# 新聞短播(20120902)為什麼我們還要再給歐巴馬四年的機會？－Mandy新聞英語閱讀

新聞短播(20120902)為什麼我們還要再給歐巴馬四年的機會？

(article/photo-courtesy of Time Magazine)

MICHAEL SCHERER: What is your message for the 1)independent voter who supported you from Ohio or Iowa in 2008 because he thought you could 2)change the tone in Washington, change politics? Did you do something wrong? And why will the next four years be different?

BARACK OBAMA: The message I have for them is no different than the message I have for the rest of the country, which is, I 3)ran for office to not only deal with a 4)looming 5)economic crisis but also 6)reverse a decade in which middle-class families had seen their security 7)erode.

And everything I’ve done — most of the time in cooperation with Congress, but sometimes working around Congress — has been 8)geared toward that central goal of making sure that we have a strong, 9)vibrant, growing middle class and we got 10) ladders of opportunity for people who are willing to work hard to get into the middle class.

1)independent voter	n.	中間選民
2)change the tone	v	改變音調，但在此指的是為華府帶來新氣象
3)ran for office		競選總統 office 代替 Oval Office,指的是角逐白宮的位置
4)looming	adj	馬上要發生的
5)economic crisis	n.	經濟危機
6)reverse	v	逆轉
7)erode	v	腐蝕在此的意思是指被削弱的中產階級(意即歐巴馬欲爭取中產階級的選票，因此觸及中產階級向下流動的意涵)
8)gear toward	v	駛向
9)vibrant	adj	本來是指震動，在此是生氣勃勃，有活力之意
10) ladders of opportunity	n	機會的階梯，指的是有翻身的機會。