美大选超级星期二投票开始

 　　WASHINGTON, DC—Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump¹ have strengthened their grip on their parties' presidential nominations², racking up a series of wins in key states on Super Tuesday, the primary election's most important day of voting.

　　According to media projections³, former Secretary of State Clinton has won six Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The only states Sanders is projected to have won are Vermont, his home state, and Oklahoma.

　　On the Republican side, Trump took Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia, according to projections. Trump's only losses were to Senator Ted⁴ Cruz, who took his home state of Texas, as well as Oklahoma.

　　Clinton, Trump Racking Up Big Wins on Super TuesdayFlorida Senator Marco Rubio had a disappointing night. Not only has he not won a single state, he also is in danger of not meeting minimum voting thresholds in some states, meaning he may not pick up any delegates.

　　The results were not surprising. Opinion polls had showed Trump and Clinton with large leads in Super Tuesday states and nationally. At their victory speeches, both candidates focused on each other rather than their primary opponents.

　　"America never stopped being great," Clinton said at a rally in Florida, referencing Trump's campaign slogan. "We have to make America whole," she said, adding that the rhetoric⁵ on the Republican side "has never been lower."Fires back

　　At his own speech in Florida, Trump shot back: "She wants to make America whole again. I'm trying to figure what that's all about. Making America great again is going to be much better than making America whole again."Trump also referenced his rival, Rubio, saying, "I know it as a very rough night for Marco Rubio. He worked hard, he spent a lot of money. He is a lightweight, like I have said many times.

　　"Rubio was the big loser of the night. He didn't win anything tonight. He hasn't won anything period," Trump said.

　　Speaking to a large crowd in his home state late Tuesday, Sanders stayed optimistic.

　　"This campaign, as I think all of you know, is not just about electing a president, it is about transforming America. It is about making our great nation the country we know it has the potential to be," he said.

　　Sanders stressed that Democratic primaries are proportional, and that they award delegates according to the vote count. "By the end of tonight, we are going to win many hundreds of delegates," he said.

　　Last-minute votes

　　Americans across the nation - from Georgia to Alaska - cast their votes Tuesday. One of those voters was Barbara Ballow from Arlington, Virginia, who voted for Sanders in the Democratic race.

　　"I voted with my heart," Ballow told VOA outside a polling location. "I don't like Hillary. I don't like her, and I don't trust her. I think she's part of the political establishment."Others, such as Arlington resident Deborah Klaus, are taking advantage of their state's open primary system, which allows voters to cast a ballot⁶ for a candidate in either party.

　　Klaus calls herself a "huge" Sanders fan, but instead voted for Ohio Governor John Kasich, a Republican, saying it was more important for her that Trump lose than Sanders win.

　　"We've got to stop Trump. It probably won't work, but I don't want to see Trump in," she said. "And I like (Kasich). He's the least ideological⁷, most issues oriented candidate."Opinion polls

　　Nationally, a new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll Tuesday showed Trump with 40 percent support among registered Republicans, with Rubio at 21 percent and Cruz at 18 percent, followed by former neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 8 percent and Kasich at 7 percent.

　　In the Democratic race, the NBC poll showed Clinton with a 51-to-41 percent lead over Sanders.

　　Cruz is warning that the "Trump train" could be "unstoppable" if he wins big victories Tuesday.

 

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

6 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

7 ideological   

a.意识形态的

参考例句：

• He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
• He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。