CNN 2012-08-31

 First up, we are talking about the first full day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Tuesday kicked off with some official business including the roll call of delegates. Now, you are familiar with taking roll. This one isn`t about attendance. It`s to show that Mitt¹ Romney has enough support to officially get his party`s nomination<sup>2</sup>, and he`ll be officially nominated tomorrow. Delegates also voted on the party`s platform yesterday, that`s the official Republican position on major political issues. More than 2200 delegates are expected to be in Tampa this week, the youngest one there is the same age as some of you, 17-year old Evan Draim and he talked about his interest in politics and how he got to Tampa.

 

 

 

I consider my interest in politics a result of my family background. My family immigrated³ to the United States as Hungarian refugees, I think to give me the economic freedom and individual liberty that they lacked in their homeland, and my involvement in politics, and especially the conservative movement, I think is really meant to preserve those values for me and my descendants in years to come. To become a delegate, I got elected by the voters from my district at the district convention in May, I ran a campaign about four months, reaching out to those voters through phone calls and in person appearances, and I really credit my victory to the fact that the Republican Party understands that young voters have been especially impacted by this president`s policies that we really the negative impact of his policies is keeping a lot of students from achieving the opportunities and freedom that their parents achieved as Americans, and they wanted to send a younger representative to Tampa to have a part in finding a solution to those problems.

 

 

 

President Obama, the likely Democratic nominee⁴ is out on the campaign trail this week, and making some stops on college campuses. Yesterday, he visited Iowa State and Colorado State, today he is scheduled to be at the University of Virginia. If you go to our home page, cnnstudentnews.com, check out the spotlight⁵ section, and click on the link to the CNN election center, that`s where you can keep up with all of the news out of Tampa like last night speeches from Ann Romney and New Jersey⁶ Governor Chris Christie.

1 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。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

4 nominee   

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。

5 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

6 jersey   

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。