U.S. Bridges, Roads Being Built by Chinese Firms 2

And as you know, ABC News is always looking for ways to bring American jobs back to America. So, this week, it was shocking to learn so many great _infrastructure projects___ are under way in America, rebuilding bridges and roads in American cities, but they've _hired___ Chinese firms and Chinese workers. Why?
“20/20”_anchor___ Chris Cuomo is the captain of our bringing America back team and he decided to __track down___ those people who made these decisions.
Rebuilding America's __crumbling___ infrastructure is now a priority.
“Help us rebuild this bridge. Help us rebuild America. Help us put construction workers back to work!”
In New York, a $400 million__renovation___ of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge; In California, a _whopper___, a $7.2 billion new bridge to connect San Francisco and Oakland and in Alaska, a proposed $190 million bridge project. Sounds like a great opportunity for government spending to actually lead to real jobs. The problem: much of the work is going to Chinese government-owned contracting firms. (承包公司)
“When we're _subsidizing___ jobs in China, we're not creating any wealth in the United States.”(Scott Paul from Alliance for American Manufacturing)
In Alaska, _outraged__ union workers took to （join in）the airwaves with an obvious point. This is not the time to send more jobs to China; our tax dollars provide hundreds of jobs there, not at home.
US law actually requires major infrastructure projects to buy America when the _cost difference____ （成本差异）is reasonable. In California, US firms say they would have met those guidelines but state officials decided to _turn down____ federal money for a major part of the bridge, allowing a Chinese company to get the job at a cost of almost 3,000 American jobs, and potential $1 billion boost to the struggling California economy.
“It would've had a __multiplying____ effect, because it would have not only given thousands of Californians jobs, but also the __subsequent___ （afterward）spending would have been reinvested back in our economy.”(Luis Alejo from California Assemblyman)
Is this the best way to bring America back?
We went to Californian officials who claimed the Chinese could do the work faster and cheaper.
“Why can't the Americans do it as quickly as the Chine se, what makes them so special?”
“One issue that you will consistently hear, every time you go to a __fabrication___(制造，加工) site in this country is that they struggle at this point in time to obtain __welders___ （焊工）. That is an issue in this country. “
“So can you say that you guys have done everything you can to keep jobs here and building this
bridge?”
“Absolutely”
“But would American companies have done it, Chris, for a little less money and tried to race it along?”
“The US firms say absolutely. They say they could have done this job. And there's a bigger point here. It's not a__level playing field____; the Chinese firms are state-owned. They don't pay their workers as much. That's why the Buy America laws were passed, if states can __get around___（说服）them, Diane, we never bring America back, you have to enforce the rules to let American companies play.”
Questions:
1.What’s the outraged union workers’ attitude towards this issue?
2.Why has there been a multiplying effect in America?
Outline:
Theme: Cities hire _____________ for building projects.
Figures’ viewpoints:
Main point: rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure is now a __priority_____
1. Obama: putting our ___________ back to work.
2. Scott Paul: _________ was created in the United States
3. Union workers: our tax dollars should provide jobs __________
4. Luis Alejo: this issue would cause a ______ and he provided his _______ for it.
5. Californian official: Chinese are struggling to ________ and we have tried our best to
__________
6.“20/20” anchor-- Chris Cuomo: It’s _____ for American companies to play.
Other method：US law requires major infrastructure projects to _______ when the cost difference is reasonable.
Conclusion: states should _______ them and _________ to let American companies play.。