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2024考研英语同源外刊5月:美国面临着一场债务噩梦

On a wall in Manhattan, not far from Times Square, America’s debt clock ticks higher, from $3trn when it was inaugurated in 1989 to more than $31trn today. After climbing for so many years with no obvious economic fallout, it is easy to ignore, not least because it was moved from its location on a busy street corner to a quiet passageway. But its relentless climb is suddenly a risk to the global economy. That is because its numbers are now butting up against America’s debt ceiling—a device as manufactured as the clock itself, though one that presents a far graver danger.

在曼哈顿离时代广场不远的一面墙上，美国的债务时钟滴答作响，自1989年以来，该时钟的数字一直在不断攀升，从起初的3万亿美元增加到如今的超过31万亿美元。经过这么多年的攀升，却没有明显的经济影响，人们很容易忽视它，尤其是它从繁华的街角搬到了安静的通道上。然而，这个时钟的持续上升现在对全球经济构成了威胁，因为它逼近了美国的债务上限。债务上限是一个类似于时钟的人为装置，但它可能带来更严重的后果。

The debt ceiling is the amount Congress has authorised America’s government to borrow in order to meet its basic obligations, from providing medical insurance to paying military salaries. The current ceiling for gross debt is $31.4trn (117% of GDP), and America is careening towards it. On May 1st Janet Yellen, the treasury secretary, warned that the government was set to exhaust its cash reserves and run out of budgetary gimmicks as soon as June 1st.

债务上限是国会授权美国政府借款以履行其基本职责的金额，例如提供医疗保险和向军人支付薪水。目前，总债务上限为3.14万亿美元(占GDP的117%)，美国正在加速实现这一目标。5月1日，美国财政部长珍妮特·耶伦表达了她的担心，称政府较早可能在6月1日耗尽其现金储备并耗尽预算资金。

At this point, America would face either a sovereign default or swingeing cuts to state spending. Either outcome would be devastating for global markets. A default would undermine faith in the world’s most important financial system; big budget cuts could trigger a deep recession. Even if Congress manages to raise the debt ceiling before anything so dire happens, its flirtation with disaster serves as a warning about the deterioration of America’s fiscal health and the difficulty of recovering it.

此时，美国要么面临主权违约，要么面临大幅削减政府开支。任何一种结果都将对全球市场造成毁灭性打击。违约将削弱人们对全球较重要金融体系的信心;大幅削减预算可能引发严重的经济衰退。即使国会设法在如此可怕的事情发生之前债务上限，它对灾难的一时参与也警告了美国财政健康状况的恶化和恢复的困难。

 

单词

debt/det/ n. 借款;欠款;债务;

nightmare/ˈnaɪtmer/ n. 噩梦;可怕的经历;难以处理之事;

Manhattan/mənˈhætən/ n. 曼哈顿岛(美国的一个区);

not far from 离…不远;

tick/tɪk/ vi. 发出滴答声;滴答地走时;

inaugurate/ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/ vt. 为…举行落成仪式;开创;

fallout/ˈfɔːlaʊt/ n. 后果，余波;(核爆炸后的)放射性坠尘;

not least 尤其;相当重要地;

passageway/ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ/ n. 通道;走廊;

relentless/rɪˈlentləs/ adj. 不停的，不间断的;

butt/bʌt/ vi.(使)毗连，相邻;

debt ceiling 债务上限;

manufacture/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/ vt. 制造，加工;

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