VOA标准英语2012--US Presidential Candidates Court Youth Vote
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
US Presidential Candidates Court Youth Vote
While Republicans convened 1 in Tampa Wednesday, President Obama spoke 2 to cheering students at the University of Virginia.
"Don't just chant, you got to vote!" he said.
Polls show Obama with an advantage among young people, but it will only count if they actually get out and vote.
At the University of Tampa this week, students like Patrick Creedon registered to vote for the first time.
"I am going to be voting and I am going to be voting for Obama," he said.
Creedon says he likes the Democrats 3 because of their positions on social issues like gay marriage and because of Republican plans to change programs like Medicare, which provides health care for seniors.
But University of Tampa student body President Matt Rutkovitz says issues like Medicare are not a concern for most of his contemporaries.
"Students aren't necessarily worried about when they are 50, 60, 70 years old, and I just think that Medicare and Medicaid are not important topics for students right now," he said.
Young people are also very tolerant and sometimes reluctant to confront those who hold different opinions.
Imani Cruz says she avoids political arguments with fellow students.
"They have a right to their opinion. I would not like anyone to put their opinion on me and I would not want to do that to somebody else," she said.
But many politically active young people do express their opinions, and hundreds took to the streets in Tampa this week to condemn 4 Republican policies.
Most of the delegates inside the convention hall are mature adults, many having spent years working for their political party.
But every now and then you do see a young face.
One of the youngest delegates to the convention is 18-year-old Hamilton Zachariahs, who believes many people his age are disappointed by Obama.
"I think that young people will see that they are not getting the jobs they want out of college and what they were promised they did not get, and so I think a lot of young voters might see what Romney has to offer," he said.
Hamilton's father, Gary Zachariahs, an immigrant from India, thinks his son may run for office some day.
"The sky is the limit. This is America, of course!" he said.
And no doubt there will be other parents of other young political activists 5 taking part next week in the Democratic convention, after these Republicans have gone home.
- The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
- The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。
- 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。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
- We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。