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1、奥巴马演讲Address of the President Obama(0912) Weekly AddressThe White HouseSeptember 12, 2009On Wednesday, I addressed a joint session of Congress and the American people about why we need health insurance reform and what it will take to do it.Since then, Ive continued to hear from many Americans across

2、 the country about why this is so urgent and important.Ive heard from Americans who cant get health coverage; men and women who worry that one accident or illness could drive them into bankruptcy.And Ive heard from Americans with insurance who thought that the uninsured always referred to someone el

3、se but between skyrocketing costs and insurance company practices; theyre beginning to worry that they could find themselves uninsured too.Its an anxiety thats keeping more and more Americans awake at night. Over the last twelve months, nearly six million more Americans lost their health coverage th

4、ats 17,000 men and women every single day. Were not just talking about Americans in poverty, either were talking about middle-class Americans. In other words, it can happen to anyone.And based on a brand-new report from the Treasury Department, we can expect that about half of all Americans under 65

5、 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. If youre under the age of 21 today, chances are more than half that youll find yourself uninsured at some point in that time. And more than one-third of Americans will go without coverage for longer than one year.I refuse to all

6、ow that future to happen. In the United States of America, no one should have to worry that theyll go without health insurance not for one year, not for one month, not for one day. And once I sign my health reform plan into law they wont.My plan will provide more security and stability to those who

7、have health insurance; offer quality, affordable choices to those who currently dont; and bring health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government under control.First of all, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have insurance through your job, or Me

8、dicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in my plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have.What my plan will do is make the insurance you have work better for you. Well make it illegal for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing cond

9、ition, drop your coverage when you get sick, or water it down when you need it most. Theyll no longer be able to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or over a lifetime, and we will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses

10、because no one should go broke just because they get sick.Second, if youre one of the more than thirty million American citizens who cant get coverage, youll finally have quality, affordable choices. If you lose your job, change your job, or start your own business, you will be able to get coverage.

11、And as I have said over and over again, I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits period. This plan will be paid for. The middle-class will realize greater security, not higher taxes. And if we can successfully slow the growth of health care costs by just one-tenth of one percent eac

12、h year, it will actually reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the long term.Affordable, quality care within reach for the tens of millions of Americans who dont have it today. Stability and security for the hundreds of millions who do. Thats the reform we seek.We have had a long and important deba

13、te. But now is the time for action. Because every day we wait, more Americans will lose their health care, their businesses, and their homes but also the dreams theyve worked for and the peace of mind they deserve. They are why we have to succeed.So if youre willing to put country before party and t

14、he interests of our children above our own; if you refuse to settle for a politics where scoring points is more important than solving problems; and if you believe, as I do, that America can still come together to do great things then join us. Give us your help. And we will finally get health insura

15、nce reform done this year.练习口语的六种技巧-对雅思口语很有帮助来源: 新浪 时间: 2009年10月11日 有没有机会在美国生存、发展下去，关键是要看有没有机会去表达自己，和别人交流。如果你学的是哑巴英语，到了美国你将十分困难。而目前我们的大学英语教育是有缺陷的。学一种语言，交流是目的，而不是语言本身。我们往往把英语仅仅当做一门知识在学，从小学到大，到最后，还是不会说英语。语言的交流与掌握大量的词汇、句型、语法是两回事。就语言本身的知识来说，我们已经过关了。我们缺少的就是在交流中来运用英语，只有在交流中我们才能与对方进行思维密码的相互破译。同样的话在不同的语言交流环

16、境中所表达的意思是不一样的。我建议要把我们学习的目标收缩，把追求大而广的英语知识转化为追求一种定量性的技巧，我认为有6种技巧，是美国人和美国人之间交流的关键性东西，如果我们能掌握这6种技巧，就可以更好地理解美国人的思维，从而学好口语。第一，如何用英文简单界定一个东西的技巧。美国人和美国人交谈80是想告诉对方这个事物是什么。我们的课本尽管词汇难度不断加深，但思维逻辑结构却只停留在一个水平上。中国人常说Where is the book（这本书在哪儿）？很少有人说What is a book（书是什么）？而美国的小学生就开始问：What is the book？这种Where is the book只是思维的描述阶段。但是我想连大学生也很难回答What is a book？因为中国传统英语教学模式没有教会学生表达思想的技巧。第二，如果已经学会界定，但理解还有偏差，那就要训练How to exp