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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
The campaigns of presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee1 Mitt2 Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama are both focusing on economic issues during political stumps3 on Saturday.
Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Congressman4 Paul Ryan, said Republicans would protect older Americans from cuts in Medicare, the government health care program for senior citizens.
He told a crowd of mostly older Americans at a retirement5 community in the southern state of Florida that both his grandmother and mother had relied on Medicare. Ryan's 78-year-old mother was nearby as he spoke6.
On Tuesday, the Romney campaign accused President Obama of taking $716 billion out of a trust fund for Medicare and using it to fund "Obamacare," as critics call the health insurance reform law introduced by the Obama administration and passed by Congress in 2010.
Meanwhile, President Obama will focus on his opponent's budget reduction plans as he courts voters in the northeastern state of New Hampshire on Saturday.
In prepared remarks, Obama says Romney's tax-cutting plan will benefit the wealthiest Americans while raising taxes on middle-class families with children "by an average of $2,000."
He says Romney's proposal is not a plan to create jobs, cut the deficit7 or move the economy forward.
The Romney campaign is expected to visit New Hampshire Monday.
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1 nominee | |
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者 | |
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2 mitt | |
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手 | |
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3 stumps | |
(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
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4 Congressman | |
n.(美)国会议员 | |
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5 retirement | |
n.退休,退职 | |
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6 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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7 deficit | |
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差 | |
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