VOA标准英语2012--Candidates Spending Millions on Undecided Ohio Voters
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
Candidates Spending Millions on Undecided Ohio Voters
Halloween decorations in Ohio share the yard with political signs. Ohio is called "the batteground of all battleground states" and it could decide the election.
The midwestern state is a cross-section of America: urban and suburban 1. Rural and industrial.
Stark 2 County is a bellwether 3 county, meaning it chose the winning candidate in nearly every election over the last 50 years.
In one house in Stark County's township of Perry sits the target of both campaigns: an undecided voter.
Gust 4 Callas changes the channel to cable TV, trying to avoid the ads vyying for his vote. In the past two months, he's watched plenty. "Probably 300 to 400 of them easily," Callas said.
He can't escape the campaigns. They call him. They write him at work. They interrupt his music as he drives. And, they surround his workout at the gym.
Callas resents them, but says they don't sway him. He describes himself as five percent either side of the middle, a voter who picks the candidate not the party.
“I’m waiting to see who’s going above the fray 5. In my opinion, being snarky or spinning or distorting the truth -- to me, that’s not my president," Gust said.
The candidates have already spent a record $2 billion, more than $100 million, just on Ohio ads.
According to Kantar and Wesleyan Media, Callas is watching some of the 8,000 ads purchased in northeast Ohio.
In the final weeks of a tight race, psychologists say one ad can make a difference.
But this year, many agree, they are more frequent and more negative than ever.
”I just turn the channel. They don’t do anything for me. I tune 6 them out,“ said one man.
Back inside, Callas flips 7 the channel too.
“I’m going to wait and see, and I may make that decision when I’m at the ballot 8 box,” Callas said.
For now, the millions spent on him aren't working.
- Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
- There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
- The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
- He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
- University campuses are often the bellwether of change.大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
- For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.几十年来，这家公司一直是英国经济的晴雨表。
- A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
- A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
- Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢？
- Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。
- He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
- The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
- Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
- He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。