美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-28

 We haven’t finished everything we set out to do in 2008, but you know that every single day that I set foot in that office, I am thinking about you. I am fighting for your families. And with your help, I’ve been keeping the commitments¹ that I made.

 

The Obama campaign is slipping, because it can’t find an agenda² to help the American families. But our campaign is growing into a movement across this country that says we’re going to get America back, we’re going to get America strong, we’re gonna provide for our families.

 

Powerful words from the candidates⁴. Today we’re going to look at their campaigns’ big push with less than two weeks to go until Election⁵ Day. I’m Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News.

 

Visiting four states might sound like a full vacation. You pack up your car, spend a few days in each spot. If you’re a presidential candidate³, that’s not a one-week trip. You do that in a day. From now through November 6th, Mitt⁶ Romney and Barack Obama will be all over the country. This is what former Governor⁷ Mitt Romney’s day looked like yesterday - moving around the state of Ohio, visiting campaign rallies⁸ in three different cities. So Thursday in Ohio, on Tuesday he was in Colorado, Iowa on Wednesday, plus visits to Nevada, Florida and Virginia were scheduled for this week as well. President Obama just wrapped up a campaign trip that took him to eight states in 48 hours. Wednesday, he went to Iowa, Colorado, Nevada and California. On Thursday, he started the day in Florida, and then hit Virginia, Illinois and Ohio before heading back to the White House in Washington.

 

That stop in Illinois was a quick one but a historic⁹ one. The president went to Chicago to cast his ballot¹⁰ early. It’s the first time that a US president has used early voting. 

 

You might have noticed the candidates are visiting a lot of the same states. Those are what’s known as battleground states or swing states. Political experts say it’s not certain which candidate will win those states on election day, which is why the candidates are likely to spend a lot of time campaigning there.

 

Next up today, we have an update for you on Malala Yousafzai. The teenager was shot by the Taliban for demanding education rights for girls in her home country of Pakistan. Malala was moved to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. She has a long recovery¹¹ ahead of her, but doctors say she is making progress. She’s in stable condition, and can communicate with hospital staff by writing notes. Malala hasn’t been with her parents since she was moved to the UK. That changed yesterday. Her mom and dad, he’s the one speaking here, they flew to the United Kingdom from Pakistan to be with their daughter. Pakistani police have identified this man, Atta Ula Khan, as the main suspect in Malala’s shooting. Yesterday, he was still out there. Six other men had been arrested in connection with the attack, though.

1 commitments   

n.委托( commitment的名词复数 )；任务；承担的义务

参考例句：

• I am very tired because I have taken on so many commitments. 我很累，因为我承担了很多的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 agenda   

n.议事日程，记事册

参考例句：

• We now proceed to the next item on the agenda.我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。
• If there is no objection,the agenda is adopted.如果没有意见，议程就通过了。

3 candidate   

n.候选人；候补者；投考者，申请求职者

参考例句：

• Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
• The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。

4 candidates   

n.报考者( candidate的名词复数 )；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一

5 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。

6 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。

7 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

8 rallies   

集会( rally的名词复数 )； [网球、羽毛球]连续对打； 公路汽车赛； （精神等方面）振作

参考例句：

• He attended two rallies last year. 去年他参加了两场汽车拉力赛。
• If the whole family rallies round, we can get Jim out of debt. 如果全家都来帮助吉姆，就能帮他把债还清。

9 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

10 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。

11 recovery   

n.恢复，痊愈；追回，寻回，收复

参考例句：

• The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle. 医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
• The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。