America Confirmed New Commerce Secretary

In Washington: The Senate Commerce Committee has opened the hearing(1) to confirm Donald Evans as the new Commerce Secretary. The Texas oil businessman was chief money raiser for the election campaign(2) of President-elect George W. Bush. In Texas, Mr. Bush has been holding a second day of talks with business leaders to discuss the economy. He has praised a surprised reduction(3) in interest rates by the American Central Bank on Wednesday. But he said his proposal to lower taxes would also help the economy. Mr. Bush wants to cut taxes by 1.3 million million dollars over 10 years.


听音瓶颈词汇

1. hearing[] n.听证会
2. campaign [] n.运动；竞选运动
3. reduction [] n.削减

听音高级短语

President-elect 已当选而尚未就任的总统

听音超级句型

…has been holding a second day of talks with…to discuss...
…同…举行了第二天…的会谈讨论…

美国确认新任商务部长

华盛顿消息：参议院商务委员会举行听证会确认了唐纳德•埃文斯出席新的商务部长。德州石油商人是乔治•W•布什总统竞选的主要经济资助人。在德州布什总统同商业领导人举行了第二天的经济论坛。他对美国中央银行星期三的利息率突然减低举措持赞成意见，认为其减税建议对经济也有帮助。布什先生希望在十年内削减税收一万三千亿美圆。