美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-09-04

 　　the Republican Convention and kind of a theme that ran throughout out it, part of it was Marco Rubio who of course nominated Mitt¹ Romney, who said, this is not about a bad person, but is about a bad president. And here is what the nominee² and his number two had to say.

　　"The president hasn't disappointed you because you wanted to, the president has disappointed America because he hasn't led America in the right direction. He took office without the basic qualification that most Americans have, and one that was essential to the task at hand. He had almost no experience working in a business. Jobs to him are about government. ""Obama care as much as anything else, explains why a presidency³ that began with such anticipation⁴ now come to such a disappointing close."So, Robert, I'm wondering what you think about what seems to be a whole kind of new approach by republicans. Sort of toward those swing voters saying, I know you had a lot of hope here, but it didn't pan out, it's ok to be disappointed in him. So there is a disappointment more than just sort of beating the president over the head. What do you make of that?

　　Look, I don't think there is voter disappointment, I think voters understand, Candy, we've been through a traumatic economic experience in our country. Unlike anything we've ever seen, voters understand that it took us years and years of tremendously bad decisions by running up huge debts and providing huge tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires that didn't creat jobs, and they understand that it's going to take us a while to get out of that mess. And I think essentially⁵ that's what the choice is and I think that's what the choice you'll see presented in Charlotte and Tampa, we saw nothing but insults and old slogans and tired old ideas. In Charlotte, the president is going to focus on a plan to provide the middle class in this country some necessary and needed security by investing in research and innovation and in strengthening the middle class and I think a pathway to moving us...

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 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。

3 presidency   

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。

4 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。