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赢得预选首战的罗姆尼与妻子拥抱在一起

If you think one vote can`t make a difference, don`t tell that to anyone involved with this week`s Iowa caucuses. I`m Carl Azuz. Thanks for spending part of your Thursday with CNN Student News.

Eight votes -- that was the difference between first and second place for the Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday. Officials think it could be the closest finish ever in an Iowa Republican presidential contest.

These were the top three candidates. Starting from the left, you have former governor Mitt Romney, and in the center, former senator Rick Santorum. Both of them got about 25 percent of the vote. But Romney had those eight additional votes, so he is the winner. U.S. Representative Ron Paul, on the right, came in third with 21 percent.

The reactions to the Iowa results started coming in yesterday. Senator John McCain, who was the Republican Party`s presidential nominee four years ago endorsed Mitt Romney.

U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann, who came in sixth place in Iowa, announced that she`s suspending her campaign. It`s not unusual to see some of the candidates who finish lower in these early contests drop out of the race for the White House.

Next up is New Hampshire, which holds its primary next Tuesday. But before we move forward, here`s a look back at Tuesday`s coverage of the Iowa caucuses as the night unfolded.

No one knows what will happen within the next few hours. One of these seven Republicans could take a step closer to the White House. Others may be forced to drop out of the race after Iowans have their say.

Right down here at the end of the hall is where this process really begins and ends. This is a check-in table. As you can see, there are people signing their names and addresses, what have you, and if their name isn`t on the list, but if they want to participate in the caucus, they can simply sign up, register as a Republican, and then they`re eligible to do so.

What you`re looking at right now is the votes being tabulated, those on each piece of paper is the name of one of the candidates.

Here`s a Ron Paul.

You can make a projection, a projection of sorts, not necessarily the kind of projection we normally make. But CNN now projects who will come in third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. We can`t project who comes in first or second, because you saw how close it is between Santorum and Romney.

Mitt Romney is 13 votes ahead of Rick Santorum, 13 votes separate Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, 27,830 to 27,817, 92 percent of the precincts have reported. How close is this? I don`t think it could get much closer.

John, one vote separating these two guys as we speak right now.

As we speak, and we wait for the final vote to come in.

Congratulations, Mitt Romney, winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Congratulations, Senator Santorum, for a very close second place finish. Excellent race here. And congratulations, Congressman Paul and all the other candidates in the 2012 Iowa caucuses.

Anderson, take a look -- the most important number we have right now is the bottom of the screen, 100 percent. That`s what we were waiting for, 100 percent of the precincts have now officially reported the Iowa caucuses. And take a look at this: Mitt Romney -- you see that check. He`s the winner, 30,015 votes; Rick Santorum, second, 30,007 votes. Mitt Romney wins by a grand total of eight votes.

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如果你认为1张选票不能左右选举结果,那告诉任何人不用参与这个星期的初选。我是卡尔•阿祖兹。感谢你在星期四花时间收听CNN学生新闻。
8票——这就是星期二共和党总统候选人第1名和第2名的差距。官员认为这可能是最接近曾经在爱荷华州的共和党总统大选的那次选举。
这是前三名的候选人。从左开始是前州长米特•罗姆尼,在中心的是前参议员瑞克•桑托姆。他们两个都拿到了大约25%的选票。但是罗姆尼有那8张额外的选票,所以他是赢家。美国代表罗恩•保罗则在右边,以21%的选票获得了第三名。
爱荷华州的选举结果昨天揭晓。4年前的共和党的总统候选人参议员约翰•麦凯恩支持米特•罗姆尼。
在爱荷华州排在第6位的美国众议员米歇尔•巴曼宣布自己停止竞选活动。一些候选人在早期退出是不寻常的。
接下来是下星期二举行初选的新罕布什尔州。但是在我们继续节目之前,还是回顾星期二的报道,随着夜幕降临,爱荷华州的党内初选开始。
没有人知道在接下来的几小时将来会发生什么事。7名共和党中的1人离迈入白宫会更进一步。爱荷华人投出选票后别人可能会被迫退出竞选。
就在下面大厅的尽头就是过程真正开始和结束的地方。这是一个登记桌子。正如你所看到的,有些人签上他们的名字和地址,你有什么,如果他们的名字不在名单上,但是如果想参加党团会议,他们可以进行简单的注册,注册成为一名共和党人,然后他们才有资格这样做。
你现在看到的是选票被制成表格,每一张纸上都有一名候选人的名字。
这张是罗恩•保罗。
你可以制作一个计划,各种各样的计划,而不是我们通常的计划。但现在CNN的项目排在第三、第四、第五、第六及第七。我们不能按照第一次或第二次的项目,因为你知道桑托姆和罗姆尼两人挨得非常近。
米特•罗姆尼领先瑞克13票,13票拉开了罗姆尼和瑞克,这是27830票和27817票的差距。92%的选区已经被报道。这有多近?我认为不是很近。
约翰, 就在现在在我们说话的时候，1票之差分开了这两个家伙。
就像我们所说的,我们等待最后的投票。
祝贺你,米特•罗姆尼,爱荷华州的2012年获胜者。也同样祝贺你,屈居第2名的桑托姆参议员。非常优秀的比赛。同样祝贺你们, 在2012年爱荷华州的党内初选的国会议员保罗及所有其他候选人。
安德森,看看我们现在最期待的最重要数字——在屏幕的底部,是100%。那就是我们正在等待的,100%的选区已正式报道了爱荷华州的党内初选。看一看这个:米特•罗姆尼——你会经常见到那张支票。他是赢家,30015票,瑞克•桑托姆,屈居第2，30007票。米特•罗姆尼以8票优势获胜。
CNN iReports邀你报道主要新闻故事,比如今年的总统选举。你可以浏览我们的网站cnnstudentnews.com发iReport。你必须至少13岁。今天的“作业”是在30秒或更少的时间内,告诉我们白宫竞选你认为应该最引人注意政治问题。

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1. candidate n.  候选人, 应试者

There are three candidates for the vacancy.

 这一空缺有三名候选人。

 2. additional a.  附加的, 额外的

He had to pay some additional charges.

 他不得不付些附加费。

3. tabulate v.   制成表,  使成平面

Please tabulate the numbers in order.

 请把那些数字按顺序制成表。

4. projection n.  投影, 投射, 规划

The simplest form of projection is a perspective projection.
 最简单的投影形式是透视投影。

5. precinct n.  选区, 范围

No parking within the hospital precincts.
医院范围内禁止停放车辆。