希拉里与川普或对决11月大选

AS IT IS 2016-04-28 Clinton, Trump¹ Win Big, Look Toward November 希拉里与川普或对决11月大选

Five northeastern U.S. states held primary elections on Tuesday -- Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Voters there expressed their choices for their party’s candidate for president.

Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman, won a majority of votes for the Republican Party in all five states. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, won a majority for the Democratic Party in four states. The two candidates are close to claiming their parties’ nominations³ for president.

The other major challengers for the nominations -- Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Ted⁴ Cruz, and former governor John Kasich -- said their campaigns will continue.

The state primary elections influence the number of delegates who will support the candidates at the party conventions this summer. Clinton and Trump have both built large leads in delegate counts.

On the Democratic Party side, Clinton has a total of 2,141 delegates. A candidate needs 2,383 to claim the Democratic Party nomination². Her challenger, Bernie Sanders, told the Associated Press he has a “very narrow path and we are going to have to win some big victories.”

The race for the Republican Party nomination has Trump with 950 delegates. Cruz and Kasich are trying to stop Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegate total for victory. If Trump cannot reach that total, the Republican nominee⁵ for president could be decided⁶ at the GOP convention.

Exit polls taken Tuesday show division in the Republican Party, according to an Associated Press report. Only about 40 percent of GOP voters in Pennsylvania said they are excited about Trump being president.

In the same poll, close to 60 percent said this year’s Republican Party primary campaign has damaged the party.

Many polls have asked respondents whom they would choose in a contest between Trump and Clinton. Polls in the last month show Clinton winning by close to nine percent, according to a VOA news article.

But Trump says he welcomes the opportunity to oppose Clinton in the general election in November.

“When I'm one-on-one with Hillary she will be, as I said, easier to take down, much easier to beat than many of the people I've already beaten," Trump told supporters Tuesday.

The candidates now are campaigning in the state of Indiana. The Indiana primary will be held May 3. 

Words in This Story

billionaire – n. a rich person who has at least a billion dollars

Democratic Party – n. a political party in the United States that is usually considered more liberal

primary elections – n. elections in which members of the same political party run against each other for the chance to be in a larger and more important election

Republican Party – n. a political party in the United States that is usually considered more conservative

GOP – n. nickname of the Republican Party; stands for Grand Old Party

exit poll  – n. a method of predicting the result of an election by asking people questions as they leave the place where they voted

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

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 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 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。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。