Obama likely to seek reelection: White House

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday said President Barack Obama is likely to run for reelection（改选） in 2012.
    "I think it is likely that is going to happen," said Gibbs during a regular briefing, noting the bid would not be official until Obama filed papers with the Federal Election Commission（委员会）.
    Gibbs said Obama wanted to continue his efforts to revive the economy.
    With a series of White House personnel shifts, U.S. media outlets¹ have been abuzz with speculations² about Obama's reelection campaign.
    Reports indicated Obama will file papers with the Federal Election Commission to formally declare his candidacy around March, and deputy chief of staff Jim Messina will serve as his campaign manager. Senior adviser³ David Axelrod and Gibbs, both important advisers⁴ in the 2008 campaign, will work in the reelection bid.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• 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》

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。