CNN英语听力2012年03月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120308.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家The only state named after a president held its Republican presidential caucuses on Saturday. Former Governor Mitt Romney came away with the win. He also got some momentum heading into this weeks Super Tuesday contest. Well have more on those for you tomorrow.Tens of thousands of Was

2、hingtonians had been expected to take part in the caucus meetings this weekend. Weve talked about candidates winning delegates in primaries and caucuses. Washingtons caucuses award those delegates proportionately. So since Governor Romney got the most votes, he also won the most delegates, but he di

3、dnt win all of them.The Republican candidate who wins his partys nomination will face off in the general election against President Obama, the likely Democratic nominee. When he was elected in 2008, Obama had overwhelming support from one group of Americans. Suzanne Malveaux looks at whether history

4、 might repeat itself in this years election, and the possible reasons why or why not.Donnel Scott has a framed newspaper story on his wall about President Obama when he won the 2008 election.I wanted to capture this for my family, because, again, it was so historical.But this year, hes not sure he w

5、ants to vote for Obama again.These next few months are going to be the telltale sign of me making a decision.African-Americans have been hit hard by the economy, with black unemployment at 13.6 percent, almost double the rate of whites.Ive had times Ive held almost three or four different jobs at on

6、e time. But when you have a family that youre trying to support, you will do whatever it takes, no matter the odds.In 2008, African-Americans went to the polls in record numbers, 96 percent of African-Americans who voted voted for President Obama. But some people in the black community feeling a sen

7、se of disappointment now. The question is: can the president hold on to the black vote?Former Obama policy adviser and now DNC head, Patrick Gaspard, believes he can.African-Americans have been disproportionately affected by the recession. Over the course of the last 23 months, weve, of course, seen

8、 3.7 millions jobs grown in the private sector alone. And there is a sense that were beginning to turn this around.Representative Maxine Waters has been one of the presidents toughest critics for not doing enough for black unemployment. Even so, she says Republican attacks on President Obama will he

9、lp energizing blacks to vote.Since the Republican candidates have taken to the air with these debates, they have tried to undermine the president in so many ways. They have strengthened the resolve of African- Americans to reelect this president.And weve got to decide what kind of country we want to

10、 be.Last month, the Obama campaign launched African-Americans for Obama to generate support in black communities. At a barber shop in Atlanta, opinions were mixed on whether or not to vote for the president in November.Hes going to have to become very convincing to minorities right now. Other than t

11、hat, its going to sound like the same story over again. And theyre still waiting on change.I think hes done a ton with the cards that he was dealt. I think four more years would do him and do us and do the country well.Well, at the start of todays show, we said wed tell you whos going to be the next

12、 president. Didnt say of the United States, though. Russia held its presidential election yesterday, and as the votes came in, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared victory.This is Putin on the left here, with Russias current president. If these election results are confirmed, Putin will be going b

13、ack to the job he held from 2000-2008. He had to step down because Russian presidents cant serve more than two terms in a row.Putin appeared to have a big lead at the polls, but there have been a lot of protests against him recently. One Russian lawmaker was demanding a runoff election because he di

14、dnt think Sundays votes were counted fairly.唯一一个以总统名字命名的州即将在周六举行共和党总统选举。前州长米特?罗姆尼带走了胜利。他也得到了走向本周超级星期二比赛的一些动力。我们明天将会为你带来更多。成千上万的华盛顿人预计参加在这个周末的党团会议。我们一直在谈论候选人在初选和党内预选中赢得代表。华盛顿的党团会议的奖励是代表的比例。既然罗姆尼州长得到的选票最多,他也就赢得了大多数代表,但他没能赢得所有的人。共和党候选人赢得了他的党内提名在总统大选将与可能成为民主党提名人的奥巴马面对面。当他在2008年被选为总统时, 一群美国人压倒性的支持奥巴马。苏珊?

15、马沃斯看着历史是否可能在今年的选举中重演, 有什么能或什么不能的原因呢？关于总统奥巴马赢得了2008年的选举，丹尼尔?斯科特在他房间墙上有整个报纸的报道。我想要留给我的家庭,因为,再一次,它是如此的历史性。但是今年,他自己也不清楚是否再次投票给奥巴马。接下来的几个月对我来说作出决定可能有点捉摸不定。非裔美国人已经遭受了严重的经济影响,黑人失业率高达13.6%,几乎是白人的两倍。我有次有近三份或四份不同的工作。但是当你有一个家庭,你想支持它,你会不惜一切,无论有没有几率。在2008年,非裔美国人去投票站投票,记录显示96%的非洲裔美国人投票赞成奥巴马。但是在黑人社区的一些人现在感觉失望。问题是:

16、总统能否抓住黑人的选票?前奥巴马政策顾问,现在的DNC领导帕特里克?加斯帕德相信他能。非裔美国人已经不成比例的受经济衰退的影响。在过去的23个月里,我们,当然,看到在这个特别的部门里增加了370万份工作。而在某种意义上,我们开始扭转这一局面。代表玛克辛?沃特兹一直批评总统对黑人失业做的少之又少。即便如此,她表示共和党攻击奥巴马总统将有助于激励黑人投票。自从共和党候选人将这些争论抛诸脑后,他们正试图在许多方面逐渐削弱这位总统。他们已经加强了非裔美国人对这位总统重新选举的决心。我们得决定我们想要的是什么样的国家,。上个月,奥巴马阵营为奥巴马发起支持黑人社区的非裔美国人。在亚特兰大的一家理发店,观点

17、集中在是否11月投票给这位总统。他现在对少数人来说非常令人信服。除了那个,一遍又一遍会听起来像相同的故事。他们还在等待变化。我想他已经用卡片处理了一吨的问题。我认为4年内对他和对我们及对我们的国家将会更好。嗯,在今天的节目伊始,我们说过我们会告诉你谁将会是下一届总统。虽然我们当然不是指美国，但俄罗斯昨天举行总统大选,选票汇总,总理普京宣布胜利。这是普京在左边这里,成为了俄罗斯的现任总统。如果这些选举结果得到证实,普京会重返他于2000年至2008年开始的这份工作。他不得不放慢,因为俄罗斯总统不能超过两届任期。普京在民意调查中似乎有一个大的领先优势,但最近已经有太多对他的抗议。一位俄罗斯议员要求重新竞选,因为他认为周日的投票不公平。 版权所有高考资源网