米歇尔人气飙升 支持率远超奥巴马
Michelle Obama has left her husband way behind in America’s popularity stakes.
The First Lady returned to the campaign（竞选活动） trail this week for the first time since 2008 after her approval rating（支持率） rocketed to 65% - twenty points higher than the president.
With only a quarter of those questioned in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation（公司） poll expressing their disapproval 1, Mrs Obama is seen as a saviour 2 for beleaguered 3 Democrats 5 in the run-up to next month’s mid-term elections.
She is so popular that some congressional（国会的议会的） candidates have expressed more excitement at the prospect 6 of campaigning with her than with her husband.
After the First Lady’s trip to the same state on Wednesday on the first stop of her seven-state tour, Senator Feingold’s popularity spiked 7 to its highest level of his campaign and she helped him raise more than ?150,000 ($240,000).
Several Democrat 4 candidates have aired TV adverts 8 highlighting votes in Congress where they have opposed the White House. Others have quietly told the president’s office that they would prefer it if he stayed away.
But everybody is clamouring for the First Lady.
She was in Illinois and Colorado yesterday and will be making speeches in a string of states, including California, Washington and Connecticut, over the next fortnight.
With Democrats suffering from an ‘enthusiasm（热心,热忱,热情）’ gap, Mrs Obama tried to inject some pizzazz into the proceedings 9 at a Milwaukee fund-raiser, wearing a pink dress and a sparkly necklace.
Advisers 10 are pushing her to remind her audiences of the excitement that built up around her husband’s inauguration 11, when the country was in a far more hopeful mood.
She is also acting 12 as first cheerleader for her husband, who is coming under fire over America’s prolonged economic slump 13.
The survey results indicated that six out of ten men and more than seven out of ten women approve of Mrs Obama’s performance as First Lady.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。
- I saw myself as the saviour of my country.我幻想自己为国家的救星。
- The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。
- The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
- We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- 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》
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
- The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句
- the adverts on television 电视广告
- The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
- She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
- The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
- Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。