专四考试资讯词汇精选：跛脚鸭(Lame duck)
<p> 跛脚鸭 <span word="Lame">Lame</span> <span word="duck">duck</span></p><p> 08年，赢得美国总统大选的侯任总统奥巴马已着手组建新政府。面临日趋严重的金融危机和对伊拉克及阿富汗作战，奥巴马希望能尽快确定政府主要成员，力争顺利完成政权交接。总统布什曾发表声明承诺，将全力协助政府的交接工作。</p><p> 请看外电的报道：</p><p> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="conferred">conferred</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Congressional">Congressional</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="a">a</span> $100 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="stimulus">stimulus</span> <span word="package">package</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lame">lame</span>-<span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="session">session</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 17 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="projects">projects</span>， <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="states">states</span>， <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span>， <span word="food">food</span> <span word="stamp">stamp</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="heating">heating</span> <span word="benefits">benefits</span>.</p><p> 奥巴马已经就总价值1000亿美元的经济刺激方案与国会领袖交换了意见，他希望该方案可以在本月17日举行的跛脚鸭国会会议上获得通过。这些资金将用于公共设施建设、对城市和州的援助、增加失业人士的福利、向低收入家庭派发食物券及供热补贴。</p><p> 上面的报道中，<span word="lame">lame</span>-<span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="session">session</span>就是指跛脚鸭国会会议，即新旧总统交接之间的国会会议。由于部分与会议员不会在下任国会出现，也许议员会对议题出现爱理不理的态度。</p><p> <span word="Lame">Lame</span> <span word="duck">duck</span>字面上看是跛脚鸭，它做名词常用来指无用的人，带有贬义，</p><p> 如：<span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="lame">lame</span> <span word="ducks">ducks</span>.（政府不应浪费资金去扶持那些无望的企业。）</p>
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