Romney Wins Illinois Republican Primary

 　　Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt¹ Romney has registered a convincing win in Tuesday's Illinois primary, enlarging his lead in the race for the party's nomination².

　　U.S. news services say Romney won about 55 percent of the vote to nearly 30 percent for his top rival, Rick Santorum.  The other two Republican candidates, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich, finished far behind.

　　With the win, Romney picked up a 54 more delegates and gained major momentum³ heading into upcoming nominating contests.  A candidate needs 1,144 delegates to secure the Republican nomination and earn the right to take on President Barack Obama, a Democrat⁴, in the November election.

　　In his victory speech, Romney said three years of President Obama have brought Americans "fewer jobs, shrinking paychecks, historic drops in income and historic highs in gas prices."  The former Massachusetts governor called for new leadership in the White House.

　　"Tonight we thank the people of Illinois for their vote and for this extraordinary victory," said Romney. "Thank you so much.  Elections are about choices and today hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our cause.  And this movement began on a small farm in New Hampshire on a sunny June day, we were surrounded by a small group of our friends and some supporters and family.  We shared a conviction that the America we loved was in trouble and adrift without strong leadership, and three years of Barack Obama have brought us fewer jobs and shrinking paychecks that many of us believed we were in danger of losing something even more than the value of our homes and our 401ks, after years of too many apologies and not enough jobs, historic drops  in income and historic highs in gas prices.  A president who doesn’t hesitate to use all the means necessary to force through Obamacare on the American public, but leads from behind in the world.  It’s time to say these words, this word, enough, we’ve had enough.”

　　Heading into the Illinois primary, the former Massachusetts governor had won more than 500 delegates, while Santorum was in the 200s.  Gingrich and Paul were far behind.

1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

4 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。