广播电视英语短句 第 292 课：医疗保健-6

Three Democrats and three Republicans have been negotiating a bill for several months. 三个民主党人和三个共和党人已经就这个草案讨论了好几个月了。

Vice President Joe Biden says he expects health care legislation to be completed by November. 副总统乔 邦登说医疗保健法案能于本年 11月前完成。

President Obama notes that it was Theodore Roosevelt who first called for health care reform nearly a century ago. 奥提到说是罗斯福总统大约在一个世纪前就提出要医疗保健改革。

"I am not the first president to take up this cause," he said, "but I am determined to be the last." 我不是第一个从事这事业的总统，他说，但是我决心成为最后一个总统。