星期五真是太棒了,
這個週五我們從引發美俄兩國之間緊張關係的幾篇文章開始。
上周俄羅斯總統普京在《紐約時報》上刊登了一篇觀點文章。
他批評了美國政府威脅對於敘利亞所進行的軍事打擊。
本周,長期美國參議員約翰·麥凱恩對此作出回應，麥凱恩一直大力支持美國對於敘利亞採取的軍事行動。
但他在俄羅斯真理報線上網站撰寫的文章將焦點直指俄羅斯總統。
這篇文章名為俄羅斯人民應該有比普京更好的總統。
他指責俄羅斯政府監禁對手,操縱選舉及控制這個國家的媒體。
昨天,普京總統表示自己沒注意到這篇文章。
但俄羅斯也就聯合國關於敘利亞化學武器的報告進行批判。
俄羅斯官員稱這一報告偏見,扭曲,而且建立在資訊不足基礎上。
俄方表示檢查人員需要回到敘利亞完成調查。
聯合國代表稱這份報告代表其自身。
回到美國，國會及部分美國政府關門大吉的可能性的期限正在臨近。
奧巴馬總統和國會成員直到這個月底將就聯邦政府的預算問題達成協議。
如果他們不能在接下來的十天內達成一致,政府關閉將於10月1日生效。
這其中牽涉幾個問題,包括像該國的債務限額及奧巴馬總統的醫療改革法案。
我們會更密切關注接下來的發展。
如果政府關閉,它不會完全關閉。
諸如空中交通管制及災難援助等等必不可少的功能仍然會運作。
但許多政府機構可能會關閉,博物館和公園將暫停開放。
成千上萬的聯邦雇員可能被遣散回家,沒有工資可拿。
這在以前就曾經發生過,在1990年代中期有兩個政府關閉。
最長的一個持續了21天。
美國政府會成為下一個嗎?
時間正在一秒一秒地流逝。
又到了大喊答題節目環節。
霍華德·舒爾茨時任什麼大公司的首席執行官?
如果你認為知曉答案,那麼就大聲說出來。
是星巴克,Facebook,沃爾瑪還是蘋果?
你有三秒鐘時間作答，3,2,1，喊出你的答案吧!
舒爾茨是全球近18000家門店星巴克的首席執行官。
你的回答正確嗎？這就是本期的大喊答題節目環節。
Fridays are awesome,
and this Friday we are starting with a pair of articles that are driving up tension between the United States and Russia.
Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an opinion piece for "The New York Times."
He was critical of the U.S. government for threatening a military strike against Syria.
This week, long time U.S. Senator John McCain responded, McCain has been a big supporter of U.S. military action in Syria.
But his opinion piece for the Russian Website "Pravda" was more focused on Russia's president.
It was titled Russians deserve better than Putin.
He accused the Russian government of imprisoning opponents, rigging elections and controlling the country's media.
Yesterday, President Putin said he wasn't aware of the article.
But Russia's did have some criticism for United Nations' report about chemical weapons in Syria.
Russian officials called the report "bias, distorted, and built on insufficient information."
Russia says the inspectors need to go back to Syria to finish their investigation.
U.N. Representatives say the report stands for itself.
Back in the United States there is a deadline looming in the nation's Capitol and the possibility of parts of the U.S. government going dark.
President Obama and members of Congress have until the end of this month to work at a deal on the federal government's budget.
If they can't reach an agreement over the next ten days, a government shutdown will kick in on October 1st.
There are several issues involved here, like the country's debt limit, and President Obama's health care reform law.
We'll look more closely at those as this story develops.
If the government shuts down, it won't shuts down completely.
Functions that are considered essential will still run, things like air traffic control and disaster assistance.
But many government offices would likely close, museums and parks would stop operating.
Thousands of federal employees could be sent home and not paid.
It's happened before, there were two government shutdown in the mid 1990s.
The longest one lasted 21 days.
Is the U.S. government heading for another?
The clock is ticking.
It's time for you to shout out.
Howard Schultz is the CEO of what major company?
If you think you know it, then shout it out!
Is it Starbucks, Facebook, Wal-Mart or Apple?
You've got three seconds, go!
Schultz is the chief executive officer for Starbucks, which has nearly 18,000 stores worldwide.
That's your answer and that's your "Shoutout."
