2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.27(1)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.27(1)

　　Thousands of college students like him have offered to help political parties in the election campaign. Voting for the 543 seats in parliament begins on April 7th.

　　India has the highest number of young people in the world. With a total population of one-point-two billion people, half are under 26 years old.

　　Political parties largely ignored young people until they began protesting corruption and the gang rape of a student in Delhi in late . Now parties are seeking the support of these young voters.

　　The ruling Congress Party hopes the image of its leading campaigner, Rahul Gandhi, will appeal to young voters. Mr. Gandhi is 43 years old. He has been pushing for younger candidates and speaking to young voters at campaign events.

　　Ravi Shankar Prasad is a top leader of the BJP. He says his partys attention to development issues is important to young people.

　　Political observers say the two main parties have failed to act on the concerns of young people.

　　Sanjay Kumar is with the Center for Developing Societies in New Delhi. He wrote a book about Indian youth in politics. He says young Indians are showing more interest in politics than they did 10 years ago.

　　Some of these young men and women want to become political leaders themselves. Others, like Sanjay Kharwar, do not. Still, they are making time to campaign for their chosen parties. They organize meetings, actively use social media websites and climb onto crowded trains to publicize their ideas before the elections. Im Karen Leggett.