访谈录 2014-06-16&06-18 希拉里谈美国与塔利班换囚往事

 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is talking about the deal to free Bergdahl in an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer. Let’s see with a look at cliff.

 

“Did he make a deal with the devil by releasing those five Taliban?”

 

“I think this was a very hard choice which was why, I think my book was so aptly named. If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values, and one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn’t matter how they ended up in a prisoner or war situation,”

 

“It doesn’t matter?”

 

“It does not matter. We bring our people home.”

 

She seems to have supported the deal. Let’s bring in the host of ABC’s “This Week” George Stephanopoulos with the more. George, good morning to you. 

 

Good morning.

 

So what are the political ramifications¹ for Hillary if she does decide to run given that she does seem to be supporting the president?

 

Absolutely. No daylight from the president right there. The president of course saying no apologies at all for bringing him home. I don't think there's any danger of standing² by that. Bad board principal is part of the surgeon, the military code. I think the big questions are gonna be: what happens to Bowe Bergdahl next once he does recover? Once the investigation³ does go forward into how he did get into the hands of the Taliban? Will he face some kind of a trial? Will he face any more punishment? Or the army will decide that he’s already paid his price?

 

Five years in captivity⁴. So let me ask you: you are going to air other portions of the interview between Diane sawyer and Hillary Clinton, including a part where Diane really presses Clinton on whether she’s gonna run for president and when she will make an announcement. Did Diane achieve any more clarity on this isuue?

 

I think the clarity coming out of all this is that Hillary Clinton certainly seems poised⁵ to run. I saw as far as when the ask was coming, I think t he bottom line is, when she's good and ready to make the announcement. She's in such a commanding position right now, looking at the democratic nomination⁶. We have a new poll coming out this morning, with the wash that imposed 7 out of 10 democrats⁷ want her to get the nomination. That’s about the strongest position you can be in. But one big caveat⁸, she had about 50-point lead over Barack Obama in the early stages over the last campaign as well. 

 

Right, right. It’s fun to see Hilary come up with new answer to this question.

Yeah. 

 

George, thank you. 

 

Diane comes up with many new X.

 

Right, good work. All right, George thanks again. 

 

George has a big story this morning, including much more of Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton. Plus, the X is on table. It’s all coming up later this morning on “This Week” right here on ABC.

 

And of course, don't miss all of Diane's exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton, in advance with her new book, hard choices. Everything that we mentioned was on the table. Nothing off-limits, including what Hilary has to say about Monica Lewinsky. It's a one-hour ABC news primetime special. It's airing Monday at 9:00 P. M eastern. Don’t wanna miss that.

1 ramifications   

n.结果，后果( ramification的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications. 这些变化注定会造成许多难以预料的社会后果。
• What are the ramifications of our decision to join the union? 我们决定加入工会会引起哪些后果呢？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

5 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

6 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。

7 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》

8 caveat   

n.警告； 防止误解的说明

参考例句：

• I would offer a caveat for those who want to join me in the dual calling.为防止发生误解，我想对那些想要步我后尘的人提出警告。
• As I have written before,that's quite a caveat.正如我以前所写，那确实是个警告。