(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
India's new government is developing a plan to increase economic growth, which has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 20 years. The government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be more friendly to business, and it has promised greater chances for foreign investors.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently presented the new government's first budget. He said the government will work to increase growth after the Indian economy grew at only 5 percent each of the past two years.
Mr. Jaitley presented the annual budget six weeks after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power. The party is trying to find chances for the one million people who enter the workforce every year.
Mr. Jaitley said the new budget would set the government on a path to higher economic growth.
"The steps I will announce in the budget are only the beginning of a journey towards a sustained growth of seven to eight percent all about within the next three or four years, with the macro..." said Jaitley.
Indian and foreign investors closely watch the government's first budget. They wanted to see if Prime Minister Modi could raise business support in the country. He had been popular with the Business Community in Gujarat State where he served as Chief Minister.
The government did announce several economic reforms to show that it plans to aid business.
It raised limits for investors in two important industries - defense and insurance. The limits will increase from 26 percent to 49 percent. India is the world's largest arms buyer. The government promised a bigger part for private industry as the country tries to improve its roads, railroads, airports and other infrastructure. It also announced measures to help manufacturing.
The government says it will establish a simplified goods and services tax. The tax is meant to make it easier to do business across the country's 29 states.
Finance Minister Jaitley sought to ease investor concerns. The former government had raised tax claims of billions of dollars on several companies after changing tax laws to affect past income.
The Finance Minister also promised to control government spending. Mr. Jaitley said he will limit the budget deficit to four point one percent. After its election victory, the government now is under pressure to bring economic results.
And that's the VOA Learning English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter.
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词汇解释
1.facade n. 正面；表面；外观
The facade of the building was checkerboarded with black and white tiles.
建筑物的正面用黑白花砖砌成棋盘格图样。
2.arms n. 臂（arm的复数）；[军] 武器；纹章 v. 武装；配备（arm的三单形式）
There is a plentiful supply of arms on the black market.
黑市上有大量武器出售。
3.deficit n. 赤字；不足额
They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好在下一个财政年度削减联邦预算赤字。
内容解析
1.He said the government will work to increase growth after the Indian economy grew at only 5 percent each of the past two years.
work to 努力做某事
Counsellors worked to detoxify her.
顾问们工作以使她戒毒。
She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.
在我读大学期间，她打工挣钱来付租金。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
印度新政府正制定计划以发展经济，其经济已经下落到20多年来最低水平。印度人民党总理纳伦德拉·莫迪领导的政府有望对商业很友好，并承诺给外国投资者更多机会。
财长阿伦·杰特利最近推出新政府的第一个预算，他说过去两年印度经济每年只增长5%，因此政府将努力促增长。
在印度人民党执政的六周后，杰特利推出了年度预算。该党努力为每年进入劳动力大军的100万人寻找机会。
杰特利说新预算将使政府走上更高经济发展之路。
“我在预算中宣布的举措只是个开始，在未来三四年间印度经济将朝着7%到8%的持续增长迈进。”
印度和外国投资者们与政府的第一个预算密切合作，他们想看总理莫迪是否能提高该国的商业支持。在他曾担任首席部长的古吉拉特邦，他很受商界的欢迎。
政府确实宣布了几项经济改革来表示其意在帮助商业。
该预算提高了国防和保险两大行业的投资者限制，该限制将从26%提高到49%。印度是全世界最大的武器购买者，随着该国试图改善道路、铁路、机场等基础设施，政府承诺给私营企业发挥更多作用。同时宣布帮助制造业的措施。
政府称将更简化的商品和服务税，该税意在让全国29个州更容易从事商业。
财长杰特利希望缓和投资者的担忧，上届政府在修改税法以影响过去的收入后，曾对几家公司提出了征税数十亿美元的主张。
这位财政还承诺控制政府开支，杰特利说他将把预算赤字限制在4.1%。在获得选举胜利后，政府现在面临带来经济成果的压力。
这就是美国之音慢速英语经济报道，我是马里奥·利特。
