wangderer

What he's looking for is an exchange to lower the federal spending by the amount the debt limit has increased.

Question: How to understand the bolded part in the above sentence? It appears in NPR 2011-05-16. The whole passage is as follows: Political posturing is beginning in earnest over the federal debt limit. House Speaker John Boehner says there's no reason for negotiators to wait until the eleventh hour to reach an agreement. He says he's ready to cut a deal now. What he's looking for is an exchange to lower the federal spending by the amount the debt limit has increased.

Another question: what is political posturing? Is it just an assemly of politicians?

pickup-562

The former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted $1 million bail by a New York court. The court also ordered he be held under home detention with 24-hour electronic monitoring. Strauss-Kahn will have to spend another night in jail before he’s released.

上句中，“he be held ",不理解为什么要用be原形，是强调吗？

gafpeyes

虚拟语气省掉了should

ansion

2570# wangderer


(1)To my understanding, the federal spending should be lowered by a certain amount, which is expected to be equal to the amount the debt limit has increased by.

(2) According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
posturing [uncountable and countable]
formal

1
when someone pretends to have a particular opinion or attitude: He dismissed the Senator's comments as 'political posturing'.


As for political posturing, it means"taking a position on an issue strictly because it is politically advantageous to do so. For example, being against something solely because the other side is in favor of it."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081201115757AAKfD7o

gafpeyes

by这里意思是in the amount of啦...

dongdong7871

版主同志，，希望可以把视频分享到新浪微博啊

pickup-562

And the NRL State of Origin series kicks off tonight in Brisbane. The Queensland side is heavily favoured to build on the  five-series winning streak. And despite some injuries are sporting and experienced line-up. But the New South Wales Blues say they couldn’t be any better prepared.
昨天的AUnews中，上文中的黑体字我不太明白，请求翻译，谢谢。

ktdid

The Queensland side is heavily favoured to build on the five-series winning streak, and despite some injuries are sporting an experienced line-up.
人们普遍看好昆士兰一方会延续他们五届连胜的纪录，尽管有伤病困扰，他们仍拥有一套经验丰富的阵容。

ansion

2577# ktdid

多谢指正！
这句话我还是有点不懂，are的主语是什么，如果是the Queensland side不是应该是is吗？sporting在这里又该怎么理解？

gafpeyes

2577# ktdid  

多谢指正！
这句话我还是有点不懂，are的主语是什么，如果是the Queensland side不是应该是is吗？sporting在这里又该怎么理解？
ansion 发表于 2011-5-26 16:43

are的主语隐含在some里面.the Queensland side的确是is,是指整体.some injuries引出了队伍里某些人受伤了.为了对称some injuries,这里省略了they or the Queensland side所指的队伍名称,而英文里表达队伍名称时可以这样变化:例如UConn Husky=The Huskies,用The Huskies的时候be动词就用are了.sport这里应该是vt. to display or show off. 个人理解,仅供参考!

ktdid

sport => to wear, to display, to have, to possess, to feature, to boast (in a proud sort of way)
一个句子里同时出现单数和复数的动词是不太应该，但是中间隔得比较远，播音员还打了磕巴，我想也可以原谅吧
集合名词本身，例如球队、公司，既可以看作单数也可以看作复数，尤其是在英式英语里
有的时候有一定道理可讲，比如The Cabinet is divided (是一个整体才可以divide)，The Cabinet are agreed (两个人以上才谈得上agree)，有的时候就纯粹是个人喜好

gafpeyes

其实那也不是同一句子啦,and之后就第2句,不要and第2句独立起来也可以,只是主语省略了.

pickup-562

感谢在前面提供解答的各位。
An email naming and shaming Malcolm Turnbull for not turning up for some parliamentary votes has left some senior Liberals squirming. It’s reignited tensions between Mr Turnbull and his leader Tony Abbott. In an uncomfortable doorstop, Treasury Spokesman Joe Hockey denied there was a kerfuffle.

A special report in The Economist magazine describes Australian politics as a “non-stop Punch and Judy show”. [b]The less-than-flattering profile called “No Worries” describes the debate over asylum seekers as “hysterical stuff”. It says the current crop of Australian politicians couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding. But the report says there is some talent in our political ranks including Malcolm Turnbull and Labor Minister Greg Combet.
上面黑体字寻找翻译，谢谢

ansion

2582# pickup-562

An email naming and shaming Malcolm Turnbull for not turning up for some parliamentary votes has left some senior Liberals squirming.

一封电子邮件致使一些位居高位的自由党人陷入了局促不安之中。由于麦肯-滕博（Malcom Turnbull)数次未出席国会投票，该邮件对他点名批判，使其蒙羞。

In an uncomfortable doorstop, Treasury Spokesman Joe Hockey denied there was a kerfuffle.

乔-霍克（Joe Hockey)不情愿地被堵在门口，对闹剧予以了否认。

The less-than-flattering profile called “No Worries” describes the debate over asylum seekers as “hysterical stuff”.

这篇名为“无忧无虑（No Worries)"的人物综述并不怎么光彩。它将针对寻求避难者的讨论描述为“歇斯底里的话题”。

lanlan9088

He said the U.S. considered the opposition council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, stopping short of granting formal recognition.后半句啥意思捏？