2014年大學(xué)專四英語聽力文本素材（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.

全國大多數(shù)政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人贊同必須提高債務(wù)上限，這場曠日持久的辯論不利于市場對經(jīng)濟的信心。但是經(jīng)過長時間的會議和不同解決方案之間的較量，協(xié)議仍然遙遙無期。奧巴馬稱，他希望未來幾天能夠打破僵局，敦促國會成員從更長遠的眼光考慮問題。