美國總統(tǒng)英語演講

1、美國總統(tǒng)周末電臺演講:華盛頓白宮奧巴馬每周電臺演講WASHINGTONIn this weeks address, President Obama spoke from the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego during Veterans Day, and he called on all Americans to rededicate themselves to serving our brave men and women in uniform as well as they have served us. Today, there are more than

2、850,000 veterans unemployed, which is why the President issued a challenge to private companies to hire or train more than 100,000 post-9/11 veterans or their spouses by 2013, and he was pleased to see the Senate pass proposals in his American Jobs Act on Thursday to give businesses tax credits for

3、hiring veterans. President Obama told veterans that just as they have fought for us, he will continue to fight for jobs and opportunities for them, and that the United States will always honor their service and sacrifice.I'm speaking to you from the primary flight controy of the aircraft carrier

4、 USS Carl Vinson in San Diego. This is one of the biggest ships in the Navy, and on Friday it was home to one of the most unique college basketball games Ive ever seen.It also gave members of our military and our veterans a chance to unwind a little bit, and on this Veterans Day, I want to take this

5、 opportunity to thank all our men and women in uniform for their service and their sacrifice.But this day isnt just about thanking our veterans.Its about rededicating ourselves to serving our veterans as well as theyve served us.And right now, thats more important than ever.Last month, I announced t

6、hat, as promised, we will end the war in Iraq by the end of the year. Many of our military families will be welcoming loved ones home for the holidays. At the same time, weve begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan.And in the next five years, over a million servicemembers will transition back into

7、 civilian life joining the 3 million who have already done so over the last decade.These are men and women who have served with distinction in some of the most dangerous places on the planet. But for many of them, the chall enges dont end when they take off the uniform. Today, more than 850,000 vete

8、rans remain unemployed. And too many are struggling to find a job worthy of their talents and experience.Thats not right.We ask these men and women to leave their families and their jobs and risk their lives to fight for our country. The last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when they

9、 get home.To give our veterans the opportunities theyve earned, Ive directed the federal government to lead by example and already, weve hired 120,000 veterans.Weve also challenged private companies to hire or train 100,000 post-9/11 veterans or their spouses by the end of 2013. So far, many patriot

10、ic companies have answered the call, hiring more than 16,000 Americans. And yesterday, thanks to the hard work of Michelle and Dr. Jill Biden, companies announced their commitment to train or hire 125,000 more over the next two years.But we still need to do more. Thats why, as part of the American J

11、obs Act, I called on Congress to pass a Returning Heroes Tax Credit, which would give businesses a tax break for each unemployed veteran they hire; and a Wounded Warriors Tax Credit, which would give businesses a tax break for hiring an unemployed veteran with a disability related to their service i

12、n uniform.These proposals will go a long way towards putting our veterans back to work. And on Thursday, I was pleased to see the Senate put partisanship aside and come together to pass these tax credits. After all, standing up for our veterans isnt a Democratic responsibility or a Republican respon

13、sibility its an American responsibility.Its one that all of us have an obligation to meet. And the House should pass this bill as soon as possible so I can sign it into law.As Commander-in-Chief, I want every veteran to know that America will always honor your service and your sacrifice not just tod

14、ay, but every day. And just as you fought for us, were going to keep fighting for you for more jobs, for more security, for the opportunity to keep your families strong and America competitive in the 21st century.So to all our veterans thank you for your service. God bless you. And may God bless the

15、 United States of America.美國總統(tǒng)周末電臺演講:華盛頓白宮奧巴馬每周電臺演講今天的演講由美國副總統(tǒng)喬·拜登提供WASHINGTONIn this weeks address, Vice President Biden noted that this months jobs numbers demonstrated that Congress should pass the American Jobs Act to strengthen our economy and create jobs right away. Republicans in Congres

16、s have voted against components of the bill to put teachers and firefighters back to work and they have unanimously opposed a bill to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create jobs for 400,000 construction workers, even though these are the kinds of programs they have supported in the past. Th

17、e President is acting without Congress through executive actions to help our veterans find jobs, save families thousands of dollars by refinancing their mortgages, and reducing the cost of student loans, but that is notenough. Democrats and Republicans must come together to pass the American Jobs Ac

18、t to strengthen the economy, because the American people cant wait any longer for Congress to act.Hi, this is Joe Biden. Im speaking to you from the University of Pittsburgh, where I just spoke to students here about what weve done to help ease the burden on them when it comes to the rising cost of

19、tuition and the accumulating student debt and what were going to do to help create jobs when they graduate.You know, today we found out weve had the 20th month in a row where weve increased private sector jobs - 104,000 this month, 104,000 private sector jobs. And as all you know, that's not nea

20、rly enough. We have to increase the pace. We have to act now to do everything in our power to keep this economy moving and to grow jobs.President Obama is on his way back from France where he just met with the leaders of the 20 largest economies in the world, where he urged our European friends to s

21、tep up and stabilize their own economies because if they fail, it will affect the whole world.Too many Americans are still struggling. Too many college students here at the University of Pittsburgh and elsewhere are worrying about the rising cost of their tuition, and the increasing accumulation of

22、debt. And too many of their parents are in stagnant jobs or out of work, wondering if they're going to be able to send their child back to college next semester.My dad used to have a saying. He said, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. Its about dignity. Its about respect.And too many Ame

23、ricans have been stripped of their dignity through no fault of their own. So we can't wait to help them. The President and I believe we have to actnow. That's w hy weve introduced the jobs bill which independent validators said would create 2 million new jobs.Although 51 senators voted for t

24、hat jobs bill, our Republican colleagues in the Senate used a procedural requirement that requires it to have 60 votes, so it failed.And since then weve taken every important piece of the jobs bill and demanded that we have a separate vote. But our Republican colleagues in the Senate have voted unan

25、imously to vote down each and every part so far: to restore 400,000 jobs forteachers, police officers, firefighters, putting them back in classrooms, on the streets and in the fire houses.And then on Thursday, they unanimously voted down the second part of our program: to rebuild our crumbling roads

26、 and bridges, which would have created more than 400,000 good-paying jobs.These are all programs that the Republicans in the past have supported, but once again, every Republican voted no - blocking the majority will to put these folks back to work.I think the assumption is that they're voting n

27、o because of the way we would pay for these jobs, and they're paid for . Well, we think everybody should pay their fair share, so that's why we put a small surtax on the first dollar after a person has already made $1 million to pay for. That seems fair to us, and it pays for the bill. Its a

28、 small price to pay to put hundreds of thousands of people back to work.So, look, we can't wait. We can't wait for the Congress to start acting responsibly, and that's why the President has used his executive power . It is making an announce like one that put hundreds of thousands of peo

29、ple will be able to go and refinance their homes from a 6 percent interest rates to 4 percent, which was the raises now. That wassaving $2,000 a year. That's why the President announced that beginning next year, no student will have to pay back more than 10 percent of their discretionary income

30、toward their student debt. He also announced new regulations regarding prescription drugs to prevent price gouging. And th eres more to come.If the Republican Congress wont join us, were going to continue to act on our own to make the changes that we can to bring relief to middle-class families and

31、those aspiring to get in the middle class.Look, its simple:We refuse to take no for an answer. We know these steps taken alone are not going to solve all of our problems, but they will make a difference in the lives of millions of American families struggling to hold on. And you know and I know if t

32、he Republicans would just let the Congress do its job, let it step up and meet its responsibilities, we could do so much more, and we could do it immediately.That's why the President and I need your help to tell your Republican congressmen and senators to step up. Tell them to stop worrying abou

33、t their jobs and start worrying about yours because were all in this together, and together is the way were going to bring America back even stronger than it was before.Thank you.BBC News with Neil NunesThe Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has tried to reassure the world's financial markets

34、that his country will be able to pay its massive debts. The financial crisis in Italy, one of the world's largest economies, has deepened with the key interest rate on government bonds rising to 7%. That's the point at which several much smaller eurozone countries had to ask for internationa

35、l bailouts. President Napolitano called for the countryto find a renewed sense of responsibility and cohesion."We must act in order to depart urgently today from a very dangerous squeeze on the titles of our state debt on the financial markets and on the conditions of our banks."The presid

36、ent said Italy would pass a new financial stability law within days and the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would then fulfil his promise to resign.Politicians in Greece have failed to reach an agreement on a new prime minister after three days of intense wrangling. From Athens, here's Mark Low

37、en.This is yet another twist in the extraordinary political drama unfolding in Greece over the past few days. A meeting between the prime minister, president and other political parties intended to name the country's next leader has broken up, and another round of talks called for Thursday morni

38、ng. Earlier, George Papandreou gave a farewell television address, announcing that the new government would implement Greece's bailout package so as to receive its international loan, and he said Greece would do all it can to stay in the eurozone. But behind the scenes, the wrangling goes on, le

39、aving a perilous power vacuum.A Saudi man has gone on trial at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp charged with being behind an al-Qaeda attack on an American warship in Yemen more than a decade ago.Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is accused of organising the suicide attack on the USS Cole in the year 2000. Marc

40、us George reports from Guantanamo.Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was led into court, unshackled by minders wearing surgical gloves. His hair and beard were cropped, and he was dressed in white prison clothes. This was his first appearance in public since his capture. He appeared calm and spoke with his att

41、orneys with ease, at one point, giving them a thumbs-up sign. What followed was an initial hearing to discuss the charges against him. He's accused of organising the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen using a craft laden with explosives that killed 17 American servicemen.The US army has handed over

42、 its second biggest base in Iraq to the Iraqi government ahead of the planned withdrawal of all American forces at the end of the year. Joint Base Balad housed more than 35,000 US military personnel and contractors at the height of the Iraq conflict. At one time, the US had some 500 bases in Iraq. T

43、here are 11 left.World News from the BBCSyrian and Egyptian activists have prevented Syrian opposition leaders from meeting the Arab League in Cairo, accusing them of treachery. The activists threw eggs and scuffled with the opposition leaders as they arrived at the Arab League headquarters. Corresp

44、ondents say the incident reveals again the splits within the anti-governmentmovement in Syria with many dismissing the opposition leadership as out of touch.Russia says it won't support new sanctions against Iran following the publication of a UN report raising new concerns about its nuclear pro

45、gramme. A Russian spokesman said new sanctions would be interpreted more widely as an attempt to force regime change in Iran. Iran denies any military nuclear ambitions.World football's governing body Fifa has agreed to allow Britain's football teams to wear red commemorative poppies on thei

46、r arms this weekend to honour the country's war dead. The decision is compromise in a row which has drawn in politicians and even the royal family, as Alex Capstick reports.Both the British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince William, second in line to the throne, had written to Fifa express

47、ing their dismay at its refusal to allow jerseys with poppies embroidered onto them from being worn by the England and Wales teams this weekend. Fifa has a blanket ban on symbols of a political, religious or commercial nature being shown on national jerseys. But following growing pressure from the E

48、nglish FA, football's world governing body has agreed for the red emblem to be emblazoned on black armbands which will be worn by the players.President Obama has approved an unusual measure to help reduce America's budget deficit by cutting back on the number of branded coffee mugs, T-shirts

49、 and other officialtrinkets given away by government departments. The items, known collectively as swag, are paid for by taxpayers and used by the government to promote its work. That's the latest BBC News. 第一部分 詞匯 1表“重要” important, vital, essential, crucial, significant,crucial,indispensable, o

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51、 hand, nevertheless 5表“遞進” whats more, furthermore, that is to say, moreover,in addition 6表“讓步” although, but even though (if provided that, though 7 表“列舉” as follows, for example, for instance, a case in point,such as 8表“結(jié)果” consequently, accordingly, hence, thus, therefore 9表“總結(jié)” to sum up, in a w

52、ord, to put all in a nutshell 10.表示"原因" because, because of , as a result of,due to, owing to, as 第二部分 句式 1It is widely accepted/acknowledge that 大家普遍接受的是 2It is well known that 眾所周知的是 3It is reported/said/believed that 據(jù)報道 4It is carefully chosen that 我們精挑細選得到 5There is hot discussion/debate over the issue that 就的話題現(xiàn)在正在進行熱烈的討論 6A