Obama, Romney Alter Campaigns in Face of East Coast Storm

 Obama, Romney Alter Campaigns in Face of East Coast Storm

Facing a massive East Coast storm, U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt¹ Romney adjusted their campaigns for the White House Saturday to avoid torrential rains and strong winds threatening the eastern half of the country.

Obama's staff said the president reviewed storm relief preparations in a conference call with top emergency and domestic security officials as he flew to New Hampshire.  Staffers said Vice² President Joe Biden canceled a campaign stop in coastal³ Virginia to allow local authorities to focus on storm preparations.

Romney also canceled stops in Virginia.  He campaigned Saturday across Florida, which was spared the wrath⁴ of Hurricane Sandy.  Romney criticized the president for what he called an agenda that lacks vision, and promised if elected to "build bridges" with congressional Democrats⁵.

Nearly 2,000 kilometers to the north, the president told supporters in Manchester, New Hampshire that the state's four electoral votes could end up as the margin⁶ of victory in the tightly contested election.

Both candidates are pushing supporters to vote early, and experts counting absentee ballots⁷ say some 10.5 million people have already voted.

Romney on Friday called for "bold changes" to fix the nation's economy.  He told supporters in the battleground state of Iowa that there is nothing in what the president proposed in recent debates that has any prospect⁸ of meeting the economic challenges facing the country.

The U.S. government, however, reported Friday that the economy grew by 2 percent in the July-to-September period, a slightly faster pace than economists⁹ had projected.

The head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers¹⁰, Alan Krueger, said Friday's report provided "further evidence that the economy is moving in the right direction," adding that there is "more work to do."

Polls have shown the presidential race tied as the campaign enters its final stage before the November 6 election.

1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

4 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

6 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

7 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

9 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 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。