliff? In short term for the potential economic disaster, that's facing Washington. In real terms, it's the seven trillion dollars in spending cuts and tax increases, scheduled to go into effect at the begining of the January.

 

President and members of the Congress set the deadline themselves last year after they failed to agree on how to reduce the U.S debt. Now time is almost up, Democrats and Republicans remain fall apart on a deal that would reduce the deficit⁶, reform the tax system and U.S entitlement programs like social security, medicare and medicate. Analysts⁷ warn if there is no agreement, it could cripple the U.S economy and drive up unemployment. Will the political stand off turn into an economic disaster. U.S politicians hope to avoid running off, now, fiscal cliff.

 

As they work to avoid running off that cliff, one of the other things that politicians will focus on is how much money Americans pay in tax. For anyone making less than 250,000 dollars a year, Republicans and Democrats want the tax rate to stay the same, to stay where they are. When it comes to those who make more than 250,000 dollars, president Obama says they should pay more in taxes. Republican leaders like House speaker John Bayner say they don't want anyone's taxes to go up.

 

"Education is a fundamental social man right. It is a pathway to development, tolerance⁸, and grow by citizenship⁹. Join us in our campaign to put education first, for Malala and girls and boys throughout the world."

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 jargon   

n.术语，行话

参考例句：

• They will not hear critics with their horrible jargon.他们不愿意听到评论家们那些可怕的行话。
• It is important not to be overawed by the mathematical jargon.要紧的是不要被数学的术语所吓倒.

5 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。

6 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

7 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

8 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

9 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。