CNN news 2011-11-06 加文本

短语讲解：

1. That is what each of the people running for president wants to be.

run for竞选
例句：Mr Brown did not want to run for governor of the state last year.
布朗先生去年不想竞选州长。

2. Right now, they`re working to stand out in that crowd, so they travel from state to state, they meet voters and they participate in debates.

stand out引人注目,脱颖而出
例句：Our daughter is a great dancer, she stands out above the rest.
我们的女儿是一个不错的舞者,她从许多舞者中脱颖而出。
participate in参加
例句：How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

3. When the calendar turns to 2012, that`s when those primaries and caucuses start happening.

turn to翻到
例句：Turn to the next page.
翻到下一页。

4. Barbara Starr looks at some of the challenges the government has to deal with when warfare takes place on a virtual battlefield.

deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。
take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

5. Cyberspace is now full of attacks.

full of充满
例句：The hall was full of people.
大厅里挤满了人。

6. Experts warn, however, just hacking into a network or taking down an electric power grid, doesn`t mean an automatic military response.

take down拆卸
例句：The machine has been taken down.
机器已拆下来了。

7. But if, in the course of knocking that electronic grid, if people were to die or you were to knock out hospitals, knock out the ability to provide for services for people, then certainly, I think, that would meet the definition of an act of war.

knock out击败；摧毁；使失去功效，破坏掉
例句：The telephone communications were knocked out by the storm.
风暴使电话通讯中断了。

8. The new Pentagon strategy focuses on defending military systems from theft and denial or disruption of service.

focus on集中于，致力于
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。