地道美语听力播客591:缺席选举

Khaled: Are you going to the polling place or are you voting by absentee ballot again?

卡勒德：你准备去投票所吗?或者是再投缺席票?

Bernice: I always vote with an absentee ballot so I can vote in the comfort of my own home and in my own time. In fact, I’ve already mailed in my ballot.

柏妮丝：我总是投缺席票，那样我就可以舒服的在家投票，享用自己的时间。实际上，我已经邮寄出了我的选票。

Khaled: Good for you. Which candidate did you vote for in the governor's race?

卡勒德：能这样不错，那州长竞选中你选的谁?

Bernice: I didn’t vote for either of the bozos that are running. I voted for a write-in candidate.

柏妮丝：我没有选参加竞选的那些家伙们，我选了一个选民自填的候选人。

Khaled: A write-in candidate? There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that a write-in candidate is going to win this election.

卡勒德：一个选民自填的候选人?选民自填的候选人毫无希望竞选成功。

Bernice: That may be so, but I have to vote with my conscience, and I can’t bring myself to vote for either of those people. Have you voted?

柏妮丝：可能会这样，但是我凭自己良心选举，我不能让自己去选那些人。你选了吗?

Khaled: Not yet. I’m going to vote at the polls on Election Day. I want more time to think about whom to vote for and to read up on the ballot measures. There are a lot of them this time.

卡勒德：还没有呢，我准备在选举当天再选，我想多花点时间思考一下选谁，仔细研究一下再选，这次参加选举的人很多。

Bernice: Yeah, but the governor’s race is the only thing I care about. I can’t stand the thought of having either of those bozos as the next governor.

柏妮丝：是啊，州长选举是我唯一关心的事情。我一想到这些人中的任何一个人要当下一届州长我都受不了。

Khaled: Just out of curiosity, who did you write in as a candidate?

卡勒德：我就是好奇，你到底填的谁做候选人?

Bernice: You.

柏妮丝：你啊!

Khaled: Me?! You’re crazy. I don’t want to be governor.

卡勒德：我?你疯了啊，我不想当州长。

Bernice: It was either you or me, and I’d rather not be a candidate and have to be in the company of those bozos.

柏妮丝：不是你就是我，与其和那些家伙们一起作伴，我更愿意不做这个候选人。