练习 | FOX新闻:税收改革仍是特朗普总统首要任务

练习 | FOX新闻:税收改革仍是特朗普总统首要任务

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特朗普称不会改变退休账户激励措施

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FOX新闻:税收改革仍是特朗普总统首要任务
燕山大学 刘立军 宋葳 编写

TRANSCRIPT

Calling the retirement account incentive a great and popular middle class tax break that works, President Trump says there will be no change to that program.

It was an apparent response to reports Republican lawmakers are considering limiting how much you can deduct from 401k accounts.

Tax reform remains the top legislative priority for the President. He spoke with House Republicans during a conference call yesterday and is expected to meet with Senate Republicans at the Capitol tomorrow.

At the White House, Jared Halpern, FOX News.


VOCABULARY
1. incentive n. incentive (for/to sb./sth.) (to do sth.) something that encourages you to do sth. 激励;刺激;鼓励。例如:
tax incentives to encourage savings鼓励储蓄的税收措施
There is no incentive for people to save fuel. 没有使人们节约燃料的鼓励办法。

2. legislative n. (formal) connected with the act of making and passing laws 立法的;制定法律的。例如:
a legislative assembly/body/council立法议会 / 机构 / 委员会
legislative powers立法权

3. capitol n. 
(usually the Capitol) the building in Washington DC where the US Congress (= the national parliament) meets to work on new laws (美国)国会大厦
a building in each US state where politicians meet to work on new laws (美国)州议会大厦。例如:the California state capitol加利福尼亚州议会大厦

QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.

Calling the (1)__________________________ a great and popular middle class tax break that works, President Trump says there will be (2)__________________________ to that program.

It was (3)______________________________________ to reports Republican lawmakers are considering limiting how much you can deduct from 401k accounts.

(4)___________________________ remains the top legislative priority for the President. He spoke with House Republicans during (5)_________________________________ yesterday and is expected to meet with Senate Republicans at the Capitol tomorrow.

At the White House, Jared Halpern, FOX News.

KEY 

Calling the (1)retirement account incentive a great and popular middle class tax break that works, President Trump says there will be (2)no change to that program.

It was (3)an apparent response to reports Republican lawmakers are considering limiting how much you can deduct from 401k accounts.

(4)Tax reform remains the top legislative priority for the President. He spoke with House Republicans during (5)a conference call yesterday and is expected to meet with Senate Republicans at the Capitol tomorrow.

At the White House, Jared Halpern, FOX News.

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  • 来源:刘立军、宋葳 2017-11-27