VOA慢速英语2016 共和党辩论关注外交政策

AS IT IS 2016-01-17 Republican Party Debate Features Foreign Policy 共和党辩论关注外交政策

The candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination¹ debated for the sixth time this week.

本周，竞选共和党总统的候选人已经展开了第六轮辩论。

The debate is the second-to-last one before the Iowa caucus³ on February 1.

此次讨论是2月1号爱荷华州预选会议上倒数第二次讨论。

The Iowa caucus is a series of meetings where participants, called delegates, vote for one Republican and one Democratic party candidate.Whoever gets the most votes in that state will be endorsed⁴ at the national convention later in the year.

爱荷华州预选会议是一系列会议，与会人员（即代表）投票选举产生一名共和党候选人和一名民主党候选人。获得最高票数的人将在当年晚些时候在全国代表大会上得到认可。

Candidates Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted² Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump⁵ debated in South Carolina on Thursday night.

候选人Jeb Bush，Ben Carson，Chris Christie，Ted Cruz，John Kasich，Marco Rubio以及Donald Trump于周四晚上在南卡罗来纳州展开辩论。

Bush, the former governor of Florida, challenged Donald Trump on his proposal to ban non-American Muslims from coming to the United States.

佛罗里达州前州长Bush就Donald Trump的提议提出异议，Donald Trump建议禁止接纳非美国穆斯林进入美国。

Trump’s idea "makes it impossible to build the coalition⁶ necessary to take out ISIS," Bush says.

Bush表示，Trump的观点让消灭的ISIS的联合行动变得不太可能。

Bush says it would be difficult for the U.S. to build a coalition against the Islamic State terror group without Muslim support.

Bush表示，如果没有穆斯林的支持，那么美国很难建立消灭伊斯兰国家恐怖组织的联合行动。

Trump says he wants security for the United States.He says radical⁷ Islam is a problem "all over the world."

Trump表示希望美国安全。他说道激进的伊斯兰教对全球来说都是个问题。

Another question came up: whether Cruz’s birth in Canada would make him ineligible⁸ to be president.

另外一个问题是：出生于加拿大的Cruz是否有资格担任总统。

Cruz was born with dual¹⁰ American and Canadian citizenship¹¹.He gave up his Canadian citizenship in 2014.

Cruz生来就有拥有美国和加拿大的双重国籍。2014年放弃了加拿大国籍。

Trump says he thinks the Democratic Party would file a lawsuit¹² claiming that Cruz is not allowed to be president if he wins the Republican nomination.

Trump认为，如果Cruz获得了共和党提名，民主党将提起诉讼，反对Cruz当选总统。

Two other issues were raised in the debate:

讨论中还提出了两个其他的问题。

One, whether Christie was a strong enough conservative to earn the Republican nomination.And two, who would be the best Republican to overturn policies enacted¹³ by President Barack Obama.

一个是保守派Christie是否能够赢得共和党提名。另外一个问题是，能够推翻Obama总统采取的措施的最佳共和党人选是谁。

But who won the debate?

那么，赢得辩论的是谁呢？

Ford¹⁴ O’Connell is a Republican strategist who advised John McCain’s campaign in 2008.He says Trump, Cruz and Rubio look like the front-runners.

Ford O’Connell是名共和党战略家，2008年为John McCain的竞选提供建议。他表示Trump，Cruz 以及 Rubio有可能一路领先。

At the rate things are going, it seems like we’re heading for a three-man race.

“随着支持率发生变化，似乎将有三个人展开角逐。”

The next and final Republican debate before the caucus is January 28 in Iowa.

1月28号将在爱荷华州进行预选会议开始之前最后一次共和党辩论。

Words in This Story

assertion – n. a strong, definite statement

caucus – n. a meeting of members of a political party for the purpose of choosing candidates for an election

dual – adj. having two of something

ineligible – adj. not allowed to do or be something : not eligible⁹

participants - n. people who take part in something

endorsed - v. declaring one's support publicly

1 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。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

4 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

8 ineligible   

adj.无资格的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.新规定使另外数千人不符合接受法律援助的资格。
• The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.这个国家已被宣布没有资格获得世界银行的贷款。

9 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

10 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

11 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

12 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。

13 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

14 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。