美国习惯用语Words&Idioms：政治僵局
节目介绍：来自美国之音的经典教学节目，成语俗语，天天积累
学习小组：美国之音英语教学系列学习小组
听录音补全句子，并总结相关俗语的意思：
On the campaign trail today the Republicans and the Democrats both hurled charges accusing the other side of__ 
(1) __despite promises by Bush and Clinton to stop such tactics.
Our State is just like Washington--we have a Republican Governor and a Democratic legislature. So we usually have__ (2) __because one side won't approve what the other side does.
活学活用，翻译下面句子
（3）我并不想利用竞选对手的丑闻来攻击他，但是他的私生活中也确实有很多东西选民应该知道的。
（责编：沪江英语）
