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2017考研英语阅读：奥斯本将军 每年考研英语阅读篇章很多都取材于经济学人，因此2017年考研复习之初，一定要从基础打好，稳扎稳打。凯程考研频道分享《经济学人》文章，希望大家能够多看、多练，提升阅读能力！ 　　Bagehot 　　白芝浩 　　General Osborne 　　奥斯本将军 　　The chancellors fifth budget was full of trickery—yetutterly serious 　　财政大臣发布的第五个财政预算诡计连连—但确实严肃 　　“NOW this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end ofthe beginning.” Churchills genius for spin, after El Alamein had delivered the first big Britishvictory of the second world war, is illustrated by how little-remembered are the modest claimshe went on to make for that triumph. “Henceforth,” he continued, “Hitlers Nazis will meetequally well-armed, and perhaps better-armed, troops.” That was a weaselly fudge if everBagehot heard one. 　　“现在还没到结局的时候，甚至这不是结局的起点，但是这是开始的终点。”当阿拉曼传来英国在二战中首次大捷的消息后，丘吉尔在其用来称赞此次胜利的公告中有这么几句不引人注意却又最贴切的话，这使得丘吉尔口吐莲花的天赋显露无遗。他继续说道“今后，希特勒的纳粹军队会遭遇装备同样精良，甚至是更好的军队。” 如果白芝浩听到过含糊的外交辞令，也还会认为这是相当狡猾的一句。 　　George Osborne faced a similarly daunting exercise in expectations management whendelivering his fifth budget on March 19th. Wan with nerves, the chancellor of the exchequerwas able to announce to Parliament the best economic figures in five years of faltering growth,falling living standards and painful spending cuts. The economy is growing faster than in anyother large rich country. It is creating record numbers of jobs: for the first time in threedecades Britains employment rate is higher than Americas. The budget deficit is edgingdownwards. The difficulty for the chancellor was that, having been for so long denied, peoplewant jam, which he was bound to refuse them. The deficit, at around ￡108 billion ($179 billion)this year, or 6.6% of GDP, is too large to support the tax cuts that many of his Conservativecolleagues are demanding. But, while bound to disappoint, Mr Osborne needed to avoidseeming so cautious as to crush confidence in the recovery and his own stewardship of it.His task was to celebrate and reassure, yet give away almost nothing. 　　3月19日，奥斯本提交其第五个财政预算报告