英语听力精选进阶版 6142
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
A Historic Election 历史性选举
After a hard-fought campaign, Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States – the first African-American in the country’s history to do so.
President-elect Obama marked his victory with a speech to a crowd of tens of thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago.
Obama described his election as a "defining moment" in the history of the Unites States, saying that "change has come to America".
The BBC’s correspondent in Washington says that in electing Barack Obama, the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the status quo and rejected their country’s historical racial divisions.
The Australian Prime Minister summed up how many people felt when he congratulated President-elect Obama.
“Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality,” said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
President-elect Obama will not take office until 20 January next year. However, when he does become president, he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as "the worst financial crisis in a century".
But the mood of the country is optimistic, according to most commentators 1, and Obama himself appears to relish 2 the challenge.
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there," said the next President of the United States.
hard-fought campaign 艰苦的竞选活动
Democratic senator 民主党参议员
African-American 非裔美国人
President-elect 总统当选人
marked his victory 庆贺他的胜利
defining moment 决定性的时刻
correspondent 记者
status quo 现状
racial divisions 种族分划
Australian Prime Minister 澳大利亚总理
summed up 概括/归纳
Martin Luther King 马丁?路德?金
take office 上任
serious challenges 严峻的挑战
climate change 气候变化
financial crisis 金融危机
mood 心情/情绪
optimistic 乐观的
relish the challenge 喜欢这种挑战
steep 陡峭的/艰险的
- Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
- Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
- I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。