Tuesday, November 4, was a big night in American politics. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS where we are leading off with reports surrounding the U.S. midterm elections.

11月4号星期二，今天是美国政坛中重要的一天。欢迎收看CNN学生新闻，我们正在为您做美国中期选举报道。

They are called midterms because they happen in the middle of a president`s four year term. They determine state governors, they determine state and local laws and lawmakers. And they shape the legislative branch of the U.S. Congress.

之所以称之为中期选举是因为选举发生在总统四年任期中间的时候。中期选举中要投票选举各州州长，国家和当地法律还有立法者。并且重新塑造美国国会立法机构。

As Americans from Maine to Alaska head into the voting boots, at stake were all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its members serve two year terms. At stake were 36 seats out of 100 in the U.S. Senate. Its members serve six year terms. What were analysts were watching as we went into the vote?

美国选民从缅因州到阿拉斯加州都在参与投票对美国众议院435个席位进行选举。众议院议员将会有两年任期。美国参议院100名席位中有36个席位需要进行选举。参议院议员将会有六年任期。那分析专家们通过投票可以分析出什么呢?

There are three key things we are watching in this midterm and the first is the U.S. Senate. The Democrats have been in charge here. We are showing them in blue, along with two Independents in purple, but the Republicans are expected to gain seats here. The Democrats are expected to lose some and control of this chamber will likely come down to nine or ten very close races and the Democrats must hold on to at least two thirds of those if they expect to maintain control of this chamber.

在此次中期选举中有三点我们正在关注，首先一点事美国参议院。民主党人一直控制着参议院更多权利，我们把他们标记为蓝色，还有两个无党派人士参与其中，但是共和党派人士却想要从中赢得议员席位。民主党派人士预计会失去一些控制权，其议员数量可能会下降到九个或十个，这样一来两党之间的竞争就会非常激烈。如果民主党派人士想要控制参议院更多权利的话他们至少需要拥有三分之一以上议员席位。

Meanwhile, secondly we are watching the other side of the Capitol in the House of Representatives. The Democrats have been on the losing side there, the Republicans on the winning side. That equation is not expected to change.

同时，关注的第二点是众议院。民主党派人士在众议院处于劣势，而共和党派人士处于优势。而这种局势预计不会发生改变。

The question is will Republicans pick up more seats or lose some seats in the process, and if so, how?

问题是共和党人士是会在此次选举中获得更多席位还是丢掉一些席位，如果是这样的话究竟是怎样发生呢?

If you see more Tea Party presence, that can signal some divisions within the Republican Party that the Democrats might exploit from their minority position, and the third thing we are watching, the White House reaction to all of this.

如果你看到更多茶党的出现，那就代表着民主党派人士可能会从共和党派手中夺取一些议员席位。第三个关注焦点是白宫对这一切的反应。

If the president`s party loses both chambers and he reacts badly to it, that`s an easy signal for Republicans to say we are going to do nothing

如果政府党派在参众两院选举结果不利，总统反应不佳的话，共和党人就会很轻松的称我们

with this lame duck president. On the other hand, if he reaches out too much with an olive branch to the Republicans that could dispirit his own party. And that could be bad for Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat who wants to be the nominee for the 2016 presidential race.

与坡脚鸭总统没什么好谈的。另一方面，如果对共和党派人士抛出更多橄榄枝的话便会影响到自己的党派利益。也就会对希拉里克林顿或者其他任何想要参与2016年总统大选的民主党派人士不利。

We know the answer to two of those questions: last night CNN projected that the House of Representatives would stay in Republican control. This means Republicans won back more than the 218 seats needed to keep their majority in the House.

关于这些问题我们已经得知两个答案。昨天晚上CNN新闻网预计众议院仍将会在共和党派人士手中控制大部分权利。这也就意味着共和党派人士赢得超过218个席位才能获得更多控制权。

They also won enough seats to take control of the U.S. Senate. Before the vote, Democrats had 53 seats, Republicans had 45. Independents had two. Republicans needed to gain six seats to have a 51 seat majority in the Senate. CNN projected they`ve gained at least that many. We say at least because some races hadn`t been determined by the time we produced this program.

共和党派人士同样获得足够的席位控制美国参议院。在投票之前，民主党派拥有53个席位，共和党派拥有45个席位。无党派人士拥有2个席位。共和党派人士需要额外获得6个席位，也就是在参议院拥有51个席位。CNN预计他们已经最少获得了6个席位。我们说至少是因为更多选票结果在我们发布这票报道的时候还没有公布。

Tuesday, November 4, was a big night in American politics. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS where we are leading off with reports surrounding the U.S. midterm elections.

They are called midterms because they happen in the middle of a president`s four year term. They determine state governors, they determine state and local laws and lawmakers. And they shape the legislative branch of the U.S. Congress.

As Americans from Maine to Alaska head into the voting boots, at stake were all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its members serve two year terms. At stake were 36 seats out of 100 in the U.S. Senate. Its members serve six year terms. What were analysts were watching as we went into the vote?

There are three key things we are watching in this midterm and the first is the U.S. Senate. The Democrats have been in charge here. We are showing them in blue, along with two Independents in purple, but the Republicans are expected to gain seats here. The Democrats are expected to lose some and control of this chamber will likely come down to nine or ten very close races and the Democrats must hold on to at least two thirds of those if they expect to maintain control of this chamber.

Meanwhile, secondly we are watching the other side of the Capitol in the House of Representatives. The Democrats have been on the losing side there, the Republicans on the winning side. That equation is not expected to change.

The question is will Republicans pick up more seats or lose some seats in the process, and if so, how?

If you see more Tea Party presence, that can signal some divisions within the Republican Party that the Democrats might exploit from their minority position, and the third thing we are watching, the White House reaction to all of this.

If the president`s party loses both chambers and he reacts badly to it, that`s an easy signal for Republicans to say we are going to do nothing

with this lame duck president. On the other hand, if he reaches out too much with an olive branch to the Republicans that could dispirit his own party. And that could be bad for Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat who wants to be the nominee for the 2016 presidential race.

We know the answer to two of those questions: last night CNN projected that the House of Representatives would stay in Republican control. This means Republicans won back more than the 218 seats needed to keep their majority in the House.

They also won enough seats to take control of the U.S. Senate. Before the vote, Democrats had 53 seats, Republicans had 45. Independents had two. Republicans needed to gain six seats to have a 51 seat majority in the Senate. CNN projected they`ve gained at least that many. We say at least because some races hadn`t been determined by the time we produced this program.