Cabinet officials 内阁官员
cabinet一般指橱柜，大写指内阁
members of congress 国会议员
Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act 保护公共安全部门雇员退休权益的法令
Trade Preferences Extension Act 2015贸易优惠延长法案
hard-won bills 艰难通过的、来之不易的法令
bill和act做名词都有法案的意思
He hailed (致敬 v，注意这个意思) the bipartisan cooperation that was needed to get the legislation through Congress. 他向两党为了使得这一立法通过国会的合作致以敬意。
An intense lobbying campaign pitted the president against (与 xxx 较量、 pit A against B 使A与B对立) congressional Democrats and created a rare alliance with Republicans. 强大的游说运动帮助总统与国会中的民主党人士抗衡，并使得总统与共和党之间建立难得的联盟关系。
competitive edge 竞争优势 （锋利）
lobbying campaign 游说运动
This legislation will help turn global trade, which can often be a race to the bottom, into a race to the top (竞优)
a race to the bottom，竞次，指的是通过剥夺劳动、耗费资源、损坏环境而达到增长的做法
The trade promotion authority legislation, also known as fast track, is expected to speed through completion of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations with 11 other Pacific Rim nations in the coming weeks. 贸易促进授权法案，也被称作快速通道法案，预计将在未来数周内加快美国及其他11个环太平洋国家之间的“泛太平洋伙伴关系”的谈判完成速度。
The Senate approved the legislation Wednesday, following the House of Representative’s authorization. 继众议院批准之后，参议院于上周三通过了此法案。
Senate 参议院 上议院
the House of Representative 众议院 下议院
Greek authorities on Friday unilaterally ended negotiations to extend the financial assistance that’s set to expire June 30 and called for a referendum on the proposed reforms needed to get the loans. 周五，就即将于6月30日到期的经济援助进行延长一事，希腊当局单方面终止了谈判，并随后号召，就是否要实行提议的改革计划以此来获得援助贷款一事，举行 一场全民公投。
Eurogroup members, minus Greece, （出去希腊之外） said in a joint statement Saturday
The European Central Bank is set to meet on Sunday amid fears that (在……恐慌当中) Greece’s banks will be unable to open Monday, while Germany said the eurozone would do “everything” to protect contagion through the single currency. （通过单一货币制度阻止债务危机蔓延)
the people must decide free of any blackmail. 注意free of xxx是否定，不接受xxx的意思。人们必须决定不接受任何妥协。blackmail 敲诈，勒索
repay nearly $2 billion in loans to the International Monetary Fund 偿还接近20亿美元的债务给国际货币基金组织。
in loans to 欠xxx的债
impose withdrawal limits to keep deposits in the country 政府为了保持国有存款而强迫设定取款限额
congressional hearing国会听证会
double-digit figures两位数数字
go downhill每况愈下，下坡路，衰退
state-owned enterprises国营企业
signs of stagnation停滞预兆、迹象
economic collapse经济崩溃
stay stuck保持停滞
flow into流入
alienate疏远，离间
stall熄火，停止(虽然翻译很粗暴，但着实很形象)
ferment 发酵→动乱
fade衰退，褪色(impact影响的减弱，生动形象～
recede退回，减弱
eclipse侵蚀，黯然失色
download引文信息的citition按钮需要点击，如果不用按键精灵，一切都希望靠python解决，能否办到呢，答案肯定是可以的。参考：http://www.cnblogs.com/fnng/archive/2013/05/29/3106515.html
前期安装非常easy，centos安装了python-installtools，pip官网google一下就可以找到源码包。