NBC晚间新闻 两党妥协的希望变得渺茫

Hopes deteriorate¹ for bipartisan compromise

两党妥协的希望变得渺茫

As the possibility of a debt default looms² on the horizon, Tea Party conservatives refuse to back down unless there are changes to Obamacare. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports.

随着债务违约可能性的出现，茶党保守派拒绝退缩，除非Obamacare有所改变。NBC的Kelly O’Donnell报道。

This was to be expected as the hour nears, but a major credit agency has put the credit rating of the United States of America on a negative ratings watch. Just last night, we came on the air reporting that hopes were high for a deal, things were moving. That collapsed³ today in a pile of noise and hurt feelings in Washington. The government has been shut down for 15 days. The debt ceiling deadline is just over 24 hours away now. The world is watching. And the financial markets are clearly watching. And profiles in courage are in short supply tonight in Washington. We have it all covered, beginning again tonight with the sorry state of affairs in congress, Kelly O'Donnell has spent yet another day covering it all, good evening, Kelly.

reporter: Good evening, Brian, confusion and paralysis⁴ are all I can say for sure now, the house had planned to vote on a bill to reopen the government and prevent that default, and then quickly scrap⁵ that after Tea Party conservatives told speaker John Boehner they wouldn't go along. Tonight GOPA say no decision on next stepd and senators tell me they don't know how this ends. How did we go from this just last night?

I'm very optimistic.

reporter: To this today.

And it is nothing more than a blatant⁶ attack on bipartisanship.

reporter: Hopes deteriorate quickly for a senate plan to reopen government and prevent a default on the country's good credit, when the house Republicans rejected bipartisan senate compromise.

Mr. Speaker, can you guarantee to the American people congress will not go past the deadline and push us into default?

Listen, I have made clear for months and months that the idea of default is wrong. And we shouldn't get anywhere close to it.

reporter: But time is running out fast, and the mood is so sour. That clergy⁷ sang hymns⁸ as they walked from one lawmaker's office to another, praying for a solution. behind these closed doors here at the basement of the Capitol, the GOP held their meeting. And that is when speaker Boehner found out he didn't have enough Republicans ready to make a deal. Tea Party conservatives would not back down demanding changes to Obamacare.

Oh my gosh. We have made it crystal clear to the American public that we stand with them on Obamacare.

reporter: Democrats⁹ huddled¹⁰ at the white house late today.

Make no mistake, the bill the Republicans are putting on the floor today is a decision to default.

reporter: Why the urgency? Congress sets a limit known as the debt ceiling for how much the government can borrow, the current limit is $16.7 trillion, like ordinary Americans do with their housesold accounts, the Treasury¹¹ Department can move money around to keep paying bills even after they reach the limit. But the government loses the ability to do that at midnight tomorrow night. And if congress fails to raise the ceiling by then, the country faces default. NBC News got an exclusive look at senators from both parties meeting quietly tonight looking for compromise, and John Mccain kept asking them to stop bashing speaker Boehner to get a deal.

Let's stop this, sit down, consider the speaker's proposal.

reporter: But at this point, the GOP leadership doesn't have a proposal on the table. The president has been mostly watching from the sidelines, calling the GOP strategy a bad strategy. And senior administration officials say we are now at great risk of falling into that financial peril¹² as we get closer to potential default. Brian？

Running out of things to say and ways to describe it. Kelly O'Donnell from the Hill tonight, starting us off. Thanks.

1 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

2 looms   

n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 paralysis   

n.麻痹(症)；瘫痪(症)

参考例句：

• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。

5 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

6 blatant   

adj.厚颜无耻的；显眼的；炫耀的

参考例句：

• I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
• His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。

7 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

8 hymns   

n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句

9 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》

10 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

11 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

12 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。