【正文】 morrow – cars like the plugin hybrid Chevy Volt that can run 40 miles before taking a sip of Michigan, an advanced battery industry is taking root that will power clean electric cars – an industry that produced only 2 percent of the world’s advanced batteries last year, but will now be able to produce as much as 40 percent in a little over five ’s real ’s no doubt that we have a long way to go and a lot of work to do before folks here and across the country can feel whole what’s important is that we’re finally beginning to see some of the tough decisions we made pay if we had listened to the cynics and the naysayers – if we had simply done what the politics of the moment required – none of this progress would have , even as these icons of American industry are being reborn, we also need to stand shouldertoshoulder with America’s small businessmen and women, as wellparticularly since they’re the ones who create most of the new jobs in this we work to rebuild our economy, I can’t imagine anything more monsense than giving additional tax breaks and badlyneeded lending assistance to America’s small business owners so they can grow and ’s what we’re trying to do with the Small Business Jobs Act – a bill that has been praised as being good for small businesses by groups like the Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent ’s a bill that includes provision after provision authored by both Democrats and yesterday, the Republican leaders in the Senate once again used parliamentary procedures to block , a majority of Senators support the ’s just that the Republican leaders in the Senate won’t even allow it to e up for a isn’t I’m calling on the Republican leaders in the Senate to stop holding America’s small businesses hostage to politics, and allow an upordown vote on this small business jobs a time when America is just starting to move forward again, we can’t afford the donothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us won’t stand here and pretend everything’s know that times are what I also know is that we’ve made it through tough times we’ll make it through men and women hard at work in this plant make me absolutely confident of to all the naysayers out there, I say this: Don’t ever bet against the American we don’t take the easy way ’s not how we deal with ’s not how we build this country into the greatest economic power the world has ever did it by summoning the courage to persevere, and adapt, and push this country forward, inch by ’s the spirit I see in this plant today, and as long as I have the privilege of being your President, I will keep fighting alongside you until we reach a better .第二篇：奧巴馬每周電臺演講奧巴馬每周電臺演講附視頻： Pushing Forward on JobsFollowing the best jobs numbers since 2007, the President recognizes that such trends are cold fort to those who are struggling and pledges to continue pushing forward towards positive job Obama looks back at the Jobs Forum he hosted days before and looks ahead to further emphatically restates why he ran for President in the first place: “to fight for a country where responsibility is still rewarded, and hardworking people can get ahead.” 在2007年以來最好的就業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)發(fā)布后，總統(tǒng)認識到這樣的趨勢對于那些正在掙扎中的人們并無實際意義，并保證繼續(xù)推進就業(yè)積極增長。numbers that tell a story about how America’s economy is faring ，我都會向你們談起勞工部關于上個月創(chuàng)造或失去的就業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)的定期報告，數(shù)據(jù)講述了美國經濟總體進展情況如何。But for those who were laid off last month and the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in this recession, a good trend isn’t good don’t buy the don’t pay the rent or a college don’t fulfill the need within each of us to be productive, to provide for our families, to make the most of our lives, to reach for our ，一個好的趨勢是不夠的。因為復蘇行動和我們采取的若干措施，我們不再面對可能崩潰的金融體系或是第二次巨大衰退。被這次殘酷的衰退所刺痛，仍然營業(yè)的企業(yè)對增加工人仍然謹慎。為了他們，我決定盡我所能加快我們的進程，以再一次實際增加就業(yè)。On Friday, I spent the day in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and met with workers and small business owners stopped by a steel pany called Allentown Metal Works, and spoke at Lehigh Community visited folks at a job placement center, and stopped by a shift change at stories and concerns I heard mirrored the countless letters I receive every single they speak louder than any statistic or government folks in Allentown – and in all the Allentowns across our country – are the most dedicated, productive workers in the they’re asking for is a chance, and a fair ，我在賓夕法尼亞的艾倫鎮(zhèn)度過，并在遇到了工人和小商業(yè)主。我們比任何統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)和政府報告都說的大聲。在接下來的日子里，隨著我們逐漸擺脫這次經濟風暴，我將要針對加快就業(yè)增長和雇傭拋出更多的想法。and to deal with the mounting federal ，我決定履行責任，長期增強我們的經濟。我們采取這些措施是因為他們是必須的。我是為了在一個國家里責任仍然是一種獎賞，努力工作能獲得成功而奮斗。因為可承受的醫(yī)保，將有三百多萬年輕的成人通過父母的險種獲得醫(yī)保。That’s all part of this law, and it’s here to ，就在眼前。我們已經部分地兌現(xiàn)了我們的承諾，我們要繼續(xù)努力直到全部完成這個大業(yè)。 viɡeit?]video；領航員；駕駛員coverage[39。 enroll[in39。ses]video，纏住；使…著迷；使…困擾insurer[in39。 wish I’d had more time 我希望我有更多的時間Many people say time speeds up as we six weeks of summer holidays we had as kids certainly seemed to 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exuberant 繁茂的；生氣勃勃的，充溢的bold 大膽的，英勇的；黑體的；厚顏無恥的；險峻的 inquisitive 好奇的；好問的