奥巴马每日发言Addressing Our Problems Head-On(2009-03-25)
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：美国总统每日发言
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In his press conference last night, the President explained why he is committed to the change in course on the nation’s priorities that his budget represents. In response to a question about the deficit 1, he expounded 2 on the reasons for addressing so many decades-old problems head-on:
OBAMA: Of course I do, Ed, which is why we're doing everything we can to reduce that deficit. Look, if this were easy, then, you know, we would have already had it done, and the budget would have been voted on, and everybody could go home. This is hard.
And the reason it's hard is because we've accumulated a structural 3 deficit that's going to take a long time, and we're not going to be able to do it next year or the year after or three years from now. What we have to do is bend the curve on these deficit projections 4. And the best way for us to do that is to reduce health care costs. That's not just my opinion. That's the opinion of almost every single person who has looked at our long-term fiscal 5 situation.
Now, how do we -- how are we going to reduce health care costs? Because the problem is not just in government-run programs. The problem is in the private sector 6, as well. It's experienced by families. It's experienced by businesses.
And so what we've said is, look, let's invest in health information technologies. Let's invest in preventive care. Let's invest in mechanisms 7 that look at who's doing a better job controlling costs while producing good quality outcomes in various states and let's reimburse 8 on the basis of improved quality, as opposed to simply how many procedures you're doing. Let's do a whole host of things, some of which cost money on the front end, but offer the prospect 9 of reducing costs on the back end.
Now, the alternative is to stand pat and to simply say, "We are just going to not invest in health care. We're not going to take on energy. We'll wait until the next time that gas gets to $4 a gallon. We will not improve our schools. And we'll allow China or India or other countries to lap our young people in terms of their performance. We will settle on lower growth rates, and we will continue to contract, both as an economy and our ability to -- to provide a better life for our kids."
That, I don't think, is the better option.
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- He expounded his views on the subject to me at great length. 他详细地向我阐述了他在这个问题上的观点。
- He warmed up as he expounded his views. 他在阐明自己的意见时激动起来了。
- The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
- The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
- Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
- The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We'll reimburse you for your travelling expenses.我们将付还你旅费。
- The funds are supposed to reimburse policyholders in the event of insurer failure.这项基金将在保险公司不能偿付的情况下对投保人进行赔付。