VOA标准英语2012--Democrats Questioned by Some for Choosing Charlotte For Convention
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Democrats 2 Questioned by Some for Choosing Charlotte For Convention
Charlotte, North Carolina - home to 750,000 people - is everything America's South is known for: southern accents, southern fried foods, and southern charm.
Charlotte is the global base for Chiquita bananas and NASCAR racing 3, and at one time was the center of a gold rush. In a way, it still is: It is America's second largest financial center, after New York City, controlling more than $2 trillion in assets.
Democrats have tried to make "big money" a negative in this year's campaign. For example, they refused to accept corporate 4 contributions to fund this convention. But the party fell short of cash and had to shorten the gathering 5 from four days to three.
President Obama will make his acceptance speech Thursday in Charlotte's professional football stadium, which was underwritten by the nation's second largest financial corporation.
So to avoid any connections to big banks, the Democratic Party likes to refer to the Bank of America Stadium as Panther Stadium... renamed after the professional football team that plays here.
In the 2008 presidential election, Obama narrowly won North Carolina, becoming the first Democrat 1 to do that in more than 30 years. The state is a gem 6 with its 15 electoral votes.
Peter Brown, a pollster with Quinnipiac University, said, "It's one of those states that if the president wins, there's no way [Republican challenger] Mitt 7 Romney will win the White House."
Recent polls show the president even with Republican Romney in this state, and that worries even his staunchest supporters, like North Carolinian Dwight Price.
"I think it's going to be really, really hard. Last election turnout among young voters was really high, and a lot of people coming out for the first time. I do hope for a repeat like that, but I'm not so sure," he said.
Others aren’t either. North Carolina's 9.6 percent unemployment rate is above the national average. Democratic Governor Beverly Purdue is so unpopular she isn't seeking a second term, and the executive director of the state Democratic Party resigned after a sex scandal.
But Charlotte is embracing the 35,000 people attending the convention, and Democrats are hoping North Carolina does the same with Mr. Obama in November.
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- 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》
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。