Englishpod英語(yǔ)文化脫口秀第255期:希拉里總統(tǒng)辯論精選

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Democratic debate: 民主黨辯論

Candidates: 參選人、候選人

To host a debate: 舉辦辯論

Hillary Clinton: 希拉里克林頓

Bernie Sanders: 博尼桑德斯

辯論P(yáng)art I

In Sin City, it was show time for the Democrats. Deep inside a coco themed casino last night,Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was cast in the role of capitalist refusenik.

Sin City: 賭城 (拉斯維加斯的別名)

Vermount: 福爾蒙特州，位于美國(guó)東北部，以左翼激進(jìn)聞名

Senator: 參議院

Capitalist refusenik: 拒絕資本主意的斗士

Anderson Cooper: You don't consider yourself a capitalist.

Bernie Sanders: Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few haveso much and so many have so little? No, I don't. I believe in a society where all people do well.Not just a handful of billionaires.

So few have so much and so many have so little: 少數(shù)富人富得流油、多數(shù)百姓一無(wú)所有

Handful: 極少數(shù)的

辯論P(yáng)art II

Reporter: The lineup said it all. Bernie to the left, former secretary of state Hillary Clintonsomewhere in the middle, facing accusation she doesn't know where she stands.

Lineup: 排列

Former: 曾經(jīng)的

Secretary of State: 國(guó)務(wù)卿

Accusation: 指控

Anderson Cooper: just for the record, are you a progressive or are you a moderate?

Progressive: 激進(jìn)派

Moderate: 溫和派

Hillary Clinton: I'm a progressive. But I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. And Iknow how to find common ground and I know how to stand my ground.

To get things done: 能辦成事的、有結(jié)果的

Find common ground: 找到共同點(diǎn)

Stand my ground: 堅(jiān)持自己的意見(jiàn)

辯論P(yáng)art III

Reporter: For the next 2 hours, they worked through the Democratic song sheet: immigration,income inequality, paid parental leave and climate change. Hillary Clinton took on her rivalover gun control.

Song sheet: 清單

Immigration: 移民

Income inequality: 收入不平等

Paid parental leave: 帶薪產(chǎn)假

Climate change: 氣候變化

Took over: 挑戰(zhàn)

Rival: 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者、對(duì)手

Gun control: 槍支管理

辯論P(yáng)art IIII

Anderson Cooper: Secretary Clinton, is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns?

Tough: 強(qiáng)硬的

Hillary Clinton: No, not at all. This has gone on too long and it's time the entire country stoodup against the NRA.

To go on too long: 拖得太久

Stood up against...: 站起來(lái)抵抗...

NRA (National Rifle Association): 美國(guó)國(guó)家槍支協(xié)會(huì)

Anderson Cooper: Senator Sanders, your turn to be able to respond.

Bernie Sanders: we can raise our voices, but I come from a rural state. And the views on guncontrol in rural state are different than in urban states whether we like it or not.

Rural: 農(nóng)村的、農(nóng)業(yè)的

Urban: 城市的

辯論P(yáng)art V

Reporter: While he equivocated on guns, senator Sanders pushed back on Wall Street.

Equivocated: 回避、躲避

Pushed back on: 抵抗

Bernie Sanders: in my view, secretary Clinton, Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. WallStreet regulates Congress. And we've got to break off these banks.

Congress: 國(guó)會(huì)

Regulate: 監(jiān)管

Wall Street: 華爾街