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第 209 课:国情咨文-1

President Obama gave his first state of the union speech Wednesday night. 星期三晚上,奥巴马总统发表了他就职后的第一份国情咨文。

He talked mostly about the economy, and he repeated some of his message the next day in Florida . 他主要谈到的是经济,并且第二天在佛罗里达他重申了他的一些观点。

His speech to both houses of congress followed a defeat last week for his democratic party. 他对参众两院的演讲伴随着上周他自己的民主党的失败。

The republicans won the special senate election in Massachusetts . 共和党赢得在马萨诸塞州的参议院特别选举。

They now have enough seats to block legislation in the senate. 现在他们在参议院拥有足够的席位以反对立法通过。