美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-01-16

 I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to 360 podcast. The bridge scandal on how Chris Christie's personal style may affect in to the story. Let's get started. 

 

The report moments ago class action lawsuit¹ has now been filed against governor Chris Christie, former top aide bridge Anne Kelly and two former Christie appointees to the Port Authority which operates the George Washington  Bridge. Now the suit claims the planners were "Trapped on the roadways for considerable period of time" forced them to arrive late for work to be docked pay and do other economic hardships. The also the breaking news tonight late were that we'll be getting more than 900 new documents tomorrow related to this whole affair. We are fascinating to see how they affect the arc of the story if they do and whether any of them speak to another big question namely whether the governor's well-known sharp xxx  I guess you can say, short temper contributed to the current scandal. At the news conference today, governor Christie addressed the issue.

 

I'm not a bully². And what I will tell you is that the folks who have worked with me over a long period of time would I believe tell you that I'm tough, but I've shown over the last four years in the tone that we've set here that I'm willing to compromise, that I'm willing to work with others. And the campaign show with all of the folks who came from the other side of the aisle³ to support us that if we weren't willing to have relationship with those folks, I would have never happened that way.

 

Governor Christie today suggesting he's not the kind of politician who pushes people around. Keep them honest, there is plenty of bad evidence that he may be including his reaction to a doctor publicly questioned his medical fitness to serve. 

 

This is just another hack⁴ wo wants five minutes on TV. If she wants to get on the plane and come here to New Jersey⁵ and ask me if she wants to examine me and review my medical history. I'll have a conversation with her about that. Until that time she should shut up. 

 

His critics say if he is thin skinned. His supporters say he is direct, honest and straight-talking kind of guy. Tom Forman has more. 

 

Born in the state with a long history of of heaveyweight brawling⁶, Chris Christie learned early that his combative⁷ way could be costly⁸. In 1995, he tried to charge throught the Republican old guard to win an assembly seat and was crushed at the polls, leading to years of quiet work in the political background.  Yet after being elected governor in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, the tough guy once again took center stage. 

 

Maybe the folks in Washington DC should turn on their TVs right now, see how it's done. 

 

Christie has famously bad reporters.

 

Did I say on topic? Are you stupid? On topic, on topic, next question.

If what you want to do is put on a show and giggle⁹ every time I talk, well, then I  have no interest in answering your question.

 

Voters are fair game, too.

 

I ask you where you send your kids to school, don't bother me about where I send mine. 

 

He spoons out advice like bitter medicine. 

 

Let me tell you something, after you graduate from law school, you conduct yourself like that in a courtroom, your rear end's gonna get thrown in jail, idiot. 

 

And through it all, he walks a political tight rope. 

 

Some people won't like his style. They'll see him as too tough, too angry, too obnoxious¹⁰. 

 

So there is a risk in being this brusque and brash about things. 

 

Absolutely, but that's more, more than outweighed¹¹ by his reputation as a straight talker, a straighter shooter, not your typical politician. And in this day and age, that is a huge plus not to be a typical politician. 

 

I don't hide my emotions from people. 

 

So although Christie  is apologizing over the bridge incident now, sorry is a word that fits him like a bad suit and one he seldom says. 

 

Tom Forman, CNN, Washington.

1 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

3 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

4 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

5 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 brawling   

n.争吵，喧嚷

参考例句：

• They were arrested for brawling in the street. 他们因在街上打斗而遭到拘捕。
• The officers were brawling commands. 军官们大声地喊口令。

7 combative   

adj.好战的；好斗的

参考例句：

• Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone.奥巴马总统近来采取了一种更有战斗性的语调。
• She believes that women are at least as combative as are.她相信女性至少和男性一样好斗。

8 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

9 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

10 obnoxious   

adj.极恼人的，讨人厌的，可憎的

参考例句：

• These fires produce really obnoxious fumes and smoke.这些火炉冒出来的烟气确实很难闻。
• He is the most obnoxious man I know.他是我认识的最可憎的人。

11 outweighed   

v.在重量上超过( outweigh的过去式和过去分词 )；在重要性或价值方面超过

参考例句：

• This boxer outweighed by his opponent 20 pounds. 这个拳击选手体重比他的对手重20磅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She outweighed me by ten pounds, and sometimes she knocked me down. 她的体重超过我十磅，有时竟把我撞倒。 来自百科语句