VOA慢速英语:American History: The Republican Party Is Split Over William Howard Taft

例句：The crowd is gathering.
      人群正在聚集。

2.smoothly adv.平滑地;流畅地,连续而流畅地

例句：The cogs gear smoothly.
      齿轮啮合得很好。

平稳地;顺利地

例句：Life is running smoothly for them.
      他们生活很安稳。

3.invitation n.招待,邀请,请帖;吸引

例句：He declined an invitation to dinner.
      他谢绝了赴宴的邀请。

4.conservative n.保守的人

例句：Aunt Mary's a real conservative.She's totally opposed to women going out to work.
      玛丽姑妈是一个极守旧的人, 她根本就反对女人外出工作。

5.nomination n.提名；推荐；任命；指派

例句：She has withdrawn her nomination as chairman.
      她已退出主席一职的提名。

      Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman.
      为党主席职位征集候选人。