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小编给你一个美联英语官方免费试听课申请链接： /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供： 特鲁多在乔治·布朗学院的演讲 Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming out today. Yesterday, as you all know, was the launch of our 2017 budget, and Id like to say a few words about that before I take your questions. Weve delivered a budget that takes a realistic look at the challenges ahead. It reflects not only the financial realities but also the personal anxieties that so many Canadians are feeling, especially those in the middle class and those working hard to join it. I see a few of you smiling back there. Youve heard me refer to the middle class before, perhaps. Maybe you think, as some of our critics have said, that this is just politicking1, just a slogan. And I want to tell you today, its not just a slogan. These are real people were talking about. Millions of Canadians who work hard, who struggle, who worry about their children and their parents and their livelihoods2 and who frankly3 need a break. You might recall that I spent much of January on the road, meeting with Canadians in their communities. And one thing I heard over and over is that Canadians are worried about their future, their job opportunities, being able to pay their bills at the end of every month - expenses are increasing but their salaries are not. In every community I visited, I met parents who worry about the kinds of opportunities their kids have or will not have when they graduate from school. Thats what working Canadians - middle-class Canadians - are focused on and thats what weve focused on in this budget. To suggest that its just politics does our fellow citizens a disservice. To dismiss their legitimate4 worries as mere5 feelings, even more so. You cant spend any amount of time with Canadians, listen to them, actually hear them, and walk away thinking those feelings dont matter. They matter a lot to me, and to our government. The level of confidence that Canadians have in their economic future is important, espe