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Spending Cuts

Questions:

1 According to Osborne, what do UK must do to avoid the crisis happened in Greece?

2 What were new spending cuts that Osborne mentioned in his speech?

3 What was the principle that Osborne proposed in allocating benenfts?

4 When and where did the Conservative Annual Conference take place recently? What was the historical importance of this Conference?

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Vocabulary

重申

chóng shēn  

再次申明

削减

xuē jiǎn         

cut; to cut (spending, amount, etc)

赤字

chì zì  

deficit

濒临

bīn lín            

on verge of; close to

警惕

jǐng tì  

alert

果断

guǒ duàn      

decisive; resolute

福利

fú lì     

benefit

限额

xiàn é            

limit, cap (of number)

造势

zào shì          

make a publicity stunt