CNN News：美政府關(guān)門危機(jī)再現(xiàn)

The U.S. government has a budget. It lays out what the government plans to spend on various programs and if Congress cannot agree on what that budget should be, a government shutdown is possible.

美國政府有財(cái)政預(yù)算。政府列出了計(jì)劃在各種項(xiàng)目上的支出，如果國會(huì)不能就預(yù)算問題達(dá)成一致，政府就有可能關(guān)門。

So, what would actually happen?

那么到底會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢?

Nothing for services that are considered essential. Air traffic control would continue operating. Government medical workers would stay on the job, along with border patrol officers. Security and defense would stay in place, though troops in the military might not get their paychecks until the government starts running again, though they would get back pay when it did.

沒有任何服務(wù)是必不可少的。空中交通管制將繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。政府醫(yī)務(wù)人員將和邊境巡邏人員將繼續(xù)工作。雖然軍隊(duì)可能在政府重新開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)之前不會(huì)得到工資，但在政府重新開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)之前，安全與防御仍將繼續(xù)存在。政府開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)時(shí)，他們就會(huì)得到工資。

Civilian government employees could be sent home without pay.

文職的政府官員因?yàn)闆]有薪水，可以回家。

What could actually shut down?

那么哪些機(jī)構(gòu)將會(huì)被關(guān)閉呢?

National parks, the Smithsonian museums, the Education Department, though schools would stay open. Other government departments, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, they could all close.

國家公園，史密森尼博物館，教育部門，但學(xué)校會(huì)保持開放。其他政府部門，包括國家衛(wèi)生研究院、食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局、環(huán)境保護(hù)局，都可能會(huì)關(guān)閉。

Has the government shut down before?

政府以前關(guān)閉過嗎?

Yes, nearly 20 times in the past 40 years.

在過去的四十年關(guān)閉過將近20次。

When it would happen this time around?

那么這一次是什么時(shí)候發(fā)生呢?

Possibly on Friday night. The government`s budget runs 12 months from October 1st through the following September 30th. But when lawmakers couldn`t agree on the budget last fall, they started passing short term spending deals, which kept the government funded temporarily. The current one of those expires Friday at midnight.

可能是星期五晚上。政府的預(yù)算是12個(gè)月，從10月1日到次年9月30日，。但去年秋天，議員們無法就預(yù)算達(dá)成一致時(shí)，他們開始通過短期的支出協(xié)議，這讓政府暫時(shí)得到了資金支持。目前的一項(xiàng)將于周五午夜到期。

So, what are the hang-ups on a longer term budget?

那么長期預(yù)算存在什么問題呢?

Well, Democrats insist the budget should contain a solution for young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. Republicans insist the budget should contain more money for border security. And the White House insists on funding for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

民主黨人士堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，預(yù)算應(yīng)該包含針對那些非法來到到美國的年輕移民的解決方案。共和黨人士堅(jiān)持預(yù)算應(yīng)該包含更多的資金用于邊境安全。而白宮堅(jiān)持要為美國和墨西哥之間的邊境墻提供資金。

Experts say that most Republicans and most Democrats do not want the government to shut down, and each side blames the other for the holdup.

專家們表示，多數(shù)共和黨人和民主黨人不希望政府關(guān)門，但是雙方將責(zé)任互相推諉。

But if they can`t reach an agreement on either a full budget or another temporary one to delay a shutdown, one could happen starting this weekend.

但是，如果他們不能就全部預(yù)算或另一個(gè)臨時(shí)協(xié)議達(dá)成協(xié)議，那么本周末政府就會(huì)關(guān)門。