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十一月份 第 03 课
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- Election Tuesday; US Presidential Race Still Close
- 美国总统竞选在衝刺时刻角逐激烈
- U.S. President Barack Obama and his opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are essentially tied in national polls as the presidential campaign enters its last days before Tuesday's election.
- 离星期二的美国总统选举日还剩最后几天；在这决战时刻，美国总统欧巴马和他的竞争对手、前麻萨诸塞州州长罗姆尼在全国民调中出现旗鼓相当的对垒局面。
- The president holds a slight edge in the political battleground states crucial to gaining the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
- 欧巴马总统在竞争激烈的摇摆州里微幅领先，这些州对欧巴马获得 270 张选举人票、赢得总统大选至关重要。
- Both President Obama and Mr. Romney stopped Friday in the key state of Ohio on a day the government reported the jobless rate had risen a tenth of a point to 7.9 percent, but also added 171,000 jobs, beating expectations.
- 欧巴马和罗姆尼星期五都在关键州俄亥俄州做了停留；美国政府就在星期五发佈了失业率升至 7.9 % 的报告，虽然失业率上升 0.1 %，但美国增加了 17 万 1000 个工作，比预期要好。
- Each candidate had a different take on what the numbers meant.
- 两位总统竞选人对失业率数字做出不同的解读。
- The president said companies in October hired more workers than at any other time in the last eight months.
- 欧巴马总统说，比起过去 8 个月以来的任何时候，公司在 10 月份雇用了更多的人员。
- Mr. Romney called the jobless rate "a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill."
- 而罗姆尼则是把失业率称作是 “一个令人难过的提示，显示美国经济实际上处於停滞状态。”
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- New York Continues to Recover
- 纽约持续从 “超级颶风” 灾后復苏
- Many New Yorkers Saturday are still without critical resources, including power, heat and food, in the wake of the devastation caused by "superstorm" Sandy that thrashed the U.S. East Coast.
- 就在桑迪超级颶风重创美国东岸地区之后，许多纽约市民星期六仍然没有电，没有暖气，也缺乏食物。
- Some New Yorkers were surprised that Mayor Michael Bloomberg had initially given the go-ahead for Sunday's New York Marathon, when so many of the city's residents are in dire need. Bloomberg reversed his decision Friday.
- 一些纽约市民感到吃惊的是，彭博市长在许多纽约居民现在处於迫切需要时刻，却仍然决定按原计划举办星期日的纽约马拉松比赛；不过，彭博星期五改变了他最初的决定。
- A New York newspaper says it discovered race officials were hoarding supplies for the race that could have been used for Sandy's victims.
- 纽约邮报报导说，他们发现马拉松比赛的官员為这次比赛囤积了一批物资，而这些物资本来可以用来援助这次风灾的灾民。
- The New York Post said among the resources stashed away were 41 power generators that could have provided electricity for homes, hundreds of portable toilets, pallets of water and dozens of coffee brewers.
- 纽约邮报指出，在囤积的物资当中包括 41 个发电机；这些发电机可以用来為一些住宅发电；另外还有几百个临时厕所，饮用水等等。
- Mayor Bloomberg compared having the race to the 2001 Marathon after the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center.
- 彭博市长将这次马拉松比赛同 2001 年 9 月 11 日纽约世贸中心遭受恐怖攻击之后举办的马拉松比赛相比。
- But, that race came two months after the attack. Sandy struck the city less than a week ago.
- 但是 2001 年的纽约马拉松比赛是在恐怖袭击发生了两个月之后举行的，而这次马拉松比赛距离桑迪颶风横扫纽约地区不到一个星期。
- Preliminary estimates have put the total cost of the storm for the east coast at between $20 billion and $50 billion.
- 据初步估计，桑迪颶风对美国东岸造成的损失在 200 亿美元到 500 亿美元之间。
- And each day businesses remain closed reduces the region's economic output by about $200 million.
- 而企业每关闭一天，就為这个地区带来大约 2 亿美元的经济损失。
- Although affected parts of the U.S. East Coast are trying to get back to business as usual, many challenges remain.
- 尽管美国东岸受灾地区设法恢復正常，它们仍然面临许多挑战。
- Many transit systems are still operating on limited schedules, and many gas stations are not able to operate because they still do not have power.
- 许多地铁系统仍然只能有限运转；一些加油站因為缺乏电力供应而无法提供加油服务。
- A report in New Jersey's Bergen Record newspaper says it could be a month or more before train service to New York is fully restored.
- 新泽西州 “卑尔根纪录报” 的报导说，火车客运和货运的服务可能要一个月或者更长的时间才能全面恢復正常。
- The American Automobile says about 60 percent of gas stations in New Jersey and about 70 percent of those on New York's Long Island are closed.
- 美国汽车协会说，新泽西州百分之 60 的加油站，纽约长岛地区的百分之 70 加油站仍然关闭。
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