HINTS:

十以上数字、年份、百分率、金额等都用阿拉伯数字表示，数字采用千位逗号隔断

Social Security

Texas (George Bush's hometown)

 Noah McCullough

Democratic National Convention

Howard Dean

Donna McCullough

Republican

James Williams Elementary

 

The battle over Social Security has been joined by an unusual lobbyist, a 9 year old boy from Texas (George Bush's hometown), who has agreed to travel around supporting President Bush's proposal. The boy, Noah McCullough, made a splash with his encyclopedic command of presidential history, earning five appearances on the "Tonight" show and some unusual experiences in the presidential campaign last year. He beat Howard Dean in a trivia contest at the Democratic National Convention and wrote for his local newspaper about his trip to see the inauguration. "He's very patriotic and very Republican," said to the media Noah's mother, Donna McCullough, a former teacher and self-described Democrat. "It's the way he was born." In a sign of how far groups go to carry their message on Social Security, Progress for America has signed up Noah, a fourth grader, as a volunteer spokesman. He starts on spring break from James Williams Elementary School in Katy, Tex. Progress for America, which spent almost $45 million backing Mr Bush last year, plans to lay out $20 million on Social Security this year. It has spent $1 million on television commercials and is working to send experts around the country.
布什竭力推行的社会保障制度改革多了一个不寻常的说客，一名来自布什老家得克萨斯州的九岁小男孩，应总统的邀请为社保改革进行全国巡回演讲。 这个名叫诺亚·马克库拉夫的小男孩在美国知名度颇高，被称为“美国总统历史的百科全书”，美国著名的脱口秀节目“今夜”曾经五次邀请诺亚上节目，去年诺亚因为帮助布什竞选总统而为自己更增添了不平凡的经历。 他曾在民主党大会上的一次小辩论中击败霍华德·迪安，还为当地报纸写过关于他所看到的就职典礼。 诺亚的妈妈唐娜·马克库拉夫，曾经当过老师并自称是民主党，她说：“诺亚非常爱国，而且他是个不折不扣的共和党人，他生下来就是这样。” 在一次关于如何进行社保改革的团体签名活动中，美国国会通过签名同意诺亚，一位四年级的小学生，成为志愿工作者。 初春他就要暂时告别位于德克萨斯州凯蒂镇的詹姆士·威廉斯小学了。 去年，国会为支持布什推行社保改革花费了4,500万美元，今年国会将拨款减少到2,000万， 其中100万用来进行电视宣传和聘请全国各地的专家开展工作。