漫畫侃英語

1. Minimum Wage 最低工資標準

The Federal minimum wage in the U.S.A was recently raised to $6.55 per hour. However ，with prices rising from oil，gas，and the redit crisis，many Americans feel that the country is entering recession.

美國聯邦最低工資最近上漲到每小時6.55美元。然而，由于油價和天然氣價格的上漲及信用危機的出現，很多國人認為這個國家的經濟正陷入一片蕭條。

2. Big Oil Profits 大石油公司的利潤

Record earnings for Exxon， the world's largest publicly traded oil company， have become routine as the surge of oil prices in recent years has filled its coffers. The company's income for the second quarter rose 14 percent， to $11.68 billion， compared to the same period a year ago. Shell， Europe's largest oil company， reported a 33 percent increase in second-quarter profit， to $11.56 billion， from $8.67 billion in the period a year ago.

埃克森是世界最大的上市石油貿易公司，自近年來石油價格飆升以來，囊袋豐潤，一個個創紀錄的收入額已不足為怪。該公司第二季度的收入額與去年同期相比上升了14%，高達116億8千萬。殼牌是歐洲最大的石油公司，報道稱其第二季度利潤增加了33%，從去年的86億7千萬增長到115億6千萬。

3. Local MO-Obama's Web 密蘇里——奧巴馬的網站

The Obama campaign launched a new website， LowRoadExpress.com， to answer the barrage of 1， negative attacks launched by the McCain campaign. \"The Low Road Express\" is a new website that will document and factcheck the McCain campaign's misleading and increasingly negative ads. At LowRoadExpress.com the Obama campaign will correct the record and factcheck the barrage of 1 attacks the McCain campaign continues to launch. Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign said Obama is desperate to win Missouri.

奧巴馬競選陣營建立了一個網站，LowRoadExpress.com，用來對付麥凱恩競選陣營對奧巴馬進行的一系列言論攻擊，“The Low Road Express”是一個新網站，旨在證實麥凱恩競選陣營的宣傳活動具有誤導性并且愈來愈消極。在這個網站中奧巴馬陣營將會糾正麥凱恩陣營對其持續進行的一系列言論攻擊。共和黨總統候選人麥凱恩陣營稱奧巴馬極力想贏得密蘇里競選。

4. Karl Rove In Contempt Of Congress 卡爾#8226;洛夫藐視國會

Karl Rove， who was President Bush's top political adviser， was subpoenaed by the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee to testify on his role in politicizing the Justice Department and in using the Department to selectively prosecute Democratic officials. He said that he wouldn't be showing up at the hearing， which was held on allegations of administration wrongdoing ranging from discriminating against liberals at Justice to ignoring subpoenas and lying to Congress.

作為布什總統的高級政治顧問卡爾#8226;洛夫，被由民主黨領導的國會公證委員會傳訊，要求承認其有意在司法部門搞政治活動，利用司法部門刻意起訴民主黨官員。卡爾#8226;洛夫說他不會出席聽證會，該聽證會指責他有錯誤政治行為，歧視司法部門的自由主義者及藐視國會傳訊，欺騙國會。