2014年大學(xué)專四英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力文本素材（10）

Most of the country’s political leaders agree that the debt ceiling must be raised and that this protracted debate is not good for economic confidence. But after long hours of meetings and with various competing solutions on the table, a deal is still not in sight. Barack Obama said he wanted to see the logjam broken in the next couple of days and urged members of Congress to think in ambitious terms.

全國(guó)大多數(shù)政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人贊同必須提高債務(wù)上限，這場(chǎng)曠日持久的辯論不利于市場(chǎng)對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)的信心。但是經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的會(huì)議和不同解決方案之間的較量，協(xié)議仍然遙遙無(wú)期。奧巴馬稱，他希望未來(lái)幾天能夠打破僵局，敦促國(guó)會(huì)成員從更長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的眼光考慮問(wèn)題。