CNN 2010-01-23

SCOTT BROWN, REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE: This is my truck. I put a lot of miles on it during this campaign.

ACOSTA: Coakley's challenger, the pickup-driving Republican State lawmaker Scott Brown, has the backing of frustrated¹ Tea Party voters.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We don't like the health care. That's the bill that's in Congress right now. I think it's going to be a very dangerous control of our rights.

ACOSTA: Brown's vowing² to deny Democrats³ the 60th vote in the Senate needed to pass health care reform.

BROWN: I want to be the person to go down there and send the health care back to its drawing board.

ACOSTA: This ultimate blue state is seeing red in part because some Independents and Conservatives who supported Democrats in the past are having second thoughts.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think it's -- it's particularly the president. I don't think it's particularly Coakley. I think it's -- it's the direction that this country is taking. We need to send a message to -- to the people. The people are very angry.

ACOSTA: Even die-hard Democrats accuse Coakley, who once had a double-digit lead here, of running a lackluster campaign.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That she's (ph) more likeable as a candidate, but there's some things that are turning me off about her as a candidate.

ACOSTA: The race is so close Democrats are now trying to figure out if they can pass health care reform if Coakley loses and before Brown would take office -- a scenario⁴ Republicans welcome.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They slow walk the certification and they warp⁵ speed the vote, that is it. That is it. You're going -- we will win the House for sure and probably take over this...

 

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

5 warp   

vt.弄歪，使翘曲，使不正常，歪曲，使有偏见

参考例句：

• The damp wood began to warp.这块潮湿的木材有些翘曲了。
• A steel girder may warp in a fire.钢梁遇火会变弯。