美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-15-英语课

时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2012年(十)月

英语课

Count them all up - there are three presidential debates this year. When it comes to a face off between the vice 1 presidential nominees 2, it’s one night only, and that night was last night. For the Democratic Party, Vice President Joe Biden. For the Republican Party, Congressman 3 Paul Ryan. They took the stage at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. We compared this vice presidential candidates in yesterday’s show. They have a lot in common. But in last night’s debate, as you might expect, the V.P. nominees talked about differences, their own differences on the issues and the differences between their running mates, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt 4 Romney.

The fact is that we are in a situation where we inherited a God-awful circumstance, people are in real trouble. We acted to move to bring relief to the people who need the most help now. And in the process, we, in case you haven’t noticed, we have strong disagreements, but you probably detected my frustration 5 with their attitude about the American people. My friend says that 30 percent of the American people are takers, Romney points out 47 percent of the people won’t take responsibilities. He is talking about my mother and father, he is talking about the places I grew up and my neighbors in Scranton and Claymont. He is talking about, he is talking about the people that built this country. All they are looking for, Martha, all they are looking for is an even shot. Whenever you give them the shot, they’ve done it.

We face a very big choice. What kind of country are we going to be? What kind of country are we going to give our kids? President Obama, he had his chance. He made his choices. His economic agenda -- more spending, more borrowing, higher taxes, a government takeover of health care. It’s not working. It’s failed to trade the jobs we need. 23 million Americans are struggling for work today. 15 percent of Americans are in poverty. This is not what a real recovery looks like. You deserve better.

When they talk about issues out in the campaign trail, candidates are usually giving their stump 6 speeches. We want to hear yours, your stump speech in an "I-Report" video. Now, we don’t want music, no props 7, just you in front of your camera telling us in 30 seconds or less what issue you picked, why you think it’s important and what you would do about it. Details - you can find them at cnnstudentnews.com

Lance Armstrong is famous for winning the Tour de France cycling race seven times in a row. The US Anti-Doping Agency, the USADA says that while Armstrong was winning those titles, he was involved in "the most sophisticated professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." On Wednesday, the agency released the report on its investigation 8 into whether Armstrong used banned performance enhancing drugs. The USADA says 11 of Armstrong’s former teammates came forward to confess that their team had used banned substances. Armstrong has consistently denied doping, his lawyer called the investigation a witch hunt, the USADA is planning to send its report to international organizations which could lead to Armstrong being stripped of his Tour de France titles.

Yeah, we had a special treat yesterday, not only did we get the Dragon, but we also got a whole bunch of ice cream, so desserts ready for us.

No, you know, it never crossed my mind that I would ever be an astronaut, I had never met an astronaut, never knew an astronaut, but, you know, after being a professional pilot and test pilot I finally met some people who were astronauts and understood, hey, you know, I thought to myself, hey, maybe I could do that, because it looks like it’s a whole lot of fun.