[标准VOA]民主党初选接近尾声(1) [080603]
联合国报道，近几天，暴力袭击外国人的事件数量已经明显下降。尽管如此，外国人仍然处于焦距和恐惧中，因为他们的社区仍然收到威胁和恐吓……
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populous a.人口多的,人口稠密的
caucus n.干部会议
【生词摘录】
populous a.人口多的,人口稠密的
caucus n.干部会议
Foreign Migrants in South Africa Remain Fearful (1/2)
Months after the first primaries and caucuses were held in the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire, the long primary process is coming to an end with early summer contests in Puerto Rico, Montana and South Dakota.
At this point, Illinois Senator Barack Obama has an overall lead in delegates pledged to vote for him at the national party convention in August.
But New York Senator Hillary Clinton has won more votes overall - with primary victories in such populous states as California and Texas.
Both are appealing to a pool of convention delegates that are not determined by primary or caucus results and are free to vote as they choose at the party convention. They are likely to provide the winning edge.
Party Chairman Howard Dean is urging these so-called super delegates to make up their minds as quickly as possible.
He appeared on the ABC television broadcast This Week. "This needs to end in the month of June.We do not want to go to the convention and have a big fight at the convention and lose the presidency."
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几个月前，在爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州还是银装素裹时，就拉开了初选和预选会议的序幕。现在，漫长的初选过程将随着在波多黎各，蒙大纳，南达科塔州的初夏竞选接近尾声。
目前，伊利诺斯州的参议员巴拉克·奥巴马在整体代表数目上领先，这些代表保证在8月举行的民主党全国代表大会上投他一票。
但是，纽约州的参议员希拉里·克林顿在加利福尼亚和德克萨斯等人口众多的大州中获胜，她赢得了更多选民的投票。
两人都在争取吸引不受初选和预选结果限制的一拨代表，这些代表可以在民主党全国大会上随意自由投票。他们可能决定最终的胜负分晓。
民主党主席霍华德·迪安敦促这些所谓的超级代表尽快做出决定。
他在参加ABC电视广播节目“本周”时说：“初选必须在六月初结束。我们不想在举行全国代表大会时还相持不下，导致在总统竞选中失败。”
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