PBS高端访谈:美国教练谈为什么要实施枪支管制(2)

And if you've lived a life like, like I did, where perfect upbringing, wonderful family and got everything you need.

如果你的生活像我一样，有完美的成长环境，美满的家庭，得到你想要的一切。

Nothing's going to happen to you.

你不会出什么事。

That happens to other people, you know.

别人也会这样，你知道的。

And so looking back I sometimes I think I wish I had been a little wiser in terms of maybe bringing all that stuff¹ up.

所以现在回想起来，我有时会想，我希望我当时能更聪明一点，把那些事情都提出来。

In that year, the 73-year, the bad back here.

在那一年，73年，最糟糕的就是这里。

Shortly after the season, there was a shooter who went to UCLA, it's like half a mile from your mom.

赛季结束后不久，有一个枪手去了加州大学洛杉矶分校，那里离你妈妈大概有半英里远。

And then shortly after that, the Pulse shooting happened.

然后在那之后不久，脉搏酒吧枪击案发生。

And you made a big statement. Do you remember it

然后你发表了一个重要的声明。你还记得吗？

Yes. And the reason I made it is because we had done probably three moments of silence during that season was like every couple of weeks, were just, you know, let's take a bow and stay silent and not actually try to solve the problem.

是。我之所以这么做，是因为我们在那个赛季经历了大约三次默哀，每隔几个星期一次，只是，你知道，让我们鞠躬、保持沉默，而不是真正试图解决问题。

And so I just felt like, you know, I do have a platform, I should probably say something and I've been an advocate ever since.

所以我只是觉得，你知道，我确实没有一个平台，我可能应该说些什么，从那以后我就一直是一名倡导者。

Because my dad died that way.

因为我父亲就是这样不在的。

And because it's such an enormous² problem in our country.

这是因为这在我们的国家是一个如此巨大的问题。

That's become my sort of pet project.

这已经成了我最喜欢的项目。

Do you have hope that there'll be new legislation³ that--

你是否希望会有新的立法--

I do have hope mainly because of the March for Our Lives.

我确实希望立法，主要是因为"为我们的生命游行"运动。

Kids.There's so many young people now who are so angry and invested⁴.

孩子们。现在有太多的年轻人感到愤怒、投入运动。

What makes me lose hope is just that it's a constant deal with the Senate⁵ where, you know, the House passes HRA, which is, you know, background checks, bill that I would 90 percent of Americans want background checks, regardless if you're Democrat⁶ or Republican⁷. 90 percent.

让我失去希望的是，这是参议院的一贯做法，你知道，众议院通过了健康风险评估，也就是背景调查法案，90%的美国人想要背景调查，不管你是民主党还是共和党。90%的人。

People in the NRA want that.

全国步枪协会的人希望这样。

Yes, yes. But the Senate will not go down that path.

是,是。但参议院不会走这条路。

They won't even look at the bill because of partisan⁸ politics.

因为党派政治，他们甚至不会看这个法案。

And, you know, they put their own private career ahead of the lives of American people.

而且，你知道，他们把自己的个人事业置于美国人民的生命之上。

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

3 legislation   

n.立法，法律的制定；法规，法律

参考例句：

• They began to draft legislation.他们开始起草法规。
• The liberals band together against the new legislation.自由党员联合一致反对新的立法。

4 invested   

v.投资，花费( invest的过去式和过去分词 )；授予；（把资金）投入；投入（时间、精力等）

参考例句：

• The money will be invested in managed funds. 这笔钱将投资于管理基金。
• He invested his lawyer with complete power to act for him. 他让律师全权代办。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 senate   

n.参议院，上院

参考例句：

• They feel deeply the honour of belonging to the Senate.他们为作为参议院的成员而深感荣幸。
• His unsuccessful senate run was his last hurrah.这次失败的参议员竞选是他最后的尝试。

6 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。

7 republican   

n.拥护共和政体的人； adj.共和政体的，（Republican）共和党人，（Republican）共和党的

参考例句：

• Some families have been republican for generations.有些家庭世代都支持共和党。
• A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.第三个候选人已经加入角逐共和党提名的行列。

8 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。