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- Senate Continues Debate on Massive Stimulus Bill
- 参议院继续辩论刺激经济法案
- The U.S. Senate is continuing its sometimes contentious, debate on a massive economic stimulus bill supported by President Barack Obama but criticized by Republicans.
- 美国参议院继续就一个庞大的经济刺激议案进行时而争论不休的辩论；这个计划得到欧巴马总统的支援，但却受到共和党人的批评。
- The top Senate Democrat, Harry Reid, urged the chamber Friday to pass the bill, saying if action is not taken, the country's recession will last for many more years.
- 参议院民主党要人里德星期五敦促参议院通过这个议案；他说，如果不採取行动，美国的经济衰退将会持续很多年。
- He said the nation and the rest of the world are waiting for the Senate to act.
- 他说，美国和世界其他地方都在等待参议院的行动。
- But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voiced concern shared by his Republican colleagues that the bill contains too much wasteful spending and lacked focus.
- 但是参议院少数党领袖麦康奈尔表达了共和党议员共同的忧虑，他们认為该项议案包含太多浪费性支出，缺乏重点。
- He described the bill as a "trillion-dollar mistake" that the country cannot afford to take.
- 他称这项议案是一个美国犯不起的“万亿美元的错误”。
- In a speech late Thursday in the state of Virginia, President Obama again called for lawmakers to pass the bill, and rejected criticism from Republicans over its size and impact on the already large national deficit.
- 欧巴马星期四晚间在维吉尼亚州发表的一次演讲中再次呼吁议员们批准这项议案。
- He rejected Republican demands for large tax cuts in the bill, saying those methods caused the current economic crisis. He also mocked critics who point out the package is nothing more than a spending bill.
- 他还驳斥了共和党人对这项议案的规模及其对已经很大的财政赤字影响的批评。
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- US Economy Loses 598-thousand More Jobs
- 美国经济减少 59 万 8 千工作岗位
- The U.S. economy posted the largest job loss in decades in January, while the unemployment rate rose sharply.
- 美国经济一月份失去的就业机会之多為几十年来之最，失业率急剧上升。
- The world's largest economy had a net loss of 598-thousand jobs as the recession hammered the factory and construction sectors.
- 由於经济衰退重创了製造业和建筑行业，这个世界最大的经济体一月份工作凈减少了 59 万 8 千个。
- Friday's report from the Labor Department says unemployment in January hit seven-point-six percent . That is four-tenths of a percent worse than the previous month and the worst level in 16 years.
- 劳工部星期五的报告说，一月份的失业率达到 7.6 %，比 12 月份增长 0.4 %，為 16 年来最严重的月份。
- Economists say the grim unemployment situation is likely to ripple through the economy, hurting the consumer spending that drives two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.
- 经济学家们说，严峻的失业状况大概会波及整个经济，伤害驱动叁分之二美国经济活动的消费者支出。
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