VOA标准英语2012--Political Conventions Aim to Energize Party Faithful
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Political Conventions Aim to Energize 1 Party Faithful
Just like a whistle that starts a soccer match, the conventions signal it’s time for the real game to begin. This high energy has to carry the U.S. presidential campaign through its final 10 weeks.
In the past, political conventions were punctuated 2 by intrigue 3 and infighting.
And even violence. Anti war protesters dominated the story outside the 1968 Democratic party convention.
But now, party conventions are just big parties. Everyone knows the nominees 5.
That's because state primary elections, like the games leading up to soccer's World Cup, already decided 6 who would make to it to the final match. This year, the Democrat 4, President Barack Obama, will face Republican challenger Mitt 7 Romney. There are few, if any spontaneous moments.
John Hudak, with the Brookings Institution, said, “Everyone looks very similar in the terms of the types of policies that they are advocating for.”
Team unity 8 comes with a steep price. Each political party receives $18 million from Americans who chose to donate three dollars from their federal tax return. The conventions are expected to cost each party more than double that -- $40 million. Some say it’s money that should be spent differently.
Richard Savage 9, a political consultant 10, said, “People who are in the middle or independents, they may see it as a waste of money, but a lot of people who make the phone calls, do the door-to-door, the convention is kind of their reward.”
Conventions sometimes introduce rising political rookies. Barack Obama first gained national attention as the keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic convention.
“If you are living abroad and you don’t follow American politics too closely, this lets you see who’s on the back bench," said Hudak.
But, the "free kick" at conventions is the TV coverage 11. American TV networks broadcast from each convention and offer play-by-play analysis of the candidates - invaluable 12, says Norman Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute. “Free coverage. You don’t have to pay for commercials when networks are covering hours of the message you want to convey," he said.
And just like in soccer, whoever scores the most wins. For candidates, the goal is to live in the White House. But we won't know who that will be until November 6, election day.
- It is used to energize the city.它的作用是为城市供给能量。
- This is a great way to energize yourself and give yourself more power!这种方法非常棒，可以激活你的能量，让你有更多的活力！
- Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause. 她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
- The audience punctuated his speech by outbursts of applause. 听众不时以阵阵掌声打断他的讲话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
- The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
- 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。
- She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
- A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
- 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。
- 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。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
- He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
- He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
- Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
- This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。