Englishpod英語文化脫口秀第255期:希拉里總統(tǒng)辯論精選
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
辯論P(yáng)art 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(jìn)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 haveso 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P(yáng)art II
Reporter: The lineup said it all. Bernie to the left, former secretary of state Hillary Clintonsomewhere 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(wù)卿
Accusation: 指控
Anderson Cooper: just for the record, are you a progressive or are you a moderate?
Progressive: 激進(jìn)派
Moderate: 溫和派
Hillary Clinton: I'm a progressive. But I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. And Iknow how to find common ground and I know how to stand my ground.
To get things done: 能辦成事的、有結(jié)果的
Find common ground: 找到共同點(diǎn)
Stand my ground: 堅(jiān)持自己的意見
辯論P(yáng)art 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 rivalover 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P(yáng)art IIII
Anderson Cooper: Secretary Clinton, is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns?
Tough: 強(qiáng)硬的
Hillary Clinton: No, not at all. This has gone on too long and it's time the entire country stoodup 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 guncontrol in rural state are different than in urban states whether we like it or not.
Rural: 農(nóng)村的、農(nóng)業(yè)的
Urban: 城市的
辯論P(yáng)art 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. WallStreet regulates Congress. And we've got to break off these banks.
Congress: 國會
Regulate: 監(jiān)管
Wall Street: 華爾街
