在线英语听力室

VOA标准英语2012--Despite Storm, New York and New Jersey Prepare for Elections

时间：2012-11-06 08:53:38

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

（单词翻译）

 

Despite Storm, New York and New Jersey1 Prepare for Elections

This temporary polling station is where the New York City Board of Elections stores voting machines. Hurricane Sandy flooded the board's headquarters in lower Manhattan. 

Some voters came here on Friday, several days before Election Day, to cast an early or an absentee ballot2.

Attorney William Ansbach is among them.

“I went on a Website that New York provides and figured out where to go to vote. There was a new site here, filling in for the one that was, I guess, water logged,” said Ansbach.

Officials say it is too late to find substitute locations for polling stations that are damaged and to properly inform voters about them. One official said tents would be used on Election Day at polling places that have been damaged.

Ashton Stewart is executive director of the New York League of Women Voters, a voting advocacy organization. He said the storm has raised concerns about the tally3.

“A question from a lot of campaigns about the accuracy of the count. They will want to make sure that everybody was voting, and people were not disenfranchised,” said Stewart.

Stewart said New York State has redundant4 vote tallies5. One is traditional paper ballots6. The other, electronic scans of those ballots.

In the state of New Jersey, Lieutenant7 Governor Kim Guadagno said county offices will stay open over the weekend to make sure voters can pick up mail-in ballots. She said military trucks will substitute for polling stations that were badly damaged or left without power.

“I encourage everybody to use mail-in-ballots, because obviously in Seaside Heights or Sea Bright there is no polling place, it’s gone. What they will find instead is a Department of Defense8 truck with a well situated9 National Guardsman, and a big sign that says ‘vote here,’” said Guadagno.

The U.S. Constitution says that Election Day must be the same throughout the country. While some officials on the East Coast would like to see it postponed10, many election workers are working long hours to make sure voting occurs on time and without problems. 


分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
2 ballot jujzB     
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
3 tally Gg1yq     
n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致
参考例句：
  • Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
  • The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。
4 redundant Tt2yO     
adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的
参考例句：
  • There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
  • Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。
5 tallies 547fbe9290a52799d002f777ef8d5cec     
n.账( tally的名词复数 )；符合；（计数的）签；标签v.计算，清点( tally的第三人称单数 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合
参考例句：
  • Cash on hand tallies with the figure in the accounts. 现款跟账上的数目没有出入。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分记了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 ballots 06ecb554beff6a03babca6234edefde4     
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 lieutenant X3GyG     
n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员
参考例句：
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。
8 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
9 situated JiYzBH     
adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的
参考例句：
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
10 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交，仅供参考，部分栏目没有内容，如果您有更合适的内容，欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。