CNN news 2011-08-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. That's where you'll find a lot of people who are part of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, or who will be.

presidential election总统选举
例句：The Republicans carried the day in this presidential election.
共和党在这次总统选举中得胜。

2. These folks especially the Republican candidates want to get their names out there and gather support now, because when the calendar turns 2012, we'll be at the start of primary season.

get out (秘密、消息等)被泄露
例句：We must not let news about this secret invention get out.
我们决不能让这项秘密发明的消息泄露出去。

3. Republican primaries will determine who's going to be nominated to face off against President Obama in the general election next November.

face off against对抗
例句：Five-time-champ Rodger Federer will face off against American Andy Roddick .
五连冠选手罗杰费德勒将会战美国选手安迪罗迪克。

4. And Texas Governor Rick Perry -- who just recently joined the race for the Republican nomination -- is in Iowa. How about President Obama, who will be running for re-election next year?

run for竞选
例句：The Republican Party will run Johnson for President.
共和党将提出让约翰逊竞选总统。

5. They want all countries that use the Euro to spend only what they can afford instead of borrowing money to pay off a lot of bills.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson.
我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。
pay off付清, 还清
例句：All his debt was paid off with cash.
他所有的债务都是用现金付清的。

6. We got down.

get down下来; 下车
例句：We get down at the next station.
我们在下一站下车。