2017高考英语听力素材VOA：Go English（word文档）ge023c_高考复习指南

2017高考英语听力素材VOA：Go English（word文档）ge023c

　　Professor: Right! And Sharon says she doesn't want a candidate who is too partisan. Someone is partisan if he refuses to compromise with the other side.

　　哦， partisan 就是“党派性的”

　　Amir: Well what do you think the results are going to be? Virginia used to always be a landslide for the Republicans, but these days it's a tossup.

　　Sharon: You're right, it's pretty hard to say. But since the incumbent is a Republican, I'd have to give him a slight advantage.

　　Amir: Yeah, incumbents always have an easier time with fundraising, and everybody already knows them because they've been in office for a while.

　　Sharon: Yeah, but judging by what a bad job he's done, I don't think that name recognition is going to help him!

　　看来这次选举竞争很激烈。现在选举结果是tossup - 就像扔硬币一样，胜选机会是一半一半，哪个候选人都不会有landslide - 压倒性胜利。

　　Professor: Exactly. But one candidate has an advantage, right?

　　对，那就是the incumbent - 现在在任的州长。Amir说，他在fundraising - 筹款，和name recognition - 知名度方面，都有优势。

　　Professor: That's true, but name recognition isn't always a good thing, right?

　　对，知名度不一定都是好事，因为不知道是好名还是骂名！

　　Amir: A lot of analysts are saying that the election is going to be decided by turnout. The more people vote, the more it's likely to benefit the Democrat.