Englishpod英语文化脱口秀第255期:希拉里总统辩论精选

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Democratic debate: 民主党辩论

Candidates: 参选人、候选人

To host a debate: 举办辩论

Hillary Clinton: 希拉里克林顿

Bernie Sanders: 博尼桑德斯

辩论Part 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: 赌城 (拉斯维加斯的别名)

Vermount: 福尔蒙特州，位于美国东北部，以左翼激进闻名

Senator: 参议院

Capitalist refusenik: 拒绝资本主意的斗士

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: 少数富人富得流油、多数百姓一无所有

Handful: 极少数的

辩论Part 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: 曾经的

Secretary of State: 国务卿

Accusation: 指控

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

Progressive: 激进派

Moderate: 温和派

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: 能办成事的、有结果的

Find common ground: 找到共同点

Stand my ground: 坚持自己的意见

辩论Part 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: 清单

Immigration: 移民

Income inequality: 收入不平等

Paid parental leave: 带薪产假

Climate change: 气候变化

Took over: 挑战

Rival: 竞争者、对手

Gun control: 枪支管理

辩论Part IIII

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

Tough: 强硬的

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...: 站起来抵抗...

NRA (National Rifle Association): 美国国家枪支协会

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: 农村的、农业的

Urban: 城市的

辩论Part 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: 国会

Regulate: 监管

Wall Street: 华尔街