https://espresso.economist.com/035eb76e8e1199879473db82502d31dc
Jan 14th 2019
New faces, old problems: US governors
New governors assume office today in four states.
Democrats replace Republicans in Illinois, where J.B. Pritzker enters the governor’s mansion, and in Kansas, where Laura Kelly takes charge.
- take charge 负责
Each faces hefty fiscal challenges.
- hefty 大而重的；很大的；超出一般的；可观的
- fiscal 财政的；国库的
Illinois’s economy is plodding and heavily taxed—yet Mr Pritzker needs to cut enormous debts, notably a $130bn unfunded liability for public pensions.
- plodding 沉重缓慢的；单调乏味的；行动沉重缓慢的
- notably 特别；非常；尤其；极大程度上
At least he will work with a Democratic supermajority in the assembly.
- supermajority 绝对多数；超级多数；绝对多数决议条款
- assembly 议会；集合
Ms Kelly must corral a Republican-controlled legislature as she tries to undo the effects of a disastrous low-tax experiment by a predecessor.
- corral 把（一群人）集中起来关在一起to gather a group of people together and keep them in a particular place
Elsewhere Republicans retain office, albeit with new faces.
- albeit 尽管；虽然
In Ohio a moderate figure, Mike DeWine, enters the governor’s mansion.
In Georgia, Brian Kemp is to preside over a population starkly divided and embittered after last year’s election.
- preside over 主持会议
He was accused of misusing his position as secretary of state to suppress voters likely to support his opponent in the governor’s race.
Hardly an auspicious start.
- auspicious 吉利的; 有前途的; 有希望的; 有利的;
