CNN 2012-02-03

 Big thanks to the students at Board Creek¹ Middle School for getting started today.Today's headline will take us to Asia and Africa but we will begin our from the State of Florida.

 

Florida is holding its presidential primary contest.The leading Republic candidates are making their final push to win the 50 delegates the are up for grabs there.Why are delegates important?Once a candidate wins one,it means that the delegate will vote for that candidate to be the party's presidential nominee².Candidate win most delegates during primary and caucus³.Some states like Florida have a winner take all system.Win the state,you get all of its delegates.other states have the proportional system.Though,for example a candidate who win 40% of the voters in that state,wins 40% the state's delegates.Win enough delegates and you win your party's nomination⁴.The bar this year for the Republican party is eleven hundreds forty four delegates.Here's how things broken down heading into Florida's primary:former Massachusetts governor Mitt⁵ Romney had 32 delegates,former House speaker Newt Gingrich had 27, Representative Ron Paul had 10 and former Senator Rick Santorum had 8.So you can see we still have a long way to go as far as delegates are concerned.CC looks how today's primary can impact the Republic field.

 

Florida will break the tire but it won't end the game.The four survivals of Republican primary process intend to keep on keeping on.They can also see the White House from their campaign headquarters.We will beat Barack Obama,New Gingrich thinks he muddy up Mitt Romney's prospects⁶ by doing well in states that divy up delegates by percentages.Thank you for coming.Looking to caucus state where delegates followers⁷ might produced outsize results.RP also depends on long political gravity.

 

 

You gonna study in and see what comes out and who knows what will come out of two candidates?There are lots of upsides down so may be there will be some downs and we might be able pick up the pieces.

 

 

I don't come from,you know,a background of wealth.Study,sure,and underfunded,Rick Santorum needs a miracle like Iowa, but on time and bigger.He needs a tumble from the top leaving space from him to step in as Newt without the baggage.

 

 

We are doing great and we are in this for a long hall.We just won't go outand spend every dime⁸ in a huge thing like Florida.

I want to get Americans working again.Ever a CEO,Romney is a numbers cruncher.Figuring in the highs and lows,he patiently awaits returns on his investment.This is a campaign that gonna go the distances.I am confident that we are gonna get the delegates we need and that despite all the ups and downs with the campaign,in the final analysis,I do my job right,get my supporters motivated by what we will be able to take the price.

Even if the Florida results do not change the players they will surly change the game.

 

 

Game on.Florida is not Rick Santorum's Iowa,this dismissed too white too rural with a lousy record of choosing winners.Thank you,New Hampshire.

Nor is Mitt Romney's New Hampshire is counted by credits as a hometown win.And Florida is not Gingrich`s South Carolina,diluted by naysayers as an over-sampling of *.Florida is nobody's home state.It is populous⁹ diverse and hard hit by the economy downturn.There is a constituency for everyone.Florida is the no excuse state.

 

 

A good win for Romney will reestablish him as a front runner,the better for his bruises¹⁰ and a nice win for Gingrich will make him more than a one state wonder.Florida will change everything even if we don't notice them first.CC,CNN,Washington.

The city of Joplin,Missouria gradually moving forwards after taking a directly hit from a massive tornado¹¹ last May.One hundred and sixty one people were killed.It was the deadlies twist on US soil since official started to keep records.St. John's Mercy Hospital in Joplin was left standing¹² but severely¹³ damaged.

 

 

On Sunday,a demolishing¹⁴ crew started taking down the old building but that was the first ceremony in Joplin on Sunday,there was also a ground breaking at St. John's new site.The hospital's president said it's hard to say goodbye to the old building but it's glad to be moving ahead and looking to the future.

1 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

2 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

4 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

5 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。

6 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

9 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

10 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

12 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

13 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

14 demolishing   

v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
• Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句