美国文化脱口秀 第263期:希拉里总统辩论精选(在线收听

   希拉里到底有多牛?听她最近在民主党总统候选人辩论会上的精彩表现就略知一二。不过半路杀出的老愤青Bernie Sanders凭着劫富济贫的理想也赢得了意想不到的高民调。今天我们就为你呈现最近这场激烈的民主党总统参选人辩论会。

  关键词:
  Democratic debate: 民主党辩论
  Candidates: 参选人、候选人
  To host a debate: 举办辩论
  Hillary Clinton: 希拉里克林顿
  Bernie Sanders: 博尼桑德斯
  希拉里总统辩论精选
  辩论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: 赌城 (拉斯维加斯的别名)
  Vermount: 福尔蒙特州,位于美国东北部,以左翼激进闻名
  Senator: 参议院
  Capitalist refusenik: 拒绝资本主意的斗士
  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: 少数富人富得流油、多数百姓一无所有
  Handful: 极少数的
  辩论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: 曾经的
  Secretary of State: 国务卿
  Accusation: 指控
  Anderson Cooper: just for the record, are you a progressive or are you a moderate?
  Progressive: 激进派
  Moderate: 温和派
  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: 能办成事的、有结果的
  Find common ground: 找到共同点
  Stand my ground: 坚持自己的意见
  辩论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: 清单
  Immigration: 移民
  Income inequality: 收入不平等
  Paid parental leave: 带薪产假
  Climate change: 气候变化
  Took over: 挑战
  Rival: 竞争者、对手
  Gun control: 枪支管理
  辩论Part IIII
  Anderson Cooper: Secretary Clinton, is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns?
  Tough: 强硬的
  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...: 站起来抵抗...
  NRA (National Rifle Association): 美国国家枪支协会
  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: 农村的、农业的
  Urban: 城市的
  辩论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: 国会
  Regulate: 监管
  Wall Street: 华尔街
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