ISG100117 Transcribing NPR News

[Sherry Liao]

explore every avenue
Ex.: We should explore/pursue every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem.
Ex.: The president wants to explore every avenue towards peace in the region.

[Just JJ]

For me, this piece is the most difficult one of all the assignments this week. I revised it a little bit anyway. This is my version:

Portugal's Parliament has voted to allow same sex couples to marry. The country’s socialist prime minister describe the move as historic one that overturn long established discrimination. But the government sponsored legislation specifically bars same sex couple from adopting children. The socialist party and election manifest have included to legalize same sex marriage and it was government first political initiative in this parliament. Despite it's lacking an xxx trial majority in assembly passage

Despite it's lacking the entry majority in assembly passage.

I am gessing it's "entry".
I reckon this reporter has European accent.

[janet12tw]

President Obama says a disappointing job report released by the labor department yesterday is a reminder that the road to recovery is never straight. NPR Scott Horsely reports. US employers cut another 85 thousand workers from their payroll last month, want intend will be workers is looking for a job. All of the job picture is not nearly sober because a year ago this time December numbers were disappointment for President Obama. He promises to keep working every single day to get the economy moving again. We have to continue explore every avenue to accelerate to return the high rate. As part of that effots for the president annouces the winner of 2.3 billion dollars in tax credit, the government stimulate program to encourage the manufacturers of clean energy products. The chuwawa said the government had enough qualified africans to award three times that much. He wants congress to provide another 5 billion dollars to expand the tax credit. So clean energy companies can hire more workers. Scott Horsely in xxx, the White House.

Switzerland Federal Adiministrative court says the country financial regulator acted illegally when it turned over details of hundreds secret bank accounts to US investigators. Last Febulary, the regulators ordered Switz banking giant UBS to hand over information about 255 of US clients suspecting of taxivation. Mr. Swans reports from Geneva. The Swiz financial regulatosr says it consults the governemnt before handing over the files. It says it acted to save UBS from insolvency and criminal charges. But the Switz Federal Court Rules the regulators acted unilaterally and should not order UBS to hand over the files before and have received an offical request for assistance from Washington. In August, the governemnt gave into an intense pressure and agree to hand over details to the US revenue service of another 4 thousand and 5 hundred account holders suspecting of tax fraud. For NPR news, I am Lisa Surize in Geneva.

Vocabulary:

1. tax credit: an amount of money on which you do not have to pay tax. 扣抵稅額
2. taxivation/tax evasion: the general term for efforts to not pay taxes by illegal means.
3. insolvency 無力償還, 破產
4. US Revenue Service: 美国国家税务局

[jacksonwang]

Hello Sherry,

Thanks for your correction for my transcription.

Regards,
Jackson