早安英文 第45期:一只猫的美国总统梦

 今天，我们聊聊喵星人

美国大选如火如荼，各种互黑八卦满天飞，隔岸观火的我们就当作好莱坞大片看了。这总统竞选不仅是人和人的斗争，最近，美国和俄国有两只猫也成为了总统选举的候选人，还上了不少电视和报纸的娱乐版面，成为社交网络的新话题。

这些喵星人的出现意味着什么呢？萌真的能拯救世界吗？

来，听听路边社Allen Wang带来的报道

「英语学习笔记」

In protest of 向…抗议

corruption¹ n. 腐败

dog-eat-dog adj. 自相残杀，竞争激烈的

crowded-funding n. 集体募资

billboard² n. 广告牌

depict³ v. 描述

Non-human electoral candidates 非人类选举候选者

Residents of the Siberian city of Barnaul have nominated Barsik the cat for mayor in an unofficial poll, in protest of corruption among local officials, as they are tired of the dog-eat-dog politics in their Russian city, the residents of Barnaul say they want a cat to be their next mayor.

巴尔瑙尔的市长提名Barsik参与非官方的市长竞选，想借此来抗争官僚的腐败现象，因为他们已经厌倦了自相残杀的政治竞争，所以还不如让一只猫来当明年的市长。

They have also launched a crowd-funding campaign to to buy a billboard in the city centre depicting⁴ the candidate with the slogan: "Only mice don't vote for Barsik!"

他们推出了众筹竞选资金，然后在市中心买了一块超级大的广告牌，放上了Barsik的严肃脸作为宣传，而且还想出了让人完全无法拒绝的标语，“只有老鼠不给巴斯克投票！”

On this here 4th of July, I, Limberbutt McCubbins, promise to work my hardest for every American. If elected as your president, I will create millions of jobs in the fireworks sector⁵ to annoy those dogs who are ruining our economy.

在这个七月四号，我，Limberbutt McCubbins，宣誓尽全力为每个美国人民服务。如果我被选上了美国总统，我将在烟火制造业创造数十万的工作机会用来恶心那些毁掉我们经济的汪星人。

Sorry I haven’t tweeted in a while. It’s tough to run a city when you sleep 20 hours a day.

不好意思，我好久没发推特了，因为每天睡20个小时还要管理城市实在是太困难了。

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

3 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

4 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。