国际英语新闻:Obama Concludes College Tour

WHITE HOUSE — While Republicans hold their convention in Tampa, Florida, President Barack Obama has been campaigning in college towns.  The president is hoping college students will help him win re-election, as they helped elect him in 2008.

In Charlottesville, Virginia Wednesday, Mr. Obama told about 7,500 people that young voters made change possible in the last election, and he hopes they can do it again.

“And in November, your voice will matter more than ever," said President Obama. "And listen, if you doubt that, then pay a little attention to what is happening in Tampa this week.  [Crowd boos]  Don’t boo, vote.”

The president spoke near the University of Virginia, after the university declined the campaign’s request to speak on campus, saying it would disrupt classes.

Obama was concluding a two-day trip that also included speeches at Iowa State University and Colorado State University.

College students and other young voters were a large part of the coalition that helped Barack Obama win the presidency in 2008.

This year, the crowds are often smaller, but still enthusiastic.

For the second day during the GOP convention, the president criticized Republican nominee Mitt Romney for promising to dismantle Mr. Obama’s health care plan.  Republicans often ridicule the plan as unnecessary government interference in a private industry, calling it “Obamacare.”