VOA标准英语2012--Candidates Hopes Hinge on US Economic Sentiment
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Candidates Hopes Hinge on US Economic Sentiment
Republican vice 1 presidential candidate Paul Ryan says Barack Obama cannot hide his administration's economic record.
"We are not going to hear evidence and facts about how people are better off [under President Obama]," said Ryan. "You see the president cannot run on his record."
The argument echoes a question Ronald Reagan asked during his 1980 presidential campaign that defeated then-President Jimmy Carter when he asked, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"
Republicans hope voters will deliver the same verdict this year. The question resonates with a New York grocer.
Democrats 2 argue today's high unemployment rate and sluggish 3 economic growth are the lingering effects of a deep recession that began months before Obama took office, during a Republican administration.
"President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did," said Former President Bill Clinton during his Democratic Convention speech last night. "No president - not me or any of my predecessors 4 - could have repaired all the damage in just four years."
But most Americans have yet to see their finances improve.
"We are in a very slow recovery," noted 5 Gary Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute. "Wages have not gone up, and unemployment is still pretty high. Against these earlier expectations, things do not look so good."
Will voters punish President Obama for a tepid 6 economy, or will they give him credit for helping 7 the nation weather a devastating 8 financial crisis? Both Republicans and Democrats are gambling 9 that the answer to those questions will lead them to victory.
- 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。
- 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 humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
- Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
- Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。