双语新闻：奥巴马将在佛罗里达号召支持人群

Obama to Rally Supporters in Florida

奥巴马将在佛罗里达号召支持人群

U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to the southern state of Florida Monday, as he continues to enlist support for Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections.The president will speak in Miami at a reception to benefit Democratic congressional candidates at the home of retired basketball star Alonzo Mourning.

美国总统奥巴马星期一将前往南部的佛罗里达州，继续为即将到来的美国国会中期选举助选民主党候选人。奥巴马将在迈阿密退休的篮球明星莫宁的家里举行的招待会上讲话，以力挺民主党国会候选人。

The campaign event will be the second in two days for Mr. Obama, who also rallied supporters in the eastern U.S. city of Philadelphia Sunday.At the rally, President Obama told the crowd, "I need you as fired up as you were in 2008," when he was elected president.

这个助选招待会是奥巴马这次为期两天的助选旅行的第二个活动。这次旅行的第一天星期天奥巴马在东部城市费城出席了支持者的集会。他在大会上对民众说：“我需要你们拿出2008年时的热情。”2008年奥巴马当选总统。

The president needs Democratic lawmakers to win in the elections next month in order to keep his political agenda alive.Mr. Obama and Democratic lawmakers have faced declining approval ratings since the 2008 elections, when the Democrats expanded their majority in Congress.

奥巴马需要民主党议员在下个月举行的国会选举中获胜，以便继续他自己的政治议程。2008年大选以来奥巴马和民主党议员面临民众支持率不断下降的情况。2008年民主党在大选中扩大了在国会的多数地位。