高中英语 CNN听力05月合辑（文本+翻译）0516素材.doc

cnn英语听力2012年05月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120516hi, im dr. shaquille oneal, and youre watching cnn student news.you know, fridays are awesome when i get to name-drop somebody like dr. shaquille oneal at the beginning of the show. he is going to be passing along some more information later on, but first up today, were looking at some economic options.we started this week with election results from france and greece. both countries are getting ready for a shift in political power. theyre not the only ones.more than half a dozen other european nations have had some change in government recently. and a lot of it has to do with how those countries leaders have handled economic struggles. ali velshi breaks down two different ways the governments can try to turn things around.growth is a very tricky value-laden word right now. every economy wants and needs growth. but there are many ways to get there. stimulus can produce growth. austerity can produce growth. cutting taxes can produce growth. its very tricky and not every example is the same.its hard to compare. some people hold austerity out on one side and stimulus out on the other, when in fact, most solutions probably lie somewhere in the middle.austerity is a program where a government cuts back on its spending. it either cuts back on benefits or payments to its citizens or payments to its businesses in order to get its debt under control. governments dont typically like to impose austerity, because voters dont like austerity.voters, citizens, like getting money. they like getting benefits from their government. they like to have retirement kick in at some point. so governments dont tend to impose austerity until its absolutely necessary. but in many cases, its to show creditors that a government has discipline. in many cases, its to balance the budget because no more money is available.in many cases, its about paying down debt because it would take too long to pay that debt down if austerity measures werent brought in.stimulus is when a government gets involved to transfer money or things like money to its citizens or its businesses to stimulate the economy. an economy works because theres demand. people work. they earn money.with that money, they go and buy things. with the money that they use to buy things companies expand, hire more people. those people have money. they go out and buy things. that is the virtuous circle of demand. well, the way you stimulate that is if people have money. that is stimulus. austerity is not stimulus.todays shoutout goes out to ms. obando and all the students and teachers at rachel carson middle school in herndon, virginia.what city hosted the first modern olympics? you know what to do. was it london, rome, athens or cairo? youve got three seconds, go.athens, greece, the birthplace of the ancient olympics, hosted the first modern games in 1896. thats your answer, and thats your shoutout.greece is always the starting point for one of the traditions associated with the olympic games.the tradition? the lighting of the olympic flame. this ceremony yesterday marked the start of a new olympiad. it was held in the ruins of an ancient temple in greece, with an actress playing the part of the traditional high priestess.after the flame was lit, it hit the road. the torch relay will wind its way toward the united kingdom over the next week. then itll go on an 8,000-mile journey around the country before it eventually arrives in london for this years summer games.in 2011, the unemployment rate for u.s. military veterans whod served on active duty in the past 10 years was 12.1 percent. thats higher than the overall u.s. unemployment rate, which is 8.1 percent. a new cnn documentary, vets wanted, looks at some veterans efforts to find jobs as they come back home.嗨,我是沙奎尔奥尼尔,你正在收看的是cnn学生新闻。你知道,周五都常非常棒,当我在节目伊始听到像奥尼尔博士这样的名字时顿时也感到自己的伟大。之后有他的更多信息,但首先,今天我们看一些经济选择。我们本周开始的是来自法国和希腊的选举结果。这两个国家正准备转变政治权力。而他们并不是唯一的。超过半数的其他欧洲国家最近政府已经有一些变化。很多都与这些国家的领导人处理经济问题有关。阿里威尔士从两个不同的方面分析政府正尝试扭转局势。增长现在是一个非常棘手的具有价值取向的词。每一种经济想要并需要增长。但有很多方法。刺激可以带来经济增长。紧缩政策可以带来经济增长。减税可以带来经济增长。这非常棘手，而每个例子都是相同的。这很难比较。一些人坚持紧缩而另外一些人则刺激,事实上,大多数的解决方案都可能只停留在中间。紧缩是政府削减其开支的一项计划。为了控制债务，它削减对其公民的福利或对企业的支付。政府通常不愿意实施紧缩政策,因为选民不喜欢紧缩政策。选民,市民喜欢得到钱。他们想从他们的政府那里获得好处。他们喜欢一些退休想法。所以,政府不倾向于实施紧缩政策,直到它是绝对必需的。但在许多情况下,这是显示给债权人政府的纪律性。在许多情况下,这都是为了平衡预算,因为没有更多可用的钱。在许多情况下,它是关于偿还债务,因为它会花太多时间来支付债务,如果没有带来财政紧缩措施。刺激计划是当一个政府介入以刺激经济的方式对公民或其企业转换或诸如金钱等的东西。因为有需求经济才会达到效果。人们工作。他们挣钱。用那笔钱,他们可以买东西。用这些钱来买东西,使得公司得到扩张,雇佣更多的人。那些人有了钱。他们继续买东西。这是需求的良性循环。嗯,你的刺激方式是人们是否有钱。这是刺激。紧缩不是刺激。今天的大喊答题节目环节是由佛吉尼亚赫恩登雷切尔卡尔森中学女士所有的学生和老师们提供。哪个城市举办第一届现代奥运会?你知道要做什么。是伦敦、罗马、雅典还是开罗?你有三秒钟的时间,3,2,1，现在揭晓答案。奥运会的发祥地希腊雅典在1896年举行第一届现代奥林匹克运动会。这是你的答案吗