时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)


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Emerging Economy in Northeast Ohio Could Change Votes



A bright future awaits Gary McDowell. He's still a teenager, but what he's doing will shield him from Ohio's seven percent unemployment. These welding classes will connect him to a high paying job -- right out of high school.


"I think this is our time to shine right now. We are all in school. We are learning what needs to be done. We'll be out there right in prime time to help with the industry," McDowell said.


That industry is fracking....drilling for natural gas in shale 1. It's just one of several new job opportunities pumping life into northeastern Ohio. But it wasn't always like this. Haunting reminders 2 of a recession dot the fields.


Ohio’s largest employer, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, used to be here. In 1977, it shut down, creating a domino effect along with other steel mills. Over the next five years, 40,000 people would be out of work.


Now, new steel mills are rising from the rust 3; V&M Star is building a $650 million plant that will make pipes for fracking.


The hiring boom affects other businesses too.


The General Motors plant is back to three shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, building the Chevrolet Cruze.


President Obama claims credit for saving this plant and the U.S. auto 4 industry with his $50 billion bailout three years ago.


Across the street from GM, this bar should be filled with Obama supporters. True and not so true.


Preston Walker moved to Ohio for a job at the plant. "I’m voting for Obama because he’s the best candidate, not just because what he did for me,” he said


Lisa Griffith assembles the car seats on the Chevy Cruze. She won’t be voting for Obama. Or Romney. “I don’t trust any politican and, if they are good when they go in, they aren’t when they come out,” she said.


Ron Verb has been on the air 28 years in Youngstown, longer than any other radio talk show host in the country.


"This area's always gone Democratic, and people would hold it against the area for years," he said. "They would say, ‘Well, look where you guys are because you always vote in line, you always vote Democratic.’ Well now, I’d like to say to them, look where we are. Take a look where we are.”


Some callers to his show are unconvinced. "I don't know who I'm going to vote for," said one.


As the area begins to prosper 5, it retains its Democratic roots. But, as it delivers a better future to its youth, it could become a lesson in how economics influences politics. 




n.页岩,泥板岩
  • We can extract oil from shale.我们可以从页岩中提取石油。
  • Most of the rock in this mountain is shale.这座山上大部分的岩石都是页岩。
n.令人回忆起…的东西( reminder的名词复数 );提醒…的东西;(告知该做某事的)通知单;提示信
  • The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
  • The strike has delayed the mailing of tax reminders. 罢工耽搁了催税单的投寄。
n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退
  • She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
  • The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
v.成功,兴隆,昌盛;使成功,使昌隆,繁荣
  • With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管,公司开始兴旺起来。
  • It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。
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