VOA标准英语2012--Romney Attempts Campaign Reset
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Romney Attempts Campaign Reset 1
Mitt 2 Romney was in damage control mode as he tried to appeal to Hispanic voters on the Spanish language network Univision.
“So my campaign is about the 100 percent in America, and I am concerned about them. I’m concerned about the fact that over the past four years life has become harder for Americans," said Romney.
Romney has been on the defensive 3 after the release of a secretly-recorded video from a fundraiser in May showed him with a dismissive attitude toward Obama supporters.
Romney said 47 percent of voters will support the president no matter what because they depend on government handouts 4 and see themselves as victims.
“So my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives," he said.
President Obama responded on the David Letterman show.
“When I meet Republicans as I am traveling around the country, they are hard-working, family people who care deeply about this country and my expectation is that if you want to be president you have to work for everybody, not just for some," said President Obama.
Analysts 5 say the Romney comments are damaging, at least in the short term.
“And then he makes the colossal 6 mistake of presuming you can say things in secret," said presidential historian Allan Lichtman. "We know in this day and age that everything is photographed and recorded and that you can’t just write off half of the American people as dependents and people who don’t pay taxes."
The comments could also hurt because voters already find the president more likeable than Romney, says Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown.
“His favorable to unfavorable ratios have not gotten better and voters say Obama much more understands their needs and their lives than Romney, and that is a problem for the challenger," said Brown.
Obama has built a slight lead in the polls since the party conventions and may be benefiting from an improving public perception of the economy, says Allan Lichtman.
“That [the economy] was his one big area of advantage over Obama. That’s gone and on almost every other issue - you know, likeability, national security, foreign policy, health - Obama is ahead," he said.
Romney’s best and perhaps last opportunity to give himself a boost will come in next month’s debates, says Peter Brown.
“We are in the final stretch drive and the president is ahead. Now there are events that afford Romney perhaps the opportunity to change that status quo," he said.
In addition to the presidential debates there will be one vice 7 presidential debate between the incumbent 8, Joe Biden, and Republican candidate Paul Ryan.
- As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
- He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。
- 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。
- Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
- The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts. 士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Even after losing his job, he was too proud to accept handouts. 甚至在失去工作后，他仍然很骄傲，不愿接受施舍。
- 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。
- There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
- Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。