美國文化脫口秀 第263期:希拉里總統(tǒng)辯論精選

希拉里到底有多牛?聽她最近在民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人辯論會上的精彩表現(xiàn)就略知一二。不過半路殺出的老憤青Bernie Sanders憑著劫富濟貧的理想也贏得了意想不到的高民調。今天我們就為你呈現(xiàn)最近這場激烈的民主黨總統(tǒng)參選人辯論會。

關鍵詞：

Democratic debate: 民主黨辯論

Candidates: 參選人、候選人

To host a debate: 舉辦辯論

Hillary Clinton: 希拉里克林頓

Bernie Sanders: 博尼桑德斯

希拉里總統(tǒng)辯論精選

辯論Part I

In Sin City, it was show time for the Democrats. Deep inside a coco themed casino last night, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was cast in the role of capitalist refusenik.

Sin City: 賭城 (拉斯維加斯的別名)

Vermount: 福爾蒙特州，位于美國東北部，以左翼激進聞名

Senator: 參議院

Capitalist refusenik: 拒絕資本主意的斗士

Anderson Cooper: You don't consider yourself a capitalist.

Bernie Sanders: Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little? No, I don't. I believe in a society where all people do well. Not just a handful of billionaires.

So few have so much and so many have so little: 少數(shù)富人富得流油、多數(shù)百姓一無所有

Handful: 極少數(shù)的

辯論Part II

Reporter: The lineup said it all. Bernie to the left, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton somewhere in the middle, facing accusation she doesn't know where she stands.

Lineup: 排列

Former: 曾經(jīng)的

Secretary of State: 國務卿

Accusation: 指控

Anderson Cooper: just for the record, are you a progressive or are you a moderate?

Progressive: 激進派

Moderate: 溫和派

Hillary Clinton: I'm a progressive. But I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. And I know how to find common ground and I know how to stand my ground.

To get things done: 能辦成事的、有結果的

Find common ground: 找到共同點

Stand my ground: 堅持自己的意見

辯論Part III

Reporter: For the next 2 hours, they worked through the Democratic song sheet: immigration, income inequality, paid parental leave and climate change. Hillary Clinton took on her rival over gun control.

Song sheet: 清單

Immigration: 移民

Income inequality: 收入不平等

Paid parental leave: 帶薪產(chǎn)假

Climate change: 氣候變化

Took over: 挑戰(zhàn)

Rival: 競爭者、對手

Gun control: 槍支管理

辯論Part IIII

Anderson Cooper: Secretary Clinton, is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns?

Tough: 強硬的

Hillary Clinton: No, not at all. This has gone on too long and it's time the entire country stood up against the NRA.

To go on too long: 拖得太久

Stood up against...: 站起來抵抗...

NRA (National Rifle Association): 美國國家槍支協(xié)會

Anderson Cooper: Senator Sanders, your turn to be able to respond.

Bernie Sanders: we can raise our voices, but I come from a rural state. And the views on gun control in rural state are different than in urban states whether we like it or not.

Rural: 農村的、農業(yè)的

Urban: 城市的

辯論Part V

Reporter: While he equivocated on guns, senator Sanders pushed back on Wall Street.

Equivocated: 回避、躲避

Pushed back on: 抵抗

Bernie Sanders: in my view, secretary Clinton, Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. Wall Street regulates Congress. And we've got to break off these banks.

Congress: 國會

Regulate: 監(jiān)管

Wall Street: 華爾街