VOA慢速英語：介紹幾位美國初投者

Every four years, young Americans and naturalized citizens are able to vote for the first time for a president. This year, more than 10 million people have become eligible to vote for their first time.
每個四年，就有一群美國年輕人和入籍公民能夠第一次參加總統(tǒng)選舉投票。今年有超過1千萬人有資格首次投票。
These new voters are diverse in age, background and political opinions. They will be a big part of what the Pew Research Center has called the most "diverse electorate in U.S. history."
這些選民在年齡、背景和政治觀點上是多樣化的。他們將成為皮尤研究中心所謂的“美國歷史上最多樣化選民”的重要組成部分。
A majority of newly eligible voters are between the ages of 18 and 29. The voting age in the United States is 18. But researchers say young people are the least likely group to vote on Election Day.
大部分新符合資格的選民年齡在18到29歲之間。美國的投票年齡是18歲。但是研究人員表示，年輕人是選舉日最不愛投票的一群人。
Naturalized American citizens will also have a chance to cast their votes for the first time this November. Many of them say they care about issues such as economic fairness and educational opportunity.
今年11月，美國入籍公民也將有機會首次參加投票。許多人表示，他們關心經濟公平和教育機會等問題。
Amanda Lugg is one of those first-time voters. She is a naturalized English and Ugandan-American citizen.
阿曼達·拉格（Amanda Lugg）就是這些首投族之一。她是入籍的英格蘭和烏干達裔美國公民。
"The disparity in this country between the haves and the have-nots has just grown wider and wider, and with that breeds, breeds so much animosity and fear and results in something like we're seeing in, in the U.K. right now."
她說，“這個國家的貧富差距變得越來越大。這就孳生太多的仇恨和恐懼，并導致了類似我們在英國現在看到的一些情況。”
Jace Laquerre was the youngest delegate at this year's Republican Party convention. He turned 18 in August. He says he hopes the party will listen to the opinions of young voters.
杰斯·拉克爾（Jace Laquerre）是今年共和黨大會上最年輕的代表。他8月份剛滿18歲。他說，他希望共和黨能夠傾聽年輕選民的意見。
"A lot of younger people are more liberty-oriented, a little more socially liberal than the older Republicans, and I think that's what's costing us elections in the end, and so, you know, young Republicans are here to say this is what we think and hopefully if the older Republicans will listen we can help win the youth vote in the future and win some elections."
他說，“與年長的共和黨人相比，很多年輕人更傾向于自由派，在社會議題上更傾向自由主義。我想這是最終會讓我們輸掉選舉的原因。所以，年輕的共和黨人來到這里說出我們的想法，希望年長的共和黨人能夠聽聽我們的意見，我們未來可以幫助贏得年輕人的選票，并贏得選舉。”
Aya Elamroussi is an Egyptian-American student and a first-time voter. She says many young Americans do not understand how much freedom they have. That includes the freedom to vote.
阿婭·阿姆魯西（Aya Elamroussi）是一位埃及裔美國學生，也是一名首投族。她說，很多美國年輕人不明白他們擁有多少自由，其中就包括投票自由。
"Voting is the basic act of a democratic country. Most of us in America, if you were to compare the lives here to the ones in Egypt, we live a comfortable life. We, at age 16, you, you are able to go out there and have a job and pretty much make your own money. Over there, that's not something that happens."
她說：“投票是民主國家的一項基本行為。對于美國多數人來說，如果你把這里的生活和埃及相比，我們的生活就太舒適了。在這里，16歲你就能出去工作，自己賺錢。在埃及，這是不可能發(fā)生的事情。”
More new voters support Democratic and Independent candidates than Republicans. But some new voters say they want Donald Trump to become president, including Christian Martinez.
更多新選民支持民主黨和獨立候選人，而不是共和黨。但是有些新選民表示，他們希望川普成為總統(tǒng)，其中就包括克里斯蒂安·馬丁內茲(Christian Martinez)。
"Everything other than his radical statements, everything, I believe that he's very well integrated when it comes to making a strong foundation with the, into the economy. The economy is something very fragile, but yet again it could revolve around giving us free health care, free education. If our economy is weak, we can't do anything."
他說：“拋開他的激進言論，他在強化經濟方面非常在行。我們的經濟非常脆弱，這關系到能不能給我們免費醫(yī)療、免費教育。如果經濟薄弱，我們就什么都做不了。”
 
Elamroussi says she is frightened by the possibility that Trump could become president.
阿姆魯西則表示，一想到川普可能成為總統(tǒng)她就覺得可怕。
"The idea is when the rhetoric that he says becomes normalized. When it can cause violence, when it can turn debate, peaceful debate, into physical violence. That's where the problem comes in."
她說：“當人們對他的言論見怪不怪，當言論能引發(fā)暴力、讓和平的辯論轉變?yōu)橹w暴力時，問題就出現了。”
I'm Jonathan Evans.
喬納斯·埃文斯報道。