万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-02-01&02, 全球目光聚集希拉里

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Julianni courts New Hampshire. Richardson works Reno,Kucinich takes his heart to San Francisco. And former governor Mike Huckabee joins the Republican roster¹. The '08s were out in force this weekend. But the greatest of forces was a Hilary fest in Iowa.

Wow! Thank you!

Election-eve size coverage² and standing³ room only crowds. Mostly adoring crowds with the occasional tough question: How, she was asked, having voted for the war, does she proposed to end it.

The president has said: this is gonna be left to his successor and I think it's the height of irresponsibility and I really resent it. This was, his decision to go to war he went with an ill-conceived plan and incompetently-executed strategy. And we should expect him to extricate⁴ our country from this before he leaves office.

From the theaters to the banners to the lighting⁵, this is a campaign in full swing. Where celebrity⁶ status brings in the crowds and little is left to chance. All of which makes one odd moment all the odder. The question was about her ability to stand up to dictators.

And in the gentleman's words we face a lot of evil men, you know, people like Osama bin-Laden comes to mind. And what in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad men?

Why were they laughing and what did she have in mind? She bristled⁷ at the suggestion it was her husband.

You know, you guys keep telling me: lighten up, be funny. You know I get a little funny. And now I'm being psycho-analyzed. I feel very strong.

Whatever mostly this was a flawless maiden⁸ voyage for the senator from New York.

Thank you all very much!

And this coming weekend the senator from New York sets sail again, this time for New Hampshire for her first visit there since announcing her presidential intentions.

Candy Crowley CNN Davenport Iowa.

1 roster   

n.值勤表，花名册

参考例句：

• The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册，想了解今年要教的学生。
• The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天，他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 extricate   

v.拯救，救出；解脱

参考例句：

• How can we extricate the firm from this trouble?我们该如何承救公司脱离困境呢？
• She found it impossible to extricate herself from the relationship.她发现不可能把自己从这种关系中解脱出来。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

7 bristled   

adj. 直立的，多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They bristled at his denigrating description of their activities. 听到他在污蔑他们的活动，他们都怒发冲冠。
• All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。

8 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。