CNN 2010-10-20

Hello! My name is Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News. A breakthrough in Switzerland! Teaching with technology in Canada! But we start things off with some trail talk right here in the U.S.

 

We're talking about the campaign trail for this year's midterm elections, coming up on November 2nd. Quick recap on those. U.S. House of Representatives -- all 435 seats are up for election. U.S. Senate -- 37 seats up for election. Plus all sorts of local and state elections, too. President Obama, he's not up for re-election this year. But he is out on the campaign trail trying to help other members of his Democratic party get elected, and talking about what might happen if they don't.

This election is a choice, and the stakes couldn't be higher. If they win this election, the chair of the Republican Campaign Committee has promised to pursue the exact same agenda as they did before I took office. And we know what that agenda was: You cut taxes, mostly for millionaires and billionaires; you cut rules for special interests; and then you cut middle-class families loose to fend¹ for themselves.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is doing some campaigning too, but for Republican candidates. And she's taking aim at some of the Democratic leaders in Washington, especially Senate Majority Leader Harry² Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Former Governor Palin says it's time for them to go，

1 fend   

v.照料（自己），（自己）谋生，挡开，避开

参考例句：

• I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
• He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。