VOA慢速英語：斯威夫特罕見表態(tài)主動卷入政治

Taylor Swift Jumps into Politics

斯威夫特罕見表態(tài)主動卷入政治

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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in American pop music. Millions of fans follow the singer-songwriter on social media for the latest in music and fashion.

泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)是美國流行音樂界最知名的人物之一。數(shù)百萬粉絲在社交媒體上關(guān)注這位創(chuàng)作型歌手，獲取最新的音樂和時尚。

On Sunday night, Swift did something that she has never done before. She announced her opposition to one candidate, and her support for others, running in November's midterm elections.

在周日晚上，斯威夫特做了一件她從沒做過的事情。她宣布反對美國11月中期選舉中的一位候選人，并支持其他人。

Swift wrote, "due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years...I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me." She added that she "will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives."

她寫道：“由于過去兩年在我生活中和世界上發(fā)生的幾件事，我無法支持布萊克本，她的國會投票紀(jì)錄嚇壞我了。”她補(bǔ)充說，她“將投票支持參議員候選人布雷德森和眾議員候選人庫珀。”

Blackburn is a Republican Party lawmaker representing the state of Tennessee. She serves in the United States House of Representatives. Swift wrote that Blackburn is against gay rights, equal pay for women and legislation to protect women from domestic violence, stalking and date rape.

布萊克本是代表田納西州的共和黨議員，她在美國眾議院任職。斯威夫特寫道，布萊克本反對同性戀權(quán)利、女性同工同酬以及旨在保護(hù)婦女免受家庭暴力、跟蹤和約會強(qiáng)奸的法案。

President Donald Trump, who has campaigned for Blackburn, dismissed Swift's opinion of the candidate. He said, Swift "doesn't know anything about her. And let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25 percent less now, OK?"

曾為布萊克本站臺的川普總統(tǒng)駁斥了斯威夫特對這位候選人的看法。他說，斯威夫特“對布萊克本一無所知。不如說我現(xiàn)在對泰勒的音樂的喜愛度低了大約25%，如何?”

The singer also asked her 112 million followers on Instagram to register to vote. She wrote, "October 9th is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting!"

這位歌手還懇請她在Instagram上的1.12億粉絲去登記投票。她寫道：“10月9日是田納西州登記投票的截止日。打開vote.org網(wǎng)站，你可以找到所有信息。開心地投票吧!”

The non-profit website vote.org reported a flood of new voter registration after the post. A spokeswoman told Buzzfeed, "We are up to 65,000 registrations in a single 24-hour period since T. Swift's post."

非營利性網(wǎng)站vote.org報(bào)告稱，在斯威夫特發(fā)出這個帖子之后有大量新選民登記。該網(wǎng)站一位發(fā)言人對Buzzfeed網(wǎng)站表示：“自斯威夫特發(fā)布消息以來，我們在24小時內(nèi)完成了65,000次選民注冊。”

The site reported that 190,178 new voters were registered in the entire month of September and 56,669 were registered in August. The vote.org spokeswoman said, "Thank God for Taylor Swift."

該網(wǎng)站報(bào)告稱，9月份共有190,178名新選民登記，8月份登記了56,669名。網(wǎng)站發(fā)言人表示：“感謝上帝帶來了斯威夫特。”

Republican Party politician and television host, Mike Huckabee, however, dismissed that idea. He tweeted that Swift "won't impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote."

然而共和黨政治家及電視主持人哈克比懟回了這種想法。他在推特上說，斯威夫特“影響不到選舉，除非我們允許13歲的女孩投票。”

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