Americans sharply divided on High Court's health care ruling
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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua)-- Americans are sharply divided over Thursday's Supreme 1 Court decision to uphold the core of Obama administration's health care legislation, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday.
The latest poll found 46 percent of Americans agreed and 46 percent disagreed with the high court's ruling. The public's views tracked the partisan 2 line, with Democrats 3 widely hailing the ruling, most Republicans panning it, and independents divided.
Four months ahead of the presidential election, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the crucial part of President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul 4 in a widely anticipated ruling, putting an end to months of speculations 5 over one of the hottest issues on the campaign trail.
When asked what they want U.S. Congress to do following the ruling, 31 percent of Americans say they want to repeal 6 the law entirely 7 and 21 percent would like to keep the law in place but repeal parts of it. A quarter of Americans swing in the other direction, saying they would like Congress to pass legislation to expand the government's role in health care beyond what the current law does.
The health care plan is a hot issue and a news focus in the presidential election campaign now getting underway, with coverage 8 exploding Thursday following the court's decision. However, analysts 9 said whether the ruling will be a game-changer in the 2012 presidential campaign still remains 10 a question.
The Gallup poll showed that 6 percent say health care is the top problem in June, behind mentions of the economy, jobs, the deficit 11, and problems in government.
Eighty percent of Americans take candidates' views on health care reform into account to at least some degree when voting for major political offices this fall, including 21 percent who say they will vote only for a candidate who shares their views on health care reform.
The Affordable 12 Care Act has been viewed as Obama's chief yet most controversial domestic accomplishment 13. The Supreme Court decided 14 the overhaul, including its "individual mandate 15" that virtually requires most Americans to buy health insurance, is constitutional. Republicans in Congress have vowed 16 to seek a complete repeal of the legislation.
Polls have shown that as a whole the Affordable Care Act still remains unpopular with the public, little changed from two years ago.
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒
- In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
- The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- 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》
v./n.大修，仔细检查
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断
- Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消
- He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
- He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
- 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。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能
- The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
- Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.托管地；命令，指示
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
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