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摘要：小马过河/托福频道为大家带来了北卡-奥巴马连任关键州一托福阅读机经背景！我们总是说备考托福阅读考试，不仅是背词汇和掌握技巧，还有一种是适应性考，更要学会调整自己对待/新托福阅读的状态！更多托福辅导请继续关注/小马过河托福频道!希望考生都能考个好成绩!具体事宜咨询可拨打小马过河免费咨询电话：400-0123-267　This week, the U.S. Democratic Party holds its national convention in the southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina to officially name incumbent Barack Obama as its nominee for president in the November election.　本星期，美国民主党在北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特举行全国代表大会，正式提名现任总统巴拉克·奥巴马为11月总统选举的候选人。　The partys choice of Charlotte as the location made sense originally, but now some events leave people wondering if the Democrats are sorry they did.　民主党选择夏洛特为会址当初是颇费了一番心思的，但随后发生的一些事情不得不让人们反思民主党在这里开大会现在是不是多少有点后悔。　Charlotte, North Carolina - home to 750,000 people - is everything Americas South is known for: southern accents, southern fried foods, and southern charm.　北卡的夏洛特人口75万人，具有典型的美国南方的特点：南方口音，南方油炸食品，以及南方人的魅力。　Charlotte is the global base for Chiquita bananas and NASCAR racing, and at one time was the center of a gold rush. In a way, it still is: It is Americas second largest financial center, after New York City, controlling more than $2 trillion in assets.　夏洛特是切姬塔香蕉公司总部所在地，也是纳斯卡赛车的全球大本营之一，过去还曾一度是淘金热的中心。在某种意义上，夏洛特仍然是个举足轻重的城市。这里是继纽约市之后的全美第二大金融中心，掌管着超过2万亿美元的资产。　Democrats have tried to make big money a negative in this years campaign. For example, they refused to accept corporate contributions to fund this convention. But the party fell short of cash and had to shorten the gathering from four days to three.　在今年的选举中，民主党人试图把“赚大钱”作为一个负面的东西。例如，他们拒绝接受公司的捐助来资助这次会议。但是，民主党现金短缺，不得不把会期从四天减少到三天。　President Obama will make his acceptance speech Thursday in Charlottes professional football stadium, which was underwritten by the nations second largest financial corporation.　奥巴马总统将于星期四在夏洛特职业足球体育场发表接受提名演讲。这个体育场是由全美第二大金融公司赞助的。　So to avoid any connections to big banks, the Democratic Party likes to refer to the Bank of America Stadium as Panther Stadium... renamed after the professional football team that plays here.　因此，为了避免同大银行的任何联系，民主党希望把美国银行体育场称作黑豹体育场， 因为黑