NEWS WORDS ELECTION NEWS ສະບາຍດີທ່ານຜູ້ຟັງທີ່ເຄົາລົບ, ຂໍຕ້ອນຮັບທ່ານເຂົ້າສູ່ລາຍການຮຽນຄຳສັບພາສາອັງກິດໃນຂ່າວຂອງວິທະຍຸສຽງອາເມຣິກາ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຊື່ວ່າ ພຸດທະສອນ ຫຼື ເອີ້ນຊື່ຫຼິ້ນວ່າ ຕຸ້ຍ ກັບຄູ່ຮ່ວມຈັດລາຍການຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຊື່ວ່າ ເຄທີ.
ການເລືອກຕັ້ງກາງສະໄໝຂອງ ສະຫະລັດ ໃນປີນີ້ຖືວ່າດຸເດືອດຄືກັບທຸກປີທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ດ້ວຍສອງພັກການເມືອງທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງ ສະຫະລັດ ຍາດແຍ່ງກັນເພື່ອກຳສະພາສູງ ແລະ ສະພາຕ່ຳ. ແລະ ປະຊາຊົນກໍປາກົດວ່າໄດ້ພາກັນອອກໄປໃຊ້ສິດປ່ອນບັດຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າຢ່າງຫຼວງຫຼາຍ. ເຮົາຊິໄປຖາມ ເຄທີ ເບິ່ງວ່າລາວໄດ້ໄປໃຊ້ສິດຂອງລາວບໍ່.
T: Sabaidee Caty, did you vote in the midterm election?
C: Sabaidee Toui, yes, of course
T: I see. Do you vote in every election?
C: Yes I do. Otherwise I would not feel right complaining later about the results!
T: Ha ha. But, really, do you think you have a responsibility to vote?
C: I don’t think about it that way. I just like to vote. I like to participate in the democratic process…but, wait, Toui…did YOU vote?
T: Unfortunately, no. I can’t vote because I am not a US citizen. But I did get to cover the elections at a local polling station.
C: Me too! Do you want to roll the video tape?
T: Of course! More than 45 million people cast their ballots in early, in-person or mail-in voting before Tuesday's official Election Day. Inflation and abortion topped the list of issues motivating U.S. voters in Tuesday's midterm elections, followed by crime, immigration and gun policy, an exit poll conducted by Edison Research showed. Turnout for the midterms, which will determine control of Congress and a number of state governorships, was about evenly divided between men and women, according to the poll. Caty, there three words that I don’t really understand here. Can you tell what is the meaning of poll, turnout and ballot?
C: Sure! Poll here means the casting or recording of votes. It can be used as a verb also, like Researchers often poll people to find out their opinions on issues. Turnout describes the number of people who take part in an event And Ballot is A VOTE. Or the right to vote. It can refer to the paper you fill out to choose candidates in an election!
T: Poll, Poll, Ballot… I think I’m not pronouncing it correctly. Can you teach us how to pronounce?
C: Yes, Exit Poll, Ex-it Poll, Ex-it Poll, Ex-it Poll Poll, Poll, Poll Bal-lot, bal-lot, bal-lot.
