美国国家公共电台 NPR In Hyderabad, Indian Entrepreneurs Size Up Ivanka Trump

 

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Ivanka Trump¹ was in India this week promoting women entrepreneurs. She led the U.S. delegation² for a global business summit in the city of Hyderabad. So how did her message go over in India? Well, it depends on who you ask, as NPR's Julie McCarthy found out.

JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE³: Polished and splendidly attired⁴, Ivanka Trump packed a cavernous auditorium⁵ this week in the IT hub city of Hyderabad.

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IVANKA TRUMP: I'm proud to say that for the first time ever, women make up the majority of the 1,500 entrepreneurs selected to attend this summit.

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MCCARTHY: Applause burst out each time she rattled⁶ off a statistic⁷ about economic benefits of women entrepreneurs. Brains, beauty and decorousness made Trump a draw at this global mash-up of innovators and entrepreneurs now in its eighth year. A-listers vied for an invite to the lavish⁸ dinner Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in Trump's honor. Some put the gushing⁹ down to Indian love of celebrities¹⁰. Others to Trump's access to the Oval Office. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, CEO of Knowledge Park, an incubator for startups, said...

DEEPANWITA CHATTOPADHYAY: It was a kind of novelty. She also, probably, made sense because she was an entrepreneur.

MCCARTHY: Ivanka Trump's clothing brand is sourced from factories mostly in China, where women workers dominate the low-wage industry. Allegations of labor¹¹ abuse involving Trump's supply chain have surfaced. In a letter, some 23 labor and human rights groups told Trump it makes a mockery of President Trump's America First mandate¹² and urged her to publicly disclose locations of the factories making Trump-branded products.

Many delegates declined to say whether such alleged¹³ business practices contradicted the theme of the summit - the empowerment of women. But Harish Hande, CEO of a social enterprise that promotes sustainable energy for the poor, said there's no question.

HARISH HANDE: Yes, I see a complete contradiction because what are we pushing for - inclusivity in the business, right?

MCCARTHY: India alone needs to pull 600 million poor into better living conditions, Hande says, and exploiting poverty is no solution.

HANDE: And you don't hire poor just because you get cheap labor.

MCCARTHY: Anu Acharya, founder¹⁴ of the medical-diagnosis venture Mapmygenome, says many delegates told her they were interested in Trump mostly as a fashion icon¹⁵.

ANU ACHARYA: Which is unfortunate. I think, for me, what mattered more is the fact that she had been - she's been an entrepreneur, and also the fact that she is an adviser¹⁶ to the president of the U.S.

MCCARTHY: Acharya and others said it would have been better to put the spotlight¹⁷ on a woman entrepreneur who had struggled more than Ivanka Trump, who had a privileged start. But 31-year-old Shveta Raina, who heads her own start-up, said Trump surprised her.

SHVETA RAINA: She was poised¹⁸ and was able to answer questions that were seemingly off script. I think she is young and represents young women. So I think she was the right choice.

MCCARTHY: Indian delegates were enthused to see Trump co-hosting the event with Prime Minister Modi - a signal of strengthening ties with Washington. Shveta Raina says India's lavish hospitality will pay off.

RAINA: This kind of soft diplomacy¹⁹ works.

MCCARTHY: Julie McCarthy, NPR News, Hyderabad, India.

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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 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 attired   

adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服，使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bride was attired in white. 新娘穿一身洁白的礼服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is appropriate that everyone be suitably attired. 人人穿戴得体是恰当的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

6 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

7 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

8 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

9 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

11 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

12 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

13 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

14 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

15 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

16 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

17 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

18 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。

19 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。