VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：ENERGY-AS-AN-ISSUE-IN-AMERICAS-PRESIDENTIAL-CAMPAIGN.doc

1、This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。Energy has become an important issue in the American presidential campaign. And gasoline prices, costs that affect almost all Americans, have risen sharply in recent months.能源成了美国总统大选的重要问题，最近几月汽油价格急剧攀升，几乎影响了所有美国人。This week, former Mass

2、achusetts governor Mitt Romney criticized President Obamas energy policy. In a newspaper commentary, he said the president has let prices rise while placing too many requirements on the energy industry.本周，前马萨诸塞州州长米特罗姆尼（Mitt Romney）批评了奥巴马总统的能源政策，他在报上发表评论，称总统给能源产业施加的要求过多，导致油价上涨。One issue in the politi

3、cal debate is a project proposed by the Canadian company Transcanada. Its Keystone XL pipeline would stretch more than three thousand kilometers from Alberta, Canada to several oil processing centers in the United States. If completed, the project would cost about thirteen billion dollars and transp

4、ort over one million barrels of oil a day.政治辩论中的议题之一就是加拿大公司Transcanada提出的一个项目。该公司的大号拱心石（Keystone XL）管道将从加拿大阿尔伯塔省延伸3千多公里一直到美国的几个石油加工中心。如果管道完成，该项目将耗资近130亿美元，每天运输超过100万桶石油。Republicans have criticized President Obama for delaying work on the oil pipeline. Last Saturday, Congressman Doc Hastings spoke fo

5、r the Republican Party to the American people. He said the party wants to use all of the nations energy resources. He called it an all-of-the-above approach. That includes both the Keystone XL pipeline and oil exploration in coastal waters.共和党批评奥巴马，称他延误了石油管道的建设。上周六，众议员达克海斯廷(Doc Hastings)代表共和党向美国人民发表

6、讲话，他说，共和党想利用本国所有的能源资源。他称其为所有途经原则（all-of-the-above approach），其中包括大号拱心石管道和近海石油勘探两个项目。DOC HASTINGS: Republicans have followed through on our all-of-the-above approach and passed through the house bi-partisan reforms that break down government barriers to our natural resources. While the president has c

7、losed off new areas for off-shore drilling, the House has passed legislation that would open the most promising areas off-shore to exploration and production.海斯廷：“共和党人已经遵循我们的all-of-the-above approach原则，通过了众议院两党改革，打破了政府在自然资源上的壁垒。虽然奥巴马总统封锁了离岸钻探新的区域，但众议院已经通过立法，将打开最具前景地区的离案勘探和生产。”On Wednesday, the presi

8、dent spoke at a Daimler Truck factory in North Carolina. He said more oil exploration is not an easy answer to the nations energy problems.上周三，奥巴马在北卡罗莱纳州的戴姆勒卡车工厂发表讲话，他说石油开发并不是解决本国能源问题的好办法。BARACK OBAMA: As a country that has two percent of the worlds oil reserves, but uses twenty percent of the world

9、s oil-Im going to repeat that-weve got two percent of the worlds oil reserves, we use twenty percent. What that means is, as much as were doing to increase oil production, were not going to be able to drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices.奥巴马：“虽然美国只有全世界2%的石油储备，但却消耗了全世界石油产量的20%，我想再重复这一点

10、：我们的石油储备占全世界的2%，却用了20%。这意味着，无论怎么增加石油产量，都不可能找到解决高油价的途径。”Workers at the North Carolina factory build alternative fuel vehicles. Mr. Obama told them that new sources of energy mean more jobs.北卡罗莱纳州工厂的工人生产替代燃料汽车。奥巴马先生告诉他们，新能源意味着更多的就业机会。BARACK OBAMA: We cant just rely on fossil fuels from the last centur

11、y. Weve got to continually develop new sources of energy and thats why weve made investments that have nearly doubled the use of clean, renewable energies in this country. And thousands of Americans have jobs because of it.奥巴马：“我们不能只依靠上世纪的矿石燃料，必须继续开发新能源，也因为这个原因，我们进行投资，使本国的清洁、可再生能源翻倍。数千名美国人也因此有了工作机会。

12、”The president has called for tax breaks on clean energy vehicles and urged local governments to buy them. Mister Obama has also called for cutting costs. Last week, he asked lawmakers to end four billion dollars in support for the oil and gas industries.奥巴马总统呼吁对清洁能源汽车进行税收减免，并督促地方政府购买清洁能源汽车。奥巴马先生还呼吁削减成本。上周，他要求国会结束对石油和天然气行业40亿美元的支持。