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高中英语 VOA常速听力11月合辑（文本）AfricanAmericanVotersExpressOpinionsAboutUSPresidentialElection素材Chris SimkinsOctober 31, 2012Barack Obama won 95 percent of the African-American vote in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. Four years later, Republican Part y challenger Mitt Romney is trying to take away Afr ican-American support from Obama.A solid turnout among African-American voters could lift Barack Obama to a second presidential-election victory, says political-science professor Lorenzo Morris."They will have an impact unless they do not show up [at the polls], meaning their distribution across the [key] states and their influence in 2008 means their role will be critical, he said.Public-opinion surveys suggest the president can again expect strong support among African-American voters like Angela Jenkins."As a person that wa s unemployed I was able to get heal th insurance for myself and my son because of his [Pre sident Obama's] initiative," Jenkins said.Other voters are less enthusiastic about President Obama because of the economic downturn. Andrew Marshall was out of work for two years."I just recently got back to work about e ight months ago, so the progress is very slow at this point and with people its more of a frustration factor where people like figur e it should have been done maybe two years ago," Marshall said.Despite tough economic times, many black voters we spoke with approve of President Obama's job performance."I think he said he was not going to change everything overnight. I think a second term he [President Obama] will fulfill more of what he said he was going to do," Fra nklin said."If you want a president that will make things better in the African-American community you are looking at him," Romney said.Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney has appealed to black voters to join his side. It is proving to be a tough sell."Like me I am on my mother's health insurance, and I feel as though once Romney gets in office it will all be taken away," said one female voter."If Mitt Romney wins the White House, he is going to have to giv e these young black men and old black men jobs. I have a [college] degree and it is hard for me to get a job," Smith said.Some voters were critical of the Obama administration and disappointed the president ha s not done more to address concerns in the black community."We have had an emphasis on the Latino population, we have had an emphasis on the gay population, but when it comes to African Americans I do not see an initiative that was put in place to propel our issues," Wright said."All the times that an incumbent [c andidate] will run you usually have to run on your record and his [President Obama's] record is not good in my eyes but you know I am just one person," Allen said.Despite a few reservations, political analyst David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies predicts a vast majority of African Americans will end up supporting Obama over Romney."In addition to support for President Obama among blacks there is a definite fear of what the alternative Republican Party agenda represents," Bositis said.Other political analysts say if President Obama is to recapture the White House his campaign will again need a strong showing at the polls in African-American comm unities, especially in battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election.。

高中英语 VOA常速听力11月合辑(文本)GhanaVotersWeighOptionsAheadofNationalPoll素材

VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：Ghana-Voters-Weigh-Options-Ahead-of-National-PollJoana ManteyNovember 23, 2012Ongoing debate in the media and elsewhere suggests that Ghanaians will no longer accept the opinions of po litical leaders without question. Eric Adjei, a retired politician, said the days when people voted based solely on a politician’s looks or charisma is ov er.“When you have acquired some level of education, you become more politically aware. People are now confronting issues and saying ‘hang on’ we are just not going to let you come and bombard us with promises and then after four years you come back to us again and say please vote for me,” he said.Adjei is happy that the media is offering an avenue for political discourse on campaign promises by the political parties.Interim President John Mahama, the presidential candidate for the r uling National Democratic Congress, or NDC, is promising to provide school children with free laptops. And he has promised to build a public university in eastern Ghana. There are other promises too.George Lawson is the deputy general secretary of the NDC. He said his party will ensure there are enough schools for Ghanaian ch ildren and that high school education is gradually made free. “Our aim is to give quality education to the Ghanaian, enforce free universal basic education and then again eliminate schools under trees,” he said.Education is also dominating discussions in the New Patriotic Party, NPP.Presidential candidate Nana Akufo Addo says if he becomes president, he will put up 350 classrooms and make high school free for all students. There are also promises to build housing units for Ghanaians, as well as p rovide loan guarantees to private developers for slum upgrading.NPP member Mike Ocquaye said his party is offering better policies. “We want to come into government to help the people of Ghana. Our party is known as the party which brought in social policies that helped the masses in the previous government. We are looking forward to doing more for the masses,” he said.However, not all Ghanaians agree that the candidates’ policies meet their basic needs.Kwesi Plange is a freelance journalist. He said parties must show how the country’s economic ga ins are helping ordinary workers.“If at the end of the day the people asses their lives and realize that, ‘when I compare myself with the guy I give power to represent me, I see him riding a free car, he has a free house, he has servants in tow. I mean he is able to afford all the basic things of life.Then it takes away the motivation to be part of the electoral process," he added.Obiri works for the non- profit organization, Center for Environmental Impact Analysis. He said most of the manifestos are silent on environmental issues.“Let’s focus on the environment, let’s focus on natural resource governance. If we are able to get these two things right, we’ll be able t o do everything right,”he said.Obiri said problems such as high arsenic poison in blood samples of residents along polluted water bodi es in the central region of Ghana could be solved if political parties gave priority to environmental issues.The Ghanaian think-tank Institute of Economic Affairs, or IEA, is giving presidential candidates an opportunity to debate the issues. The IEA says the debates will help promote accountability among the presidential candi dates and public discourse on their manifestos..。

高中英语 VOA常速听力11月合辑(文本)NewJerseyVotersG

VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：New-Jersey-Voters-Go-to-Polls-Despite-Impact-of-Hurricane Greg FlakusNovember 07, 2012ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NEW JERSEY — In storm-ravaged areas along the New Jersey coast, some voters cast ballots at makeshift polling stations and many people displaced by the storm voted at other locations, using special ballots that only allowed them to vote for president and statewide offices. New Jersey voters were also able to vote online or by fax, although they would give up their right to secrecy as a result.It's still difficult to get into some parts of this coastal area, which were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.But voters who remain in the area were able to vote at a local fire station. Dawn Gioello came early."Besides being our duty, it is also a privilege and, whether I like either candidate or neith er can didate, I try to make the best choic e possible," said Gioello.She is not enthusiastic about voting by mail or online."There is something about coming to the polling place and casting your vote that is so very important," she said.Jennifer Jamgochian is a first-time voter. She might have voted by absentee ballot, but for the storm."I go to school in New York, and I came to check on my parents and decided to vote while I am here," said Jamgochian.In spite of the disruption caused by the storm and the power outages and tran sportation problems, most of the people coming out here to vote in New Jer sey do it because they say it is their civic duty.Patriotism motivated Jack and Anna Powell."A lot of people died for our freedom," Jack said."It is a right that we have in this country that was given to us, and I think a lotof people should use it," said Anna.Across the water, in New York City, Leslie Harper expressed a similar view."It's very important because it's very important for the country, and I wanted to vote today," she said.David Scott says voting in the city has been easy for those outside the worst-hit storm zones."I think that most people will be able to find a place to vote, and I know that the city is working hard. They opened the polls on Sunday so you could vote early and get it done," he said.Officials in both states say every effort is being made to e n sure that the hurricane does not rob anyone of the right to vote.。

高中英语 VOA常速听力11月合辑(文本)GhanaPoliticians

VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：Ghana-Politicians-Using-Social-Media-to-Reach-Out-to-Voters Joana ManteyNovember 23, 2012Only an estimated four p ercent of the people in Ghana use the internet. But the sector has immense potential for growth and tremen dous mass appeal, especially among young people in urban areas.The non-profit organization Blogging Ghana is using internet-based technology to raise awareness among young people about general elections on December 7. The effort is being funded in part by Star Ghana, another non-profit working to increase civil society’s involvement in the governmentProgram manager Ibrahim Tanko said the project is especially popular among university students.He said discussions among students are streamed live on Facebook and Twitter. The social media tools provide venues for the dialogue to continue long after the program ends.Tanko said the sites offer politicians a way to reach the electorate in both a direct and indirect way.“[People are] indire ctly reached in the sense that somebody tweets information, you also pick it up and re-tweet and a third person picks it up,” he said.Tanko said most young people are apathetic about political rallies. However, social media platforms a re helping to mov e political discussions to them rather than asking youths to attend.“They get involved by contributing,"he said. "And you will hear people say, ‘Initially I didn’t want to vote but after having participated in this discussion on education, I think I want to make my voice heard’“Another project funded by Star Ghana helps set up early-warning systems to check electoral fraud. It combines the use of social media and text messaging via mobile phones.Tanko said in this program, tell-tale signs about electoral fraud are flagged andsent to security agencies.“The early-warning system is modeled around what was used in Kenya called the Moshahidi," he said. "So it kind of provides a platform where people can send in messages either via SMS or Facebook. W hen these are verified, they are collated and sent to the right authorities”The project is run by the company Pen Plus Bytes (written as PenPlusBytes) which teaches journalists how to use communication and internet technologies in their jobs.Most of the country’s political parties are also harnessing the power of social media to enrich their debates and win polls.Papa Kwesi Ndoum of the Progressive People’s Party has about 160,000 “likes” on his Facebook account.Nana Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party shares videos from his campaign and encourages party donations on Facebook, Twitter and Google Hangouts.Ghana’s president John Mahama has 26,000 “likes” on his Facebook.But it is uncertain whether social media will have a major effect on the outcome of elections.George Lawson, the deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress, said "most of our communities are not connected to the national [electricity] grid. I believe in moving from place to place and reaching out to the people. We’ve not gotten to the stage where social media will dominate our political activities.”Overall, Lawson s aid, the impact of soci al media on the elections will be insignificant, considering the low rates of literacy in rural communities.。

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Egypt's top judges have called an immediate strike against President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping new powers, accusing him of mounting an unprece dented attack on their independence. Courts and prosecutors had to suspend their work in protest. Egypt’s ousted attorney general, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, appeared at a packed meeting of judges and lawyers, his first public appearance since President Mursi's decree.埃及最高法官呼吁立即举行罢工，反对总统穆罕默德·穆尔西获得更多权力的决定，指责他前所未有地破坏了权力独立。

法庭和检察官必须罢工抗议，埃及被废除的司法部长阿卜杜勒出席了法官和律师会议，这是他自总统穆尔西颁布法令以来首次露面。

Leaving aside the legitimacy of the constitutional declaration that the present issued on November 21, this declaration aims t o disable the judicial system.不要去理11月21日颁布的宪法宣言的合法性，这个宣言的目的就是使司法系统失去权力。

As the judges were meeting, riot police used tear gas to disperse crowds gathered on the streets outside. There were also demonstrations by supporters of President Morsi. The opposition leader Mohamed elBaradei has called for peaceful protests until the president rescinds the decree.法官们举行会议之时，防暴警察正在动用催泪瓦斯驱赶大街上聚会的群众。

高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年11月合辑(文本)Celebrities-Support-US-P

VOA常速英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本）：Celebrities-Support-US-Presidential-CandidatesSara DehghanNovember 06, 2012Since the 1920s, Hollywood stars have played a signi ficant role in supporting and promoting U.S. political can didates. This election season, a huge number of celebrities have given their name, the ir talents and, sometimes, their money to candidates they favor.We laugh with them. We shed tears with them. We fall in love with them.Celebrities influence us.But are they influential enough to sway people’s political views and their votes?In the 2008 presidential election, celebrities like Bono a nd Oprah Winfrey came out for Barack Obama early in the campaign. T heir support was seen as important in Obama's scoring big with the youth vote.This year, women's issues are big. Stars like Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, and Julianne Moore have warned audiences that Mitt R omney would wage war on women, something that Romney denies.Madonna is also supporting Obama, but she got booed in New Orleans for voicing her opinion.Other Obama supporters are Ellen DeGeneres, Angelina Jolie, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry.Mitt Romney is not unpopular in Hollywood.Actor/Dir ector Clin t Eastwood supports Romney. But his performance at the Republican National Convention, talki ng to an empty chair, was widely criticized.Chuck Norris, a conservative Christian, is also a Romney supporte r. He produced a video with his wife, warning Americans about what they call “1,000 years of darkness with Obama”.Hollywood celebrities -- like Steven Spielberg and Sarah Jessica Parker -- are also sources of financial support for the candidates, throwing h uge fundraising partiesfor them.As the campaigns drew to a close, the rallies were veritable r ock concerts, with Bruce Springstein and others co ming out to boost their candidate in the final hours.。