VOA慢速英語：華盛頓商業(yè)、酒店為特朗普就職典禮做準備

Washington Businesses, Hotels Prepare for Trump Inauguration

華盛頓商業(yè)、酒店為特朗普就職典禮做準備

On January 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington, D.C to attend the inauguration on the steps of the Capitol Building.

本月20日，唐納德·特朗普將宣誓成為第45界美國總統(tǒng)。成千上萬的人們將聚集在華盛頓出席參加國會大廈就職典禮。

Eight years ago, Barack Obama, then a senator from Illinois, took the oath of office.

八年前，巴拉克·奧巴馬在此從伊利諾斯州參議員宣誓就職成為美國總統(tǒng)。

Obama inauguration: "Are you prepared to take the oath, senator?"

奧巴馬的就職演說：“參議員，你準備好宣誓就職了嗎?”

Many Hollywood personalities attended both of President Obama’s inaugurations.They are not planning to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Most of the guests for the Trump inauguration will come from the states that supported him. There will also be some diplomats and other international visitors.

許多好萊塢的知名人士參加了奧巴馬的就職典禮。他們并沒有準備參加當選總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普的就職典禮。特朗普就職典禮的大部分客人來自各個州支持他的人。其中也不乏一些外交官和國際游客。

And people will attend other events as well, including the inaugural parade and big costly parties called balls.

人們也將參加其他的活動，包括就職游行和大型的、昂貴的被稱作“BALLS”的派對。

As the visitors make final plans for the trip to Washington, many D.C.-area businesses are getting ready for the crowds.

隨著游客們最終決定來華盛頓時候，許多華盛頓的區(qū)域商業(yè)已經(jīng)為大量的游客們做好了準備。

Although some hotels still have rooms available, most are full. Among them is one of the city’s costliest and highest-rated places to stay, the Four Seasons Hotel. It is charging much higher prices for inauguration weekend. A night in its presidentialsuite costs $16,000. And with the hotel requiring a four-night stay during inauguration week, the cost is easily $64,000.

盡管一些酒店仍然有空房，但是大部分已經(jīng)滿員。其中就有整座城市最昂貴的和最高房費的四季酒店。就職典禮周收取的費用很高?？偨y(tǒng)套房一晚上的費用是16000美金。就職典禮周，四晚的費用很輕松的就可以達到64000美金。

David Bernand is general manager at Four Seasons Hotel.

大衛(wèi)·貝爾南是四季酒店的總經(jīng)理。

"We have people from political parties, you know, people from the business side of things here. And we also have people from banks, people all over really, every single trade."

你知道的，我們這里有政客們，也有商業(yè)屆的客人們。并且有銀行界人士，和來自各行各業(yè)的人們。

With the high price for rooms come extra services.

房間的高價格伴隨著其他的服務。

"We've got hand warmers available for them, right, hats and things like that. Just things to make it more convenient for them."

“我們有暖手寶可供使用，對的，也有帽子之類的東西可供使用。是一些可以使他們更便捷的東西.”

The hotel will give a gift to visitors each day of their four-day stay. The final gift will be a leather box, marked in real gold with the symbol of the presidential seal.

酒店將會每天為客人們提供禮物。最終的禮物將是一個皮制的盒子，該盒子帶有真金的總統(tǒng)印章標志。

While Four Seasons visitors are receiving costly gifts, others in town for the inauguration will treat themselves to less costly souvenirs.

當四季酒店的客人們正在收到昂貴的禮物時，其他的在城鎮(zhèn)參加就職典禮的人們將用花費更少買一些紀念品。

One business, the Washington Welcome Center, is ready with souvenirs linked to the presidency. Store manager Dexter Morse expects Trump-related objects will be a big seller during inauguration week.

一家商貿(mào)公司，華盛頓游客歡迎中心準備好了總統(tǒng)紀念品。商店經(jīng)理德克斯特·莫爾斯期待在就職典禮周與特朗普相關的紀念品將成為最佳銷售品。

Morse says the hottest items are Trump hats. "The 'Make America Great Again' hat. Basically, the baseball caps are selling. We can't keep them on the shelves."

莫爾斯表示最熱門的商品是特朗普帽子。'Make America Great Again' 帽子?；旧?，棒球帽也是在售的。但是我們不能讓它只存在貨架上。

Visitors at the store do not just shop. They also talk about politics. Henry Jones is a Trump supporter. He is a college student visiting from Georgia.

商店里的游客們是不會停下來的。他們也談論政治。亨利·瓊斯是特朗普的支持者。他也是格魯尼亞大學的學生。

"I think he's got some good qualities and I know he has his bad qualities, too, and has a lot of differences that people don't agree with. But I think he'll bring a lot to this country in his economic status, and in his way as a businessman, I think he can do a lot for the economy."

“我認為他有很多長處，但是我也知道他有很多短處。也有很多人是不同意他的觀點的。但是我認為他將利用他的經(jīng)濟地位和他的商業(yè)方式給這個國家?guī)砀嗟暮锰?。我認為他能夠在經(jīng)濟上取得更好的發(fā)展。

Store manager Dexter Morse says, since the election, both Republicans and Democrats who visit the store are expressing their views.

店鋪經(jīng)理 德克斯特·莫爾斯說：自從大選開始，參觀該店的共和黨和民主黨都會發(fā)表他們的觀點。

"The Republicans, they will come in and they basically speak on money issues, whereas the Democrats will come in and they'll seek out the problems and will talk about what's on the news, like if they cut Obamacare."

“共和黨，他們將進來并且簡單的談論金錢問題，民主黨進來的時候他們將尋找問題并且談論新聞-例如如何削減奧巴馬醫(yī)改等等。”

For some, the long lines, crowds and strong security in the city during the inauguration are not appealing.

對于一些人來說，排長隊，擁擠的人群和就職典禮期間的強有力的城市治安問題將不會那么的吸引他們來華盛頓。

Business owner Divo Le says he hopes Donald Trump will make America great again. But, he will not be fighting the crowds in D.C. Le says he plans to watch the change of U.S. leadership on television.

商業(yè)主 迪歐·勒表示：他希望唐納德·特朗普是美國再次強大。但是他不會為擁擠的華盛頓人群而戰(zhàn)。他計劃收看電視轉(zhuǎn)播的美國總統(tǒng)換屆直播。

I’m Marsha James.

瑪莎·詹姆斯報道。