VOA慢速英语2016 奥巴马正式表态支持希拉里参选总统

AS IT IS 2016-06-10 Obama Officially Endorses² Clinton for President 奥巴马正式表态支持希拉里参选总统

U.S. President Barack Obama has officially endorsed³ Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state, for president.

美国总统奥巴马正式支持前国务卿希拉里·克林顿当任总统。

Obama gave his endorsement⁴ in a video published online.

奥巴马在网上发布视频宣布支持克林顿。

“I want to congratulate Hillary Clinton on making history as the presumptive Democratic nominee⁵ for president of the United States.”

“我想祝贺希拉里·克林顿创造了历史，成为美国民主党的总统候选人。”

In the video, he said he knows “how hard this job can be,” and that he knows Hillary “will be so good at it.”

视频中，他说他知道“这个工作非常难”，但他也知道希拉里非常擅长这个工作。

“In fact, I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified⁶ to hold this office,” he said. Specifically, Obama said Clinton has the “courage, compassion⁷ and heart to get the job done.

“事实上，我不认为曾经有人具有足够的能力胜任这份工作，”他说。具体地，奥巴马说，克林顿有勇气、热情来全心全意完成工作。

“I am fired up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary,” Obama said.

“我很激动，我迫不及待地想要出去为希拉里竞选，”奥巴马说。

Clinton responded to the endorsement in an interview with Bloomberg Politics.

克林顿在彭博社的政治采访中回应“背书”。

“It just means so much to have a strong, substantive⁸ endorsement from the president. Obviously I value his opinion a great deal personally,” she said. “It's just such a treat because over the years of knowing each other, we've gone from fierce competitors to true friends.”

“总统的强大的、实质性的支持对我来说意义重大。显然我个人是很重视他的观点，”她说。“这只是因为多年来我们彼此了解，我们已经从激烈的竞争对手成为真正的朋友。”

With a high approval rating of over 50 percent, Obama is seen as a valuable campaign tool for Clinton. The Clinton campaign said Obama will join Clinton to campaign in Green Bay, Wisconsin next week.

拥有超过50％的高支持率，奥巴马被看作是克林顿竞选的宝贵工具。克林顿竞选说，奥巴马将参加下周克林顿威斯康星州格林湾的征战。

Sanders remains⁹ in the race

桑德斯依然在比赛中

The endorsement came after Obama met with Clinton's Democratic rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Thursday at the White House.

奥巴马会见了克林顿的民主党对手——佛蒙特州参议员伯尼?桑德斯后，周四在白宫宣布了背书。

In the endorsement, Obama also congratulates Sanders on an “incredible” campaign and for getting more people involved in the political process.

在背书中，奥巴马还祝贺桑德斯在进行了一个“令人难以置信”的活动，让更多的人参与政治进程。

Obama also thanked Sanders for highlighting important issues such as economic inequality, excessive money in politics and bringing young people into the process.

奥巴马还感谢桑德斯提出了重要的问题，比如经济上的不平等、政治支出过度并让更多年轻人参与到这个过程中来。

Clinton received enough delegates to capture the Democratic nomination¹⁰ this week after major primary wins on Tuesday. But Sanders told reporters Thursday he is looking forward to the last Democratic primary of the campaign in the District of Columbia on Tuesday.

在周二赢得大主后，克林顿本周得到足够的代表支持她获得民主党总统候选人提名。但是桑德斯周四告诉记者，他期待周二在哥伦比亚特区的最后一个民主党初选竞选。

He also spoke¹¹ about the main issues he plans to bring to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia at the end of July. The Democratic Party will officially choose its nominee at the convention.

他还谈到，他计划将在七月底费城的民主党全国代表大会上提出主要问题。民主党将在民主党全国代表大会上正式选择其候选人。

Sanders said he spoke with Clinton after her victories this week to congratulate her on a “very strong campaign.

桑德斯说在本周克林顿胜利后，他祝贺她进行了很强的宣传运动。

“I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat Donald Trump¹². And to create a government which represents all of us, and not just the 1 percent.”

“我期待着在不久的将来与她见面，看看我们如何能够共同努力战胜唐纳德·特朗普。并建立一个代表我们所有人的政府，而不仅仅是百分之一。“

Sanders also took the opportunity to criticize Trump, whom he said would be a “disaster” as president of the United States.

桑德斯也趁机批评特朗普。作为一个美国总统，特朗普对他们来说将是一个“灾难”。

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presumptive -- adj. something that is more than likely, going to happen

endorse¹ – v. declare public support for

courage – n. the ability to do something difficult or dangerous

compassion – n. to have sympathy or concern for the suffering or others

highlight – v. to pick out and emphasize

1 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

2 endorses   

v.赞同( endorse的第三人称单数 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• There isn't one country in the Middle East that now endorses the Eisenhower Doctrine. 但至今没有一个中东国家认可它。 来自辞典例句
• Whether any of this truly endorses Dr Patel's hypothesis is moot. 这些视频能否真正证明帕特的假设成立还是个未知数。 来自互联网

3 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

5 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

6 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

7 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

8 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 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。