Campaigntrailforthisyear.doc

Campaign trail for this year's midterm elections
Hello! My name is Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News. A breakthrough in Switzerland! Teaching with technology in Canada! But we start things off with some trail talk right here in the U.S.

We're talking about the campaign trail for this year's midterm elections, coming up on November 2nd. Quick recap on those. U.S. House of Representatives -- all 435 seats are up for election. U.S. Senate -- 37 seats up for election. Plus all sorts of local and state elections, too. President Obama, he's not up for re-election this year. But he is out on the campaign trail trying to help other members of his Democratic party get elected, and talking about what might happen if they don't.

This election is a choice, and the stakes couldn't be higher. If they win this election, the chair of the Republican Campaign Committee has promised to pursue the exact same agenda as they did before I took office. And we know what that agenda was: You cut taxes, mostly for millionaires and billionaires; you cut rules for special interests; and then you cut middle-class families loose to fend for themselves.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is doing some campaigning too, but for Republican candidates. And she's taking aim at some of the Democratic leaders in Washington, especially Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Former Governor Palin says it's time for them to go.

大家好，我是Carl Azuz，欢迎收听CNN学生新闻。瑞士出现了重大突破，加拿大教育与科技相结合！但是首先让我们来追踪报道一下美国的一些谈话。

我们已经说过，今年中期选举活动将在11月2日举行。让我们简要地重复一下。美国众议院所有435个席位都要进行选举。参议院37个席位要重新选举。还有当地和州政府的一系列选举。奥巴马总统今年不需要竞选连任。但是他一直忙着参与竞选活动，帮助民主党其他成员当选。让我们来看一下，如果民主党成员不能当选，会出现什么样的情况。

选举就是一个选择，赌注将是非常高的。如果他们赢得这次选举，共和党选举委员会主席曾经承诺追寻在我执政之前同样的日程。我们知道这个日程是什么：减税，大部分属为了百万富翁和亿万富翁；为了特殊利益团体而减少规则；然后，中产阶级必须自生自灭。

前阿拉斯加州州长佩林也在进行竞选活动，但是是为共和党候选人。她的目标是华盛顿一些民主党领袖，尤其是参议院多数派领袖里德和众议院议长佩洛西。前州长佩林表示，是他们下台的时候了。

1.recap vt.vi.扼要重述;概括

例句：Recapped the headlines at the end of the news broadcast.
在新闻的最后把主要内容概述一下。

2.plus prep.(表示包容)外加; 另有

例句：Work out the full weekly rent, plus your rates.
算出一周的房租外加房地产税。

3.stake n.赌注

4.fend vt.vi.独立生活, 照料自己

例句：I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.
我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己

1.We're talking about the campaign trail for this year's midterm elections, coming up on November 2nd.

come up发生

例句：I expect something to come up soon.
我预料很快就要出事的。

2.And she's taking aim at some of the Democratic leaders in Washington, especially Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

take aim at瞄准

例句：Now we have to take aim at the problem and try to get it solved.
现在我们不得不正视这个难题并试图解决它。