(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
According to Reuters.com, "U.S. Congress was set to reconvene on Wednesday with no sign of a workable plan to end a 12-day-old partial federal government shutdown
据路透社报道，美国国会将于周三再次召开会议，现在还没有迹象表明有可行的计划来结束持续了12天的联邦政府部分关门，
and President Donald Trump is not budging on his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding."
而且唐纳德·特朗普总统在他要求用50亿美金修建边境墙的事情上没有丝毫让步。
It is also set for Democrats to approve a two-part spending package that will stop the shutdown.
对民主党来说，他们需要通过一项包含两部分的支出议案来结束政府关门的状态。
Unfortunately, their odds are grim, because Republicans hold a majority in Congress.
不幸的是，这个议案通过的几率很低，因为现在国会中占多数的是共和党人。
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词汇解析
1、demand for对…的需求；
Demand for their goods and commodities is drying up as the great consumer market of the world – the US – folds its wallet.
对于他们货物和商品的需求正在干涸，因为世界上最大的消费市场——美国——合上了自己的钱夹。
2、no sign of没有…的迹象；
But inside there was only hay, and no sign of any Taliban.
但小屋里面只有一些干草，没有任何塔利班来过的迹象。
