白人妇女独立选民一票难求一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料白人妇女独立选民一票难求一托福阅读机经背景 In U.S. Presidential politics, President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney are making a final push for votes in battleground states where key groups, like female voters, could decide the outcome of the November election. 在美国总统大选中，奥巴马总统和他的竞争对手罗姆尼正在那些战场州争取最后的选票，在那些州里面妇女选民等关键群体可以决定11月大选的结果。北卡罗来纳州有一位选民被推到了政治聚光灯下，成为民主共和两党都要争取的对象。 McNamara owns a small furniture company in High Point, North Carolina. She is one of only a few manufacturers left in the city once called the furniture capital of the world. McNamara promotes the Made in America cause. 梅拉妮·麦克纳马拉是北卡罗莱纳州高点市这家小型家具公司的业主，高点市曾经被称作“世界家具之都”，可是如今麦克纳马拉的公司却是这里仅剩的几家家具厂之一。麦克纳马拉以推动“美国制造”为己任。 It is important for my city, its important for my state and its important for my country to still offer manufacturing jobs, McNamara said. “继续在制造业中创造工作机会，对我的城市很重要，对我的州很重要，对我的国家很重要。” Her business success has catapulted her into the spotlight of presidential politics. She represents a demographic group - white female independent voters - that presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each need to win the election. 她的生意很成功，把她推到了总统大选的聚光灯下。她代表了一个群体--白人妇女独立选民，奥巴马总统和罗姆尼都必须赢得她们的支持才能获胜。 Women are smart enough to see what is going on in this economy and they are not just one-issue voters, McNamara said. “妇女有足够的智慧来看懂经济，她们并不仅仅是关心单一的议题。” President Obama is trying to hold onto his support among white women. A recent (Washington Post / ABC News ) opinion poll suggests the president is trailing Mitt Romney in support among whites and among independent voters. Obama won independent voters in 2008. 奥巴马总统努力试图保住他在白人妇女中的支持者。最近的民意调查显示，奥巴马总统在白人和独立选民中的支持率落后于罗姆尼。而奥巴马在2008年大选中得到了独立选民的支持。 McNamara voted for Obama in 2008, but now supports Mitt Romney. She says the economy is her number one issue. 麦克纳马拉在2008年投了奥巴马的票，不过现在是罗姆尼的支持者。她说，经济是她最关心的议题。 I have seen in the last four years that not only manufacturing jobs have left but so many people are out of work here [in Nor