UScomestostandstillingovtshutdown.pptVIP

Read the passage again and work with your partner to summarize all the new ideas about travel in this article. * * US comes to standstill in govt shutdown Issue.1025 October 9, 2013 Think outside the box for travel fun on a budget Group Discussion General Questions Detailed Study US comes to standstill in govt shutdown Group Discussion How much do you know about American politics? Talk with your group partners about the following keywords. Democratic Party Republican Party Congress More about US. Politics Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.Why were Chinese tourists visiting US disappointed this National Holiday? 2.Why did the writer say Washington DC was a dismal sight? Because around 800,000 federal employees have been asked to take unpaid leave until further notice. It’s a dismal sight in Washington DC — the formerly bustling streets are quiet and the lights in office buildings are off. Because hundreds of national parks were closed due to a federal government shutdown, which started on Oct 1. General Questions 3.What caused the shutdown of US government? 4.What lied behind the money problem? The two houses of Congress (the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives) failed to agree on a new budget before the fiscal year started on Oct 1. General Questions But what lies behind the money problem is that the House of Representatives insisted on delaying US President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform for another year as a condition for passing the spending bills.  5. How will the shutdown influence US. economy ? 6. What other troubles have the shutdown caused according to the writer? The shutdown is expected to deal a heavy blow to the US economy. The US dollar fell early on Oct 1. The BBC cited Goldman Sachs, an investment banking and securities firm, as estimating that a three-week shutdown could shave as much as 0.9 percent from the U