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听力文本
According to Reuters, U.S. government agencies that have been close for five weeks during a budget standoff
据路透社报道，美国政府机构在这次预算僵局中关闭了五个星期后，
said that they were moving swiftly to resume operations and compensate employees for missed paychecks.
他们正迅速采取行动恢复政府运作，并补偿员工的工资损失。
The White House held a conference call with Cabinet department financial officers late Friday to discuss the resumption of government operations.
星期五晚间，白宫方面与美国内阁财政官员举行了电话会议，讨论了恢复政府运作的问题。
The partial government shutdown, at 35 days the longest in U.S. history - led to some 800,000 federal workers going unpaid.
这次美国政府部分关门35天，是美国历史上最长的一次，它导致大约80万联邦工作人员拿不到工资。
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词汇解析
1、hold a conference举行会议
The United States has not. In six months, the United Nations will hold a conference in Copenhagen to discuss a new agreement.
再过半年，联合国将在哥本哈根召开新的国际会议，讨论达成新的公约。
2、lead to导致
If this is true, there is no particular reason to hope that more education will lead to a more democratic world.
假如真是这样的话，就不存在特别的原因希望更好的教育导致一个更加民主的世界。
