考研英语一2010阅读理解部分原文翻译如下：
Passage 1：
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six tense weeks of debate, both the House and the Senate had voted overwhelmingly for the bill that would send $170 billion to bail out the country's financial system. The measure had been passed by the House of Representatives by the slightest of margins, 228 to 205. Vice President Cheney was on hand to preside over the count that made it official. But by then, the final vote had become less a test of the bailout plan than of the ability of Congress to act at all.
The 205 who voted no were almost all Republicans, and the 228 who voted yes were mostly Democrats. To count the votes in the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, had to do some very fancy political maneuvering to save the day for his party and for the nation's economy.
The usual party-line vote on major bills was circumvented: the Senate's rules required that every vote on the bill be a recorded vote; this is to say that every senator's position on the bill is made public. By a rule adopted last week, senators were able to take refuge behind a procedural shield. A senator who wanted to be recorded as voting yes could vote in favor of the bill but, as long as he or she wanted to, could do so without being recorded as having voted yes. The same applied to a no vote. It was, said the majority leader, a way to allow the Senate to do what it had to do without appearing to be doing it.
For the nation's business, it was a vote on a massive economic package. For the Senate, it was a vote on whether to allow the nation's business to go on. The economic package was a complex and controversial measure, but the debate over it was not the main issue. The main issue was the very ability of the Senate to conduct business at all. It had been brought to a standstill by a small group of senators, mostly Republicans, who were holding out for a cut in government spending, something that was considered politically impossible.
In the end, the Senate voted 77 to 21 to pass the measure. But the real victory was for the nation's economy, not for the senators. It was a victory for the ability of Congress to act when the nation needs it most.
Passage 2：
The debate over the financial bailout package has highlighted the deep divisions within the U.S. Congress over the role of government in the economy. While many members of Congress agree that some form of intervention is necessary to stabilize the financial system, they differ sharply on the extent and nature of that intervention.
Proponents of the bailout argue that the government has a responsibility to step in and prevent the collapse of the financial system, which could lead to widespread economic hardship. They argue that the government has a moral obligation to protect the interests of ordinary citizens, who are the most vulnerable to the effects of a financial crisis.
Opponents of the bailout, on the other hand, argue that the government's intervention is excessive and that it could lead to moral hazard, where financial institutions take excessive risks knowing that the government will bail them out if things go wrong. They argue that the government should not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the financial sector and that the market should be allowed to work without interference.
The debate has also exposed the political divisions within the U.S. Congress. Democrats and Republicans have sharply differing views on the role of government in the economy. Democrats tend to support a more active role for the government in regulating the financial sector and in providing social services. Republicans, on the other hand, tend to favor a smaller government and less regulation, leaving more room for the market to operate freely.
The debate over the financial bailout package has shown that the U.S. Congress is deeply divided on the role of government in the economy. While there is a general consensus that some form of intervention is necessary, there is sharp disagreement on the extent and nature of that intervention.
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