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Mr Toyoda's task could be made more difficult after the US committee's subpoena of documents held by Dimitrios Biller, a former Toyota lawyer who handled consumer complaints, as part of its investigation into the recall of more than 8.5m Toyota vehicles.

丰田章男的任务可能变得更加棘手，因为美国国会的这个委员会已向负责处理消费者投诉的丰田前律师迪米特斯。比勒发出传票，命令其交出自己所持的文件，此举是该委员会对丰田召回逾850万辆汽车一事调查的一部分。

The only dampener was George Bush's state-of-the-union address this week, which mentioned trade only once, Doha not at all, and seemed sweetly oblivious to the impending demise of his authority to sign trade deals, free of congressional nit-picking.

唯一令人沮丧的是，布什依然在享受在最后总统权力的美梦中，全然不顾国会的反对。在最近的国情咨文中未把贸易问题作为重点，这是在多哈谈判中没有过的。

I went on doing my job, and I stonewalled, denying what had happened to everyone: Hillary, Chelsea, my staff and cabinet, my friends in Congress, members of the press, and the American people.

我继续把自己的工作做好，拒绝回答提问，向所有人——希拉里、切尔西、我的工作人员和内阁成员、我在国会的朋友、媒体人士、美国人民否认曾经发生的事情。

And the really bad news is that "centrists" in Congress aren't able or willing to draw the obvious conclusion, which is that we need a lot more federal spending on job creation.

真正的坏消息是国会的「中间派」无法或不愿意归纳出明显的结论那就是我们必须以更多的联邦开支创造就业。

What the administration fails to see is that, as Representative Christopher Shays points out, campaign money is given to obtain two things, influence and access.

国会的议员同样发现他们自己处于同样的困境之中，其中的一些人已经返还了他们从安然公司获得的政治献金。

Over time, the "iron triangle" of the Pentagon, defense contractors, and congressmen with large defense expenditures in their districts amassed great power in shaping U.S. foreign policy.

长期以来，五角大楼的&铁三角&（iron triangle，指国会的政策制订委员会、政府执行机构和利益集团），国防部承包商，还有在他们所在区花费大量国防开支的议员们，积聚了极大的权力来影响美国外交政策。

At stake in Tuesday's midterm election are all 435 House seats, 33 seats in the Senate and 36 races for governor. With many Americans frustrated over the Iraq war and disappointed with misbehavior in Washington, Republican control of Congress may be on the line.

在周四的中期选举中，共和党受到威胁的席位包括所有435个众议院席位，33个参议院席位和36名地方官员席位，由于很多美国人已经厌倦了伊拉克战争，并且对于华盛顿的不作为感到失望，共和党对于国会的控制岌岌可危

The Bush administration earlier this year signed a controversial nuclear co-operation deal with India that legitimised its military programme, but this has encountered congressional resistance.

今年早期，布什政府与印度签署了一项颇具争议的核合作协议，欲承认印度的军用核计划的合法性，不过此协议遭到国会的反对。

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could and I can make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence. I can make a C-plus feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor and an A feel like a slap in the face if the student didn't do his or her very best.

我让孩子们学习得比他们想象的刻苦得多，我能让孩子们坐在礼堂里40分钟而绝对安静，我能使一个成绩得了C+的学生感觉好像得了国会的荣誉奖章，而得了A的学生如果没做到最好，让他/她感觉好像在脸上抽了一耳光。

Mr Raffarin even managed to get the law passed on Thursday, just before the parliament began its long summer recess.

本周二，拉法兰甚至成功的在国会的夏季长假之前，成功的让改革的法律通过。

Breath, muscle contraction of the buttocks; arch body, as far as possible to hold his head, right leg straight towards the ceiling (peg-leg knee in order to avoid muscle tension).

呼气，收缩臀部肌肉；拱起身体，尽量抬起头来，右腿伸直朝向天花板（膝微屈，以避免肌肉紧张）。

The cost of moving grain food products was unchanged from May, but year over year are up 8%.

粮食产品的运输费用与5月份相比没有变化，但却比去年同期高8％。