英文早点丨0115_美国政府停摆刷新记录！

考研英语时事阅读 · 公众号 · 考研 · 2019-01-15 07:36

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背景知识

美国总统特朗普一直致力于修建美墨边境墙，希望以此来阻挡前来美国的非法移民。不过想要在国会争取到修建边境墙的资金却并不容易，早在18年7月29日特朗普在推特上喊话称，如果不能为此筹措到资金，那么他将关闭政府。之后特朗普宣布要耗资60亿美元在美国和墨西哥之间修建起边界墙，但议会中的民主党要求特朗普政府将花费不超过12亿美元来修美墨边界墙，特朗普为表抗议，在新年过后，政府也一直没能开门，同时，因美国政府长时间的停摆，美国的经济也受到了一定影响。

早起卡

Should the diver parse, from the ravening monster’s jaw he’d never hold the precious pearl, the bright pearl, in his grasp.----Jaber

翻译卡

On January 8th, Mr Trump opted to appeal directly to Americans, using his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to paint a dire portrait of a humanitarian and security crisis on the Southern border. The Democrats dismiss this as fear-mongering.

Nutrition assistance schemes administered by the Department of Agriculture are close to running out of money. That includes the food stamps programme, which helps some 40m Americans afford groceries, a school-lunch programme for poor children and a smaller scheme for pregnant women and newborns.

Should it come to pass, stories of children going without food, or poor tenants kicked to the curb could turn public opinion even more strongly against the White House.

文本选自 ： The Economist（经济学人）

作者：Editor

原文标题 ：How the shutdown is affecting America

原文发布时间 ： 09 Jan. 2019

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