VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：0402A.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家00:00.07This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 00:05.94It has been one year since President Obama signed the economic recovery bill aimed at pulling the country out of recession. 00:16.97The new bill promised jobs - including many in the nuclear energy industry.00:24.74On

2、Tuesday, the president announced plans for the government to guarantee more than eight billion dollars in loans for 00:36.03two new nuclear energy centers in the state of Georgia.00:40.14The Southern Company plans to build the nuclear power centers with the first starting operations in twenty sixtee

3、n.00:50.58Mister Obama announced the plan at a job training center in Lanham, Maryland. 00:58.31The message was that nuclear energy projects will create jobs.01:04.51BARACK OBAMA: It is a plant that will create thousands of construction jobs in the next few years, and some eight hundred permanent jo

4、bs - 01:12.62well paying permanent jobs - in the years to come.01:15.64On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve predicted that unemployment will remain near current levels through the year. 01:25.32The present rate is nine point seven percent. The central bank said unemployment could remain high for the ne

5、xt two years.01:37.17President Obama has received sharp criticism from Republicans over the lack of progress in job creation.01:46.87The seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is also unpopular because of its cost. 01:59.02Critics say the money is being spen

6、t too slowly with less than sixty percent being spent so far. 02:07.70But the administration said the measure has saved or created two million jobs.02:16.37By supporting nuclear energy, the president may be seeking common ground with Republicans who have called for building 02:26.12as many as one hu

7、ndred new nuclear power centers. 02:30.08Mister Obama has linked clean energy with economic growth. 02:36.33He also warned that the United States is falling behind in developing nuclear energy. 02:44.34BARACK OBAMA: There are fifty-six nuclear reactors under construction in the world: 02:49.11twenty

8、-one in China alone, six in South Korea and five in India. 02:55.62The United States has not built a new nuclear power plant in nearly thirty years. 03:02.85American public opinion about nuclear energy has been mixed. 03:08.67In recent years, public opinion studies show more than half of Americans approve of nuclear energy with greater support among men than women. 03:21.68About one-fifth of the nations electricity is generated by nuclear power.03:29.07And thats the VOA Special English Economics Report. Do you have a question about an economic issue? 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！