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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜一位37岁的小地方市长，成了美国选战大红人

11月3日，2020美国总统大选进入一周年倒计时。目前，共和党内似乎无人能撼动特朗普，但民主党这边则有超过24人参选，其中以下四位正在领跑：前副总统拜登、老牌政客桑德斯，以及近来异军突起的黑马沃伦和布蒂吉格。谁最有希望挑战特朗普？接下来一年的大选中我们可以关注些什么？

WarrenandButtigiegSurgeinIowaatExpenseofSandersandBiden

Formonths,thepresidentialraceinIowawasacontestbetweentwotitansoftheDemocraticpoliticalworld,eachrepresentingdistinctpolesofapartystrugglingtodefineitsidentityintheTrumpera.

Now,withjustthreemonthstogobeforethecaucuses,theideologicaldebatehasremainedthesame,butthekeyplayershaveshifted.

Fornow,formerVicePresidentJosephR.BidenJr.isbeingeclipsedbyMayorPeteButtigieg,ofSouthBend,Ind.,aMidwesternmayorlessthanhalfhisagewhohascapturedtheenergyofthoselookingforthepartytomoveinamorecentristdirection.SenatorBernieSandersofVermonthasseenmuchofthemessagethathadliftedhimtopoliticalfameinthe2016primarycontestco-optedbySenatorElizabethWarrenofMassachusetts.

Inafieldthatoncenumberedtwodozen,itisMs.WarrenandMr.Buttigiegwhohaveemergedascovetedfreshfaces,ridingasurgeofmomentum.

Withthreemonthstogo,theemergenceofMs.WarrenandMr.Buttigieghasconfirmedthattheraceisenteringanewphase,asMr.BidenstrugglestoregainmomentumandMr.Sandersattemptstoexpandhisbasebeyondhiscoresupporters.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.surge[s??d?]vi.__________________________

2.contest[?k?ntest]n.__________________________

3.titan[?ta?t?n]n.__________________________

4.distinctpoles__________________________

5.caucus[?k??k?s]n.__________________________

6.ideological[?a?di??l?d??k?l]adj.__________________________

7.shift[??ft]vi.__________________________

8.eclipse[??kl?ps]vt.__________________________n.__________________________

9.Midwestern[?m?d?west?n]adj.__________________________

10.co-opt[k????pt]vt.______