UK government borrowing lower than expected in June
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The UK government borrowed less money than expected in June.
英国政府在六月借的钱比预想的少。
This is good news.
这是一个好消息。
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants to help families.
新首相安迪·伯纳姆想要帮助家庭。
He wants to lower the cost of living for people.
他想降低人们的生活成本。
There is a gap between government spending and tax income.
政府支出和税收收入之间有差距。
This gap is government borrowing.
这个差距就是政府借款。
Total borrowing for June was 16 billion pounds.
六月的借款总额为一百六十亿英镑。
Borrowing last year was higher than this year.
去年的借款比今年多。
The unemployment rate remains steady.
失业率保持稳定。
However, the national debt is still very high.
但是，国家债务仍然很高。
The total debt is close to 3 trillion pounds.
债务总额接近三万亿英镑。
This is almost the value of the entire UK economy.
这几乎是整个英国经济的价值。
The government hopes to manage these debts well in the future.
政府希望未来能管理好这些债务。
This is an important economic challenge.
这是一个重要的经济挑战。
Vocabulary (English)
- 政府
- government
- 预想
- expected
- 首相
- prime minister
- 生活成本
- cost of living
- 差距
- gap
- 失业率
- unemployment rate
- 稳定
- steady
- 债务
- debt
- 接近
- close to
- 经济
- economy
- 挑战
- challenge
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