2007年VOA标准英语-Largest Private Contractor in Iraq to Move Head
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By Peter Fedynsky
Washington, D.C.
14 March 2007
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Halliburton, an American oil services company and the largest private contractor 2 in Iraq, is moving its corporate 3 headquarters from Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Halliburton's chief executive says the move is a practical matter, but critics are accusing the company of greed. VOA's Peter Fedynsky has this report.
Dubai
Last year, the eastern hemisphere accounted for 38 per cent of the $13 billion in revenue from Halliburton's oil field services around the globe. Chief Executive David Lesar says growing the business in a region where most of the oil is located "will bring balance to Halliburton's overall portfolio 4."
In an interview three years ago, Lesar described parts of that portfolio. "We're building a road in Ireland, we're running a railroad in Australia, we're building ships in Brazil."
And Halliburton has a five-year, $16 billion contract to provide various services to the U.S. military. But the corporation is under investigation 5 for allegedly overbilling the U.S. government by nearly $3 billion. Halliburton denies the charges, but congressional Democrats 7 are looking into them.
Democratic Congressman 8 Henry Waxman
Congressman Henry Waxman of California said recently, "Our committee has an absolute obligation to the taxpayers 9 to make sure their tax dollars are well spent and not siphoned off into billions of dollars of unnecessary overhead."
And Senator Brian Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat 6, suspects Halliburton is relocating in Dubai to avoid paying U.S. taxes. "If they're trying to move offshore 10 to save money in taxes, that's not much of a statement coming from a company that's been benefiting from substantial defense 11 contracts."
Halliburton says it will remain registered in the United States, so it will be obligated to pay taxes.
American University business professor Kathleen Getz says Halliburton's move to Dubai is a smart decision. "Since Halliburton is an oil exploration company, it is logical for it to be in the Middle East, where there is a lot of oil."
Questions are also being raised whether a company with headquarters overseas can be trusted to provide services to the U.S. military.
Halliburton was run by Dick Cheney before he became the U.S. vice 1 president. Cheney's connection led to accusations 12 that the Bush administration awarded lucrative 13 no-bid contracts to the company. The White House denied the charge.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
- He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
- 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。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- 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》
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。