美国文化脱口秀 第409期:特朗普为什么会赢?

让美国人、世界上很多人都没想到的结果发生了;特朗普当选新一任美国总统。今天，Jenny, Spencer带你了解：为什么特朗普赢了?为什么民调、媒体完全没有预测到这个结果?是哪些人投票给特朗普?他们为什么支持他?

关键词：

Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States: 特朗普击败希拉里，成为下一届美国总统

It was a major upset: 万万没想到的结果

A lot of people are upset because of the upset victory: 这个结果让很多人都很气愤

No one expected it: 大家都没想到

Shocked, depressed, stunned: 震惊、沮丧、完全出乎意料

Victory speech: 胜选演讲

Concession speech: 败选演讲

Concede the election: 承认败选

Trump's victory speech: 特朗普获胜演讲片段

"It's time for us to come together as one united people": 现在是时候让我们重新团结起来

Trump's victory speech was quite toned-down: 特朗普的胜选演讲还是比较克制的

为什么希拉里赢得更多选民的选票，但还是输了?

美国总统大选分两种类型的选票：

Popular vote: 普选票，个人选民票

Electoral vote: 州选举人票

In the American system, the electoral vote counts: 在美国的体系中，总统大选结果由州选举人票决定

特朗普的支持者：被遗忘的美国人

Rural America: 美国乡村

The forgotten men and women of America: 被遗忘的美国人

White working class Americans: 底层蓝领白人

They feel left behind by globalization and the elite class: 他们感到被全球化、精英阶级遗忘

Their lives have gotten worse: 他们感到自己的生活水平在不断下降

They feel looked down on by the elite class as uneducated, stupid: 觉得精英阶级非常看不起他们，老说他们没文化、愚蠢

They are deeply dissatisfied with the system: 他们对体制深深的不满

They want change, a major shake-up: 他们想要一个彻底的颠覆

特朗普为什么会赢?

两大党的变化

Democratic Party: 民主党

Republican Party: 共和党

The Democrats used to be the party of the working class: 民主党以前代表工人阶级

The Republicans were the party of the business class：共和党代表企业、生意人

Now, the Democrats are the party of the educated liberal elites: 现在，民主党代表了受高等教育的自由派、精英阶级

They embrace globalization and benefit from it: 他们拥抱全球化，是全球化的受益者

People voting for Trump are deeply dissatisfied with the system and both parties: 特朗普的支持者对制度深感不满，对两党、建制派都不满

They just want change: 他们就是要颠覆、改变

They were very mobilized to vote for Trump: 他们的情绪都动员、转化为选票

People on the other side of the spectrum didn't transform their feeling to votes: 但是持不同意见的人并没有积极去投票

摇摆州

Swing states/battleground states: 摇摆州，通常这些州会左右总统大选的结果

Rust belt: 钢铁带，美国东北部萧条的老工业区

Key battleground states went for Trump: 核心摇摆州都摆向了特朗普

White working-class voters felt alienated by globalization and cultural change: 蓝领白人选民感到被全球化和美国社会、文化上的变化孤立

希拉里：希望特朗普成为好总统

Hillary's concession speech: 希拉里败选演讲片段

"We owe Donald Trump an open mind and the chance to lead": 我们欠特朗普一个机会，让他好好领导。

也像Spencer和Jenny在节目最后说的：

"Go out to see the world, learn about the world and open up your mind is one of the best things you can do for yourself and for your society."

走出去，看世界。身边有更多这样的人，总是好的。