美国国家公共电台 NPR 100 Days In, Women's March Still Inspires. But Can The Enthusiasm Hold?

 

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

There's been a lot of focus on Donald Trump¹'s first 100 days. But the same weekend that Donald Trump was inaugurated, there was another major news event. Thousands of people turned out for the Women's March on Washington, and there were marches all over the world as well. Many of those who marched opposed Donald Trump's policy agenda on a variety of issues - the environment, immigration and abortion², just to name a few. Here's Jackie Knight³ who came to the march from Durham, N.C.

JACKIE KNIGHT: I'm going to call all my family members and tell them what an awesome⁴ experience this was and that they need to join the events that we're going to continue to have around the country.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: So a lot of optimism, a lot of hope. So while everyone evaluates the Trump presidency⁵, we wanted to know a hundred days later, what can we say the Women's March has accomplished⁶? For more, we asked NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben to join us in the studio.

Good morning.

DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST:

Hello.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: So the day of the march, you had throngs⁷ of women and men in the streets. What came out of all that energy?

KURTZLEBEN: That energy created some concrete accomplishments⁸. For example, I spoke⁹ to one organizer of last weekend's March for Science. She told me that the Women's March directly inspired the March for Science.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: But what about concrete results? Has there been an uptick in political action?

KURTZLEBEN: There has. For one thing, the women who organized the Women's March afterwards continued doing this kind of organizing. They started doing this thing they called 10 Actions / 100 Days, where they sent out these calls for women to do things like register to vote, meet up with your friends and talk about what kind of organizing you can do in your own community. So they did that.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: And maybe show up at some of these town hall meetings from Republican...

(LAUGHTER)

GARCIA-NAVARRO: ...Congressmen when they're heading home.

KURTZLEBEN: Yes. So we've certainly seen that. And aside from that, you just heard a lot of women - and I've spoken to some - who have said, you know, I am actually calling my Congress member. I'm sending out postcards. One woman told me she sent faxes. I haven't heard anybody say that in years.

(LAUGHTER)

KURTZLEBEN: One other thing - you've heard women saying that this march inspired them to want to run for office. EMILY's List, which helps elect pro-choice Democratic women, says that this year they have had 11,000 women reach out to them and say, they want - they are interested in running for office. Now, they compare that to the last cycle, the 2016 cycle, where they said, they had 900 women...

GARCIA-NAVARRO: So that's a huge jump.

KURTZLEBEN: Right. And you have - that is just one organization that's doing that. There are plenty of others.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Did the moment launch a movement though? I guess what I'm asking here is, can the enthusiasm last?

KURTZLEBEN: Well, it's an interesting question because it's kind of hard to say that the Women's March launched a movement because it was at the intersection¹⁰ of so many movements. You had people there who were fighting for what they call climate justice, criminal justice, racial issues, women's issues. So it's hard to say that this sparked a movement. So on the one hand, you know, you had a broad array of groups, all of that energy. On the other hand, this has caused a lot of people to compare the Women's March, unfavorably, to the Occupy Movement of 2011, which many people criticized as being too scattered¹¹ to accomplish all of that much.

I mean, to bring this down to a human level, I talked to one attendee. She likened trying to be an activist¹² during the Trump administration, to whack-a-mole. And she said, you know, listen, I care about a lot of these areas; I only have enough energy for one or two. And I think you may be hearing that from a lot of people.

And then on top of that, you have the facts that keeping up this energy over time - the Women's March, you know, was 100 days ago, but it's a year and a half until the midterm elections. I mean, maintaining this kind of energy could prove very difficult. I mean, think about all those thousands of women who have said they're interested in running for office. Then think about how much it takes to get one person on the ballot¹³, get money, advertise. Then multiply that by all of those thousands women. So there's a lot more to do before we might see this march really come to fruition.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Danielle Kurtzleben covers politics for NPR. Thanks so much.

KURTZLEBEN: Of course.

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 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

5 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

7 throngs   

n.人群( throng的名词复数 )v.成群，挤满( throng的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She muscled through the throngs of people, frantically searching for David. 她使劲挤过人群，拼命寻找戴维。 来自辞典例句
• Our friends threaded their way slowly through the throngs upon the Bridge. 我们这两位朋友在桥上从人群中穿过，慢慢地往前走。 来自辞典例句

8 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 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。

10 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

11 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

12 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

13 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。