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美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-30

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 New York City subway, closed. The New Jersey1 bus and rail service, shut down. We just got word that almost two million public school students are out today, and it’s all because of this massive storm system named Sandy. 

 
On Sunday, it was a Category 1 hurricane. A lot of times with these storms, forecasters focus on the center and where and when it might land. With Sandy, one expert said it might not matter where the center is, because the entire thing is so large. And things could get worse. There is cold front coming from the western part of the U.S. If that meets up with Sandy and the two weather systems merge2 together, it could have a severe impact on the east coast. Sandy is already being blamed for at least 60 deaths form when it moved through the Caribbean. Yesterday it was off the coast of North Carolina and moving north. Predictions estimated that Delaware, Maryland and Virginia could get up to a foot of rain. Governors all over the northeast declared states of emergency to help make resources and money available to prepare for this storm. 
 
Our next headline takes us all the way across North America to Canada’s British Colombia. An earthquake, and a pretty big one, hit there on Saturday. And no major damage was reported, but the quake’s potential impact, where the quake had threatened reached across the Pacific Ocean out to the Hawaiian islands. 
 
The sirens in the Youtube video are letting people know about a tsunami3 warning. The concern was that the quake in Canada would trigger a large ocean wave that would wash up in Hawaii. Now, that didn’t happen, and the tsunami warning was cancelled after a few hours. 
 
Is this legit? In order to be U.S. president, you have to be at least 45 years old. There is an age requirement, but it’s not 45. Presidents have to be at least 35. 
Well, of course this year’s presidential candidates meet that constitutional requirement. Barack Obama is 51, Mitt4 Romney is 65. With the election just eight days away, we wanted to share a little more about the men running for the Oval Office. Both of them are family men. Romney and his wife Ann have five sons. Obama and his wife Michelle have two daughters. If you look back at where they went to school, they started at almost opposite sides of the country. Obama went to college at Columbia University, Romney graduated from Brigham Young. One thing they in common, both men have degrees from Harvard Law School. Romney also has a degree from Harvard Business School. 
How about prior work experience? Mitt Romney helped found an investment company called Bain Capital. He also helped organize and run the 2002 Winter Olympics, and he served as governor of Massachusetts. Barack Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago. He served two terms in the Illinois State Senate, and he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. 
This is the second time that both men have run for president. They were candidates in 2008 as well, and they both made some history along the way. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-American presidential nominee5 for a major political party, and this year, Mitt Romney became the first Mormon to be a major political party’s presidential nominee. President Obama and Governor Romney are both aiming for the same number, 270. If you want to win the presidency6, that’s at least how many votes you need to get in the electoral college. Jonathan Mann explains how that works and what it could take for the candidates to reach that magic number. 
It’s nice to be popular, but it does not win the White House. The national poll numbers show that more people prefer Mitt Romney lately, but winning the presidency is not a popular contest. You have to win states, not just votes. And for Romney, that’s a problem. Even though the poll numbers are moving his way, the color-coded CNN electoral map has barely budged7 in months, and it speaks volumes. It still projects that Obama is leading in the electoral vote with the blue states, comfortably in his corner. Romney’s safe states are in red. Each state has a different number of electoral votes, though, based on its population. And the thing is that whoever wins 270 electoral votes will win the election. That’s why the yellow states, the tossup states are crucial. Polls in those states show the race is still too close to call. Romney’s problem is that he needs to win most of them. 
Just this week, North Carolina turned light red, showing that the state is now in the leaning Romney category. Romney has a slight edge in Florida, so we’ll be turning that state red as well. He has high hopes for Virginia and for Colorado. If they turn red too, he is still though, 13 electoral votes short of the 270 he needs to win. He’d have to win two more of the smaller states, or the big prize, Ohio, to win the election. 
Now, resetting8 the map, there is more wiggle room in Obama’s path to the presidency. His campaign is setting its sights on Iowa, Wisconsin and all-important Ohio. Those three states alone could put him over the top. Any other wins would just be extra insurance. But say Obama wins Ohio and Wisconsin, and loses Iowa. Well, he wins New Hampshire, Romney wins the rest. Each candidate ends up with 269 electoral votes, a tie. That hasn’t happened in more than 200 years, but it could, and if it did, the newly elected House of Representatives would actually be the ones to vote to break the tie.

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1 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
2 merge qCpxF     
v.(使)结合,(使)合并,(使)合为一体
参考例句:
  • I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
  • The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。
3 tsunami bpAyo     
n.海啸
参考例句:
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
4 mitt Znszwo     
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。
5 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
参考例句:
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
6 presidency J1HzD     
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句:
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
7 budged acd2fdcd1af9cf1b3478f896dc0484cf     
v.(使)稍微移动( budge的过去式和过去分词 );(使)改变主意,(使)让步
参考例句:
  • Old Bosc had never budged an inch--he was totally indifferent. 老包斯克一直连动也没有动,他全然无所谓。 来自辞典例句
  • Nobody budged you an inch. 别人一丁点儿都算计不了你。 来自辞典例句
8 resetting 8b631b0acab967515a7b12e88c643e11     
v.重新安放或安置( reset的现在分词 );重拨(测量仪器指针);为(考试、测试等)出一套新题;重新安置,将…恢复原位
参考例句:
  • Range represents the maximum strain which can be recorded without resetting or replacing the strain gage. 量程表示无需重调或重装应变计就能记录到的最大应变。 来自辞典例句
  • Adding weight to the puddle jumper by resetting its inertial dampeners. 通过调节飞船的惯性装置来增加重量。 来自电影对白
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