CNN News：美政府關門危機再現(xiàn)

The U.S. government has a budget. It lays out what the government plans to spend on various programs and if Congress cannot agree on what that budget should be, a government shutdown is possible.

美國政府有財政預算。政府列出了計劃在各種項目上的支出，如果國會不能就預算問題達成一致，政府就有可能關門。

So, what would actually happen?

那么到底會發(fā)生什么呢?

Nothing for services that are considered essential. Air traffic control would continue operating. Government medical workers would stay on the job, along with border patrol officers. Security and defense would stay in place, though troops in the military might not get their paychecks until the government starts running again, though they would get back pay when it did.

沒有任何服務是必不可少的?？罩薪煌ü苤茖⒗^續(xù)進行。政府醫(yī)務人員將和邊境巡邏人員將繼續(xù)工作。雖然軍隊可能在政府重新開始運轉之前不會得到工資，但在政府重新開始運轉之前，安全與防御仍將繼續(xù)存在。政府開始運轉時，他們就會得到工資。

Civilian government employees could be sent home without pay.

文職的政府官員因為沒有薪水，可以回家。

What could actually shut down?

那么哪些機構將會被關閉呢?

National parks, the Smithsonian museums, the Education Department, though schools would stay open. Other government departments, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, they could all close.

國家公園，史密森尼博物館，教育部門，但學校會保持開放。其他政府部門，包括國家衛(wèi)生研究院、食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局、環(huán)境保護局，都可能會關閉。

Has the government shut down before?

政府以前關閉過嗎?

Yes, nearly 20 times in the past 40 years.

在過去的四十年關閉過將近20次。

When it would happen this time around?

那么這一次是什么時候發(fā)生呢?

Possibly on Friday night. The government`s budget runs 12 months from October 1st through the following September 30th. But when lawmakers couldn`t agree on the budget last fall, they started passing short term spending deals, which kept the government funded temporarily. The current one of those expires Friday at midnight.

可能是星期五晚上。政府的預算是12個月，從10月1日到次年9月30日，。但去年秋天，議員們無法就預算達成一致時，他們開始通過短期的支出協(xié)議，這讓政府暫時得到了資金支持。目前的一項將于周五午夜到期。

So, what are the hang-ups on a longer term budget?

那么長期預算存在什么問題呢?

Well, Democrats insist the budget should contain a solution for young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. Republicans insist the budget should contain more money for border security. And the White House insists on funding for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

民主黨人士堅持認為，預算應該包含針對那些非法來到到美國的年輕移民的解決方案。共和黨人士堅持預算應該包含更多的資金用于邊境安全。而白宮堅持要為美國和墨西哥之間的邊境墻提供資金。

Experts say that most Republicans and most Democrats do not want the government to shut down, and each side blames the other for the holdup.

專家們表示，多數(shù)共和黨人和民主黨人不希望政府關門，但是雙方將責任互相推諉。

But if they can`t reach an agreement on either a full budget or another temporary one to delay a shutdown, one could happen starting this weekend.

但是，如果他們不能就全部預算或另一個臨時協(xié)議達成協(xié)議，那么本周末政府就會關門。