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英语课
By Cindy Saine
Washington
24 April 2008


Senator Hillary Clinton's win over Senator Barack Obama in Pennsylvania has breathed new life into her campaign and given it a much-needed financial boost.  Her campaign says donors 1 contributed more than $10 million to her bid for the Democratic nomination 2 in the 24 hours after her victory.  VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from Washington. 


Senator Clinton's campaign says the money came from 100,000 donors, including 80,000 new donors who had not contributed to her campaign before. 


The big cash infusion 3 comes just in time.  The Clinton campaign disclosed April 1 that its debt of $10 million exceeded its cash on hand of $9 million.  On the same day, Senator Obama's campaign announced that it had more than $40 million in cash in hand, with no debts.  Analysts 4 say Senator Clinton needs the money to be able to compete in the next two primaries in North Carolina and Indiana in two weeks.  The two candidates have already moved on to Indiana.


Speaking to an outdoor crowd in Indianapolis, Clinton says she now has the momentum 5, and presented herself as the new frontrunner.


"I'm very proud that as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else," she said.  "And I am proud of that because it's a very close race, but if you count as I count the 2.3 million people who voted in Michigan and Florida, then we are going to build on that."


Her calculation includes Michigan and Florida, two states that defied Democratic Party rules to hold their primaries early, so the Democratic National Committee says the results do not count and will not yield any delegates for the convention in late August.  


Senator Obama still leads in the all-important number of pledged delegates to the convention by about 130 delegates, and has won more states than Senator Clinton.


Speaking to his supporters in New Albany, Indiana, Obama rejected Clinton's new method of measuring voter support.


"There have been a number of different formulations that the Clinton campaign has been trying to arrive at to suggest that somehow they're not behind," he said.  "I'll leave that up to you guys. If you want to count them for some abstract measure, you're free to do so, but you know, the way that the popular vote is translated is into delegates, that's how these primaries and these caucuses 6 work."


Both candidates are trying to appeal to the so-called "superdelegates", close to 800 party officials and elected representatives who are free to choose the candidate they support.


The Obama campaign says the Democratic race remains 7 "fundamentally unchanged" after his expected loss in Pennsylvania.  Obama is heavily favored to win in North Carolina, while opinion polls indicate a very close race in Indiana.




n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
n.灌输
  • Old families need an infusion of new blood from time to time.古老的家族需要不时地注入新鲜血液。
  • Careful observation of the infusion site is necessary.必须仔细观察输液部位。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
n.(政党决定政策或推举竞选人的)核心成员( caucus的名词复数 );决策干部;决策委员会;秘密会议
  • Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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a little from column A, a little from column B
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Money draws
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