首页
登录
职称英语
How does Mrs. Faulkes respond to John’s query on the government’s not lowering t
How does Mrs. Faulkes respond to John’s query on the government’s not lowering t
游客
2023-10-13
12
管理
问题
How does Mrs. Faulkes respond to John’s query on the government’s not lowering taxes five years ago? [br]
M: In our radio car we have Geraldine Faulkes who is on the campaign trail. Now, Mrs. Faulkes, it’s only three weeks till the general election. How’s the campaign going?
W: Thank you, John. I’m fully confident that the Conservative Party will win this general election and that the people of this country will welcome five more years of good Conservative Government. Our economy is growing stronger and now is the right time for income tax cuts.
M: But you said you would lower taxes five years ago, but you didn’t, did you?
W: Our economic policies over the last five years have given us one of the strongest economies in Europe with some of the lowest rates. We said that we were going to lower interest rates at the last election and we have delivered our promise.
M: But I don’t think low interest rates are the same as lowering taxes. Why should we believe you on your promise to lower taxes this time?
W: The economy of the country is now very healthy, and now is the time.
M: Five years ago you said you were going to spend more money on healthcare, and you didn’t. Now we have fewer hospitals and waiting lists are enormous. Hospitals are also understaffed.
W: In the last five years we have spent more on the healthcare system than the Labour government spent in their last 10 years.
M: But the Labour Party was in power over 12 years ago and with inflation and the higher cost of living you can’t really compare spending 12 years ago and today, can you? Then what would a new Conservative government do to tackle unemployment?
W: Unemployment has been falling steadily over the last five years thanks to our training schemes.
M: But those schemes just keep young people out of the unemployment statistics for a few months. Very few of them get jobs in the end. In fact, all you did was to play with the statistics to make it look as if unemployment was falling. Well, what about more action on poverty?
W: By reducing government handouts we have encouraged people to find themselves jobs. We believe in making people independent. There are jobs if they look hard enough.
M: And what about your party’s attitude to Europe? There’s been a lot of argument in the party recently about whether we should have closer links with Europe.
W: There’re no divisions within the Conservative Party. We’re united in our belief that we will maintain close links with Europe in the future. But a close relationship with Europe doesn’t mean that we will hand over government of this country to a central European government.
M: We’ve run out of time. Thank you very much, Mrs. Faulkes.
W: Thank you.
选项
A、It helped a lot, but it didn’t solve unemployment.
B、It was a trick the government played and couldn’t solve the problem.
C、It was only carried out for a few months and few people got jobs in the end.
答案
B
解析
在评价training schemes时,John说到all you did was to play with the statistics to make itlook as if unemployment was falling。所以他认为政府的这一小把戏并不能解决实际问题。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3093254.html
相关试题推荐
Therespondentworkson______.[br][originaltext]A:Excuseme,I’msorrytob
Therespondentworkson______.[br][originaltext]A:Excuseme,I’msorrytob
Therespondentworkson______.[br][originaltext]A:Excuseme,I’msorrytob
TheAustralianfederationhasa______systemofgovernment.A、two-tierB、three-t
AccordingtotheBBCcorrespondent,theGreeksareworriedthatAnnanhasoffere
AccordingtotheBBCcorrespondent,theGreeksareworriedthatAnnanhasoffere
TheAustralianfederationhasa______systemofgovernment.A、two-tierB、three-tie
______isthecoreleadershipcommitteeoftheBritishgovernment.A、ParliamentB
美国政府日前开始督促电视、报纸和杂志停止刊登诸如“想吃就吃,照减不误”、“在睡眠中减肥”等误导性广告标语。(deceptive)Thegovernmenti
AccordingtotheBBCcorrespondent,theGreeksareworriedthatAnnanhasoffere
随机试题
说明:根据下面内容写一封投诉信。写信日期:2012年3月20日。投诉人:陈明投诉对象:百货公司投诉商品:Smith啤酒投诉原因:过了保质期,包
Menseemtohavealwaystakeaninterestinmeteorites(陨星),but【C1】______th
Run,Rabbits,RunFromGreenwichtot
Thenewlyunemployedhavedifferentattitudestowardsnewjobs.Complaining
某地第七建设工程有限公司以总承包身份承建当地和平饭店建设项目,并将建筑起重机械的
在长跑运动中出现“第二次呼吸”,表明人体肌能水平已经达到()。A.进入工作状态
下列各项,属经间期出血常见证候的是A.肝郁证 B.肾气虚证 C.肾阳虚证
有一成片荒地需要估价。获知该成片荒地的面积为2km2,适宜进行“五通一平”的开发
不属于识别HLAⅠ类分子的NK细胞受体是A.KIR3DL B.KIR2DL
在招标的资格预审阶段,在“资格预审”中可以()。A.要求投标人必须组成联合体投
最新回复
(
0
)