VOA标准英语2012--Presidential Debate Brings Political Theater to Denver
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Presidential Debate Brings Political Theater to Denver
"Mr. President, as president, you're entitle to your own airplane and your own house but not your own facts." Mitt 1 Romney quipped during the face to face clash between himself and President Barack Obama, who has a slight lead in the polls.
But outside the theater where the debate was being held, there was a party. The University of Denver called it "Debate Fest". After months of classes on politics and presidential debates, students enjoyed the national spotlight 2. "Debate Fest" participants enjoyed performers, who shared the stage with social media -- a wall of tweets.
One hundred lucky students had their names drawn 3 in a lottery 4 where the prize was a chance to sit inside the debate hall. Doctoral student Catherine Orsborn was one of the participants.
“I'm interested to see if Romney can shift focus of the debate," she said.
Massive chain link fences marked the debate perimeter 5 and police patrol the entrances.
Inside, the university's hockey rink was transformed into a debate hall. Seven thousand seats were removed to make room for the massive stage, to make space for the media, and for extra security. That left only 1,000 seats for an audience.
Beforehand, stand-ins for the president and Romney helped technicians get audio and lighting 6 just right. Backstage there was a filing center where 3,000 journalists watched and wrote their stories - 700 of them from foreign countries. Wessel de Jong, a correspondent for Dutch Public Broadcasting, said his viewers in the Netherlands would stay up all night to watch the U.S. Debate.
“United States is some kind of laboratory I think for politics in general," he explained. "So many politicians in the Netherlands just look at what's being done here. Right wing politicians, you see them copying tea party strategies. It's a big inspiration -- what's going on here.”
Afterwards, there was the organized chaos 7 known as "Spin Alley 8", which has become a fixture 9 of American presidential debates.
"The President couldn't justify 10 his positions," one person said.
"Mitt Romney's having trouble in this campaign," opined another.
The campaigns sent advocates to Denver to tell journalists who they thought won the debate. Political insiders call it a "spin" of the national discussion and voters perceptions.
But in the end, it's the 50 million viewers watching on TV and on the internet who will decide if this first debate, or the other presidential and vice 11 presidential debate will sway their votes.
- 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。
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
- The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
- Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
- The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
- Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
- The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。
- He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
- Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？