VOA标准英语10月-Latest Presidential Debate Comes as Campaign Atta-英语课

时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（十月）

英语课

The two presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat 2 Barack Obama, are preparing to hold their second of three nationally televised debates in the southern city of Nashville. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from Washington the campaigns have sharpened their verbal attacks on each other.

The debate will be in a town-hall style format 3, with questions coming from undecided voters, some in the live audience and others who sent their questions through e-mail. Veteran NBC television journalist Tom Brokaw will be moderating questions that he pre-screened.
　

Barack Obama talks to reporters about economic stimulus 4 package in Ashville, North Carolina, 06 Oct 2008

With Barack Obama holding a lead in public opinion polls and only 29 days left until the election, analysts 6 say John McCain needs to do something dramatic to change the dynamics 7 of the race.

During the past several days, McCain's campaign, led by vice 8 presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has questioned Obama's values and his patriotism 9.

CBS News analyst 5 Jeff Greenfield said McCain clearly believes he needs to change the subject from the economic crisis.

"The McCain campaign has been remarkably 10 candid 1 in saying flatly, even on the record, we have got to change the topic from the economy, to raise doubts about Obama or we lose," he said.

McCain prefers town-hall style debates, and often seems energized 11 by a live audience. But experts say such a format does not lend itself well to one candidate attacking another, for fear of being seen as too aggressive and too confrontational 12 in the presence of voters.
　

Sen. John McCain participates in a campaign event in Denver, Colorado, 02 Oct 2008

Both McCain and Obama are widely considered to have delivered a strong performance in their first debate last month.

Steve Thomma of McClatchy newspapers told MSNBC news that the candidates' style is important.

"Then there is the question of style," he said. "Who looks calm and reassuring 13, a sober hand in a time of crisis."

NBC's Mark Whitaker said voters are not likely to want to hear about the candidates' patriotism or past associations, but are more interested in hearing how each of them intends to fix the economy.

"The voters and the people in the audience who are going to be asking the questions, they are going to want to hear about the economy, they are going to want to hear about health care and so forth," he said.

Analysts say both candidates need to show voters that they understand the economic pressures they are facing. They need to offer some ideas on how they plan to lead the country out of the global economic crisis.

1 candid

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。

2 democrat

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

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。

3 format

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排