美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-09-10

 　　At this time a week ago, we were reporting on Mitt¹ Romney accepting the Republican Party`s presidential nomination². Last night, the Democratic National Convention wrapped up when President Obama did the same thing for his party. The day before that, the convention heard from the last Democrat³ in the White House, former President Bill Clinton.

　　President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me now. No president, no president, not me, not any of my predecessors⁴, no one could have fully⁵ repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

　　In Tampa last week, the Republican vice⁶ presidential nominee⁷, Paul Ryan, gave a speech on Wednesday. His Democratic counterpart, Vice President Joe Biden, spoke⁸ yesterday.

　　We`re on a mission to move this nation forward. From doubt and downturn to promise and prosperity. A mission I guarantee you we will complete.

　　The evening and two weeks of political conventions came to a conclusion with President Obama taking the stage in Charlotte and making his case for reelection.

　　Our problems can be solved. Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place, and I`m asking you to choose that future. I`m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country. Goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit⁹. Real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. That`s what we can do in the next four years, and that is why I am running for a second term as president of the United States.

　　A lot of people you`ve seen at these conventions are delegates, representing their home states. Hannah McCarley is a delegate from West Virginia, who celebrated¹⁰ her 18th birthday in Charlotte on Monday. She talked with us about the experience of being a delegate.

　　At our county conventions, we were selected to go to the state convention. You could be nominated, and you could file your paperwork and have your name placed on the ballot¹¹ at the state convention, where you could run to be a delegate for the national convention. So I had to campaign and talk with people, and I had to have enough votes to be able to go.

　　It means a lot for me, because I`ve always worked on politics on a local level, and this summer I got the opportunity to do something on the national level, and I think it means a lot, both as a young woman and as a youth going into education and going into the college admissions process to have a voice in politics.

　　As far as education policies, health care policies, women`s rights and equality, I think that Barack Obama is ready to move this country forward, and I think that everyone deserves their given rights, and I don`t think that people should be telling, you know, the rest of the country what they can and cannot do, health-care wise, education-wise, what opportunities they can and can`t have. And I think President Barack Obama will give us more of these opportunities that will allow us to live our -- each live our American dreams.

　　On our show from August 29th, we heard from 17-year-old Evan Drame . He`s the youngest Republican delegate in Tampa, and you can check out what he had to say in the transcript¹² archives of our home page.

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 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 predecessors   

n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 )；前辈；（被取代的）原有事物；前身

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 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。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

10 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

11 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。

12 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。