VOA常速英语2018--特朗普或导致共和党中期选举失利

In Ohio, Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a special congressional election that got nationwide attention.

在俄亥俄州，共和党候选人巴尔德森(Troy Balderson)在一场特殊的国会选举中以微弱优势领先，举国关注。

I’d like to thank President Trump¹. America is on the right path and we’ve going to keep it going that way. Balderson got a strong challenge in a heavily Republican district from Democrat² Danny O’Connor who focus on economic issues. I heard over and over that the people of central Ohio are sick and tired of the same old Washington politics. Folks want new leadership.

我要感谢特朗普总统。美国已经走上正途，我们会继续保持下去。巴尔德森在共和党选区受到了严峻的挑战，其对手就是注重经济问题的民主党候选人奥康诺(Danny O’Connor)。我多次听说，俄亥俄州中部的美国人民已经厌倦了陈珂滥调的政府手腕，大家都想换一届领导班子。

The president took to Twitter to claim credit for Balderson showing and he vowed³ to do more campaigning in the weeks to come. Balderson may have benefited from a trump rally, just days before the election and the president went after opposition⁴ Democrats⁵. If the Democrats get in, they’re gonna to raise your taxes, you could have crime all over the place, you’re gonna have people pouring across the border. So why would that be a blue wave? I think it could be a red wave.

特朗普发推文赞扬巴尔德森的表现，并承诺会在未来数周中做更多的竞选工作。巴尔德森可能从特朗普的一次集会中渔翁得利，而那次集会的几天后就进行了这次选举，而且当时集会期间，特朗普以炮轰反对党的民主党为主要目标。要是民主党候选人当选总统，他们一定会加大税收，犯罪率就会升高，边境就会涌入大量难民。所以为什么要选民主党呢？我认为共和党才是正确的选择。

But the fact that Democrat O’Connor ran such a close race in a strongly Republican district may be a warning sign for Republicans in November, says analyst⁶ John Hudak. It is more evidence that in race after race throughout this year, Republicans have been underperforming the levels that they were at in 2016, which has to spell trouble for them moving forward.

但现实是民主党候选人奥康诺以如此接近的票比在共和党选区出现，这是一个警示信号，让共和党当心11月的选举，分析家约翰 胡达克(John Hudak)如是说道。这更加证明在过去一年一次又一次的角力中，共和党表现得越来越差，与2016年相去甚远，这可能给他们以后带来麻烦。

While Trump made keep the balance for Balderson, he remains⁷ a polarizing figure for the broader electorate⁸, says Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich. The chaos⁹ it seems so surround Donald Trump has unnerved a lot of people. So suburban¹⁰ women in particular here are the ones that are really turned off. The president appears to be motivating both his base and opposition Democrats, says Hudak. While his intervention¹¹ or maybe Governor Kasich’s intervention or someone else’s intervention may well have made the difference in this 1700-vote margin¹² in Ohio, the president has probably also played a significant role in the shift from Republicans toward Democrats in a race like this.

虽然特朗普为巴尔德森稳住了局势，但他依然是其他选区里备受争议的人物。特朗普引发的混乱局面已经让很多人发慌。所以，城郊的妇女尤其对这些不感兴趣。特朗普似乎既刺激了自己的阵营，也激发了反对党民主党的斗志，胡达克如是说道。虽然来自特朗普、州长卡西奇或者其他什么人的干预都有可能是造成两党在俄亥俄州相差1700票的原因，但特朗普很有可能是造成选举票数从共和党向民主党倾斜的原因。

The Ohio race is just the latest indication that voters increasingly see President Trump as the central issue in the November midterms, while control of Congress is at stake.

俄亥俄州的这次选举只是最近的一次表征，表明选民越来越把特朗普视为11月中期选举的关键所在，表明共和党对国会的控制权岌岌可危。

1 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。

2 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。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

7 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。

8 electorate   

n.全体选民；选区

参考例句：

• The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
• He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。

9 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

10 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

11 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

12 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。