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By Deborah Tate

The Republican National Convention goes into its second of four nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bush's expected to win the nomination¹ Tuesday night when the Pennsylvania delegation² put Mr. Bush over the necessary 1,255 delegate votes.
Pennsylvania was the state chosen to put Mr. Bush over the top of the delegate count to secure the nomination because it is crucial to his re-election prospects³.
The race between Mr. Bush and his challenger, Democratic Senator John Kerry is a tight one in Pennsylvania, a state rich in electoral votes, 21 in all.
Among the speakers Tuesday evening will be California Governor and former movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who will discuss his experience as an immigrant, and talk about what the United States does for the rest of the world.
In excerpts⁴ of his speech released to the media, Governor Schwarzenegger says, in his words, "We are the America that gives more than any other country, to fight AIDS in Africa and the developing world. And we are the America that fights not for imperialism⁵ but for human rights and democracy."
The president's wife, Laura Bush, will also speak. Mrs. Bush offered a preview in a CBS television interview Tuesday morning, praising her husband's handling of the economy.
"The unemployment rate in the United States right now, average rate around the U.S. is 5.5, which is lower than it was in the '90's or the 80's or the 70's," she said. "So the economy is rebounding⁶, but absolutely we all need to work to make sure that everybody who wants a job in the United States has one. I've had a really great time talking about women entrepreneurs and meeting women around the country who have started businesses."
Education Secretary Rod Paige is another speaker Tuesday evening. He spoke⁷ to reporters earlier about the remarks he will make.
"This is no time for us to go to sleep on education. Great nations are required to have great education systems. And for those who argue about the status quo, who argue against what we are talking about the underpinning⁸ assumption appears to be that we are o.k. I don't think everything is fine, I think part of it may have even reached the point where you could even call it a crisis. I look forward to have a chance to say to our nation, let us put our shoulder together and move forward on education."
Democrats⁹ have been criticizing Mr. Bush's handling of education and the economy. They say he has not adequately funded education, and say his tax cut policies benefit only wealthy Americans.
Deborah Tate, VOA news, New York.

注释：
Pennsylvania 宾夕法尼亚州
delegation 代表团
Arnold Schwarzenegger 阿诺德·施瓦辛格
Imperialism 帝国主义
CBS（Columbia Broadcasting System）美国哥伦比亚广播公司
unemployment 失业，失业人数
entrepreneur 企业家
quo 疑问
adequately 充分地

1 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。

2 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

3 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。

4 excerpts   

n.摘录，摘要( excerpt的名词复数 )；节选（音乐，电影）片段

参考例句：

• Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music. 一些文艺复光时期的弥撒的选节被不适当地加入到了格鲁克平淡无味的唐璜音乐中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is editing together excerpts of some of his films. 他正在将自己制作的一些电影的片断进行剪辑合成。 来自辞典例句

5 imperialism   

n.帝国主义，帝国主义政策

参考例句：

• They held the imperialism in contempt.他们鄙视帝国主义。
• Imperialism has not been able to subjugate China.帝国主义不能征服中国。

6 rebounding   

蹦跳运动

参考例句：

• The strength of negative temperature concrete is tested with supersonic-rebounding method. 本文将超声回弹综合法用于负温混凝土强度检测。
• The fundamental of basketball includes shooting, passing and catching, rebounding, etc. 篮球运动中最基本的东西包括投篮，传接球，篮板球等。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 underpinning   

n.基础材料；基础结构；（学说、理论等的）基础；（人的）腿v.用砖石结构等从下面支撑（墙等）( underpin的现在分词 )；加固（墙等）的基础；为（论据、主张等）打下基础；加强

参考例句：

• Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation. 具有典范性的创新确保了这次成功。 来自辞典例句
• But underpinning Mr Armstrong's technology changes is a human touch. 但阿姆斯特朗技术变革的支柱是人情味。 来自互联网

9 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》