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in the global pecking order  世界强弱秩序

on average  平均

I think it will take only three to four years for China to overtake Japan as the second-largest economy in the world

gross domestic product   国内生产总值

exchange rates 汇率

The revision comes as China's export-driven economy struggles to reverse a slump caused by global turmoil and prevent already simmering social unrest over lost export-related jobs.

revise estimate

stimulus package

cut fuel prices and a tax on auto sales

Germany's 85 million people were still far ahead of China in GDP per person in 2007 at $38,800

per capita GDP

the country has wide disparities of wealth and poverty

Then-supreme leader Deng Xiaoping set China on the road from communist central planning to a market-style economy in 1979

International Monetary Fund. 国际货币基金会

Over three decades, hundreds of millions of people have lifted themselves out of poverty and major cities have been transformed into forests of skyscrapers and modern apartment blocks, with streets jammed with private cars.  林立

manufacturing layoffs 下岗工人

the Great Depression 经济大萧条

president-elect  已当选而尚未就职的总统,总统当选人

Social Security 社会保障,社会保险

benefit programs  保险/救济计划

implement  使生效, 贯彻, 执行

statement  声明, 陈述；结算单, 报表

health care 卫生保健

priority 优先权, 重点

tax breaks  tax cut 减税，减税优惠      tax relief 税收减除,减轻税收负担

business tax  营业税  tax credit 课税扣除 税收抵免 

alternative energy source 另类能源   alternative (a)两者择一的, 供替代的；不寻常的, 非传统性的  (n) 取舍, 抉择, 可供选择的事物

anti-recession spending   对抗经济危机的花销（资金）

cope with 对付…

state budget cuts 国家财政预算削减

unemployment benefits 失业津贴   food stamp 发给失业者或贫民的粮票

increase spending 增加投入  

expanded worker retraining programs  扩大的人员再培训计划

A written summary  书面摘要

mass transit  公共交通，公共运输

At first glance 一看就; 初看, 乍看起来

Prosperity 幸运; 顺利；兴旺, 繁荣

Trillion  (尤美、法)万亿, 兆

Democrats hold expanded majorities in both houses as the result of last fall's elections, and enactment of the stimulus measure is scarcely in doubt.

make clear  解释

working couple 夫妻都工作的 双职工

middle- to upper-income taxpayers 中高收入者

avoid self-inflicted setbacks 不折腾

pre-inauguration celebration 就职典礼仪式

take office 就职

take office

prevail  说服, 劝说；诱使；盛行, 流行；获胜; 占优势

tens of thousands   好几万

Arlington National Cemetery  〈美〉阿林顿国家公墓(在弗吉尼亚州)

Lincoln Memorial  林肯纪念碑

Washington Monument

civil rights 民事权利,公民权利

high point  顶点，极限；最精彩部分；最值得回忆的部分

the soon-to-be first family  即将成为的第一家庭

an inaugural address 就职演说

responsibility and accountability  责任和义务

economic recovery 经济复原 经济复苏

troop withdrawal from Iraq 从伊拉克撤军

set in motion  提议？

code of ethics 职业道德，道德准则，道德规范

With the economy weak and growing weaker

I think it's fair to say that it's going to take not months but years to really turn this around

recede into the background  失势,不再重要

swearing-in 使宣誓就职

find that common ground  寻找共同点

Secretary of State  部长，国务秘书,〈美〉国务卿

oath-taking, inaugural speech, parade and other festivity 宣誓就职演说 检阅（游行）  庆典（庆祝活动）

economic collapse  经济崩溃    economic decline  经济衰退

en route   在途中 <adv.>

For the most part  多半; 就绝大部分而言

emphasize the theme of community service   强调社会服务的主题

issue a statement   发表声明

take command of 开始担任…的指挥

above all  首要的是，尤其        in the first place 首先 从一开始

in the midst of   入…之中,在…的中途

And yet it was by confronting so clearly all that frightens and threatens us that Obama could issue his challenge

we understand that greatness is never a given，It must be earned.

reform bad habits and do our business in the light of day

restore the vital trust 重塑必不可少的信心

seeks a future of peace and dignity,  追寻一个和平与尊严的未来

we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly  对于责任我们非但不是拒绝，而是乐于承担

You cannot change what you will not confront,  你不会改变你不敢面对的任何事