奥巴马:担任总统不是电视真人秀

 U.S. President Barack Obama says his role in this year's election to pick his replacement¹ is to remind Americans that the presidency² is a serious job.

美国总统奥巴马说，他在今年总统大选中的作用就是提醒美国民众，担任总统是一项严肃的工作。

"This is not reality TV," he said during an appearance on NBC's Tonight Show to be broadcast Thursday. "I've seen the decisions that have to be made and the work that has to be done, and I have a lot of confidence that if the American people are reminded of what's at stake and all the incredibly important issues that we gotta get right, that they're going to make a good choice."

奥巴马在接受美国全国广播公司晚间秀采访时说，当总统不是电视真人秀，我知道需要做出什么样的决策，需要做哪些工作，我相信，如果让美国人民看到利害关系，看到我们需要正确处理的重大问题，他们就会做出正确的选择。

奥巴马:担任总统不是电视真人秀

Obama has largely stayed out of the process thus far as voters chose nominees³ from his Democratic Party and the rival Republican Party. But now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump⁵ are set to face off in November, the president is expected to help the push to keep a Democrat⁴ in the White House for a third consecutive⁶ term.

民主党和共和党初选过程中，奥巴马至今基本没有参与。但目前希拉里·克林顿和川普在11月对决的格局已经形成，预计奥巴马将设法帮助民主党人继续第三届留在白宫。

During his campaign, Trump has repeatedly criticized Obama's presidency and said if Clinton is elected she will only continue those policies. 

川普在竞选期间屡次批评奥巴马总统的执政表现，并说如果希拉里·克林顿当选，她只会延续奥巴马的政策。

1 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

3 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

4 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。