CNN News:奥巴马在此次中期选举中将近失去60到70个众议院席位

Obviously, Republicans had a good night. What stands out to me, though, is that the American people sent a message, one that they`ve sent for several elections: now they expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do.

很明显，共和党人士度过了一个美好的夜晚，对于我来讲而是美国人民发布了信息，信息表明他们已经进行完了选举，现在他们期待这些议员可以共同努力工作，就像他们一样。

First up today, on CNN STUDENT NEWS, President Obama reacting to a midterm election that largely went against his political party in Congress.

首先今天CNN头条新闻奥巴马总统对中期选举中他所在的民主党派在国会占有席位被很大程度夺走以结果正在做出回应。

Americans voted to take Senate control from the president`s fellow Democrats and give it to Republicans. They also voted to give Republicans their biggest majority in the House of Representatives since World War II.

美国人民投票把参议院控制权从奥巴马所在当民主党转移到了共和党派人士。他们自二战结束以来还把更多数众议院席位投票给了共和党派人士。

Well, what is right now, is the Congress that looks nothing like the Congress that Barack Obama started with. Look at the U.S. Senate first. We fly it up high here.

现在国会一点都不像是巴拉克奥巴马刚开始接管时国会的样子。看看当初的美国参议院，那里是我们的起点。

Back when he took over in 2008, the Republicans were on the ropes. They had 41 seats. The Democrats had 57, plus two Independents that caucus with them. In 2010, they lost six seats here on the Democratic side, gained a little of it back in 2012, but then came the deluge. Look at what happened overnight. The Republicans had 52 at least, as we go through the counting here, Democrats down to 43, a couple of Independents, one of them - they changed sides, and some undecided, but nonetheless, Republicans in charge.

在2008年他最开始接管的时候，共和党派人士都是绳索上的蚂蚱。共和党派拥有41个席位，民主党派拥有57个席位，还有两个无党派人士处在他们中间。在2010年，民主党派失去了六个席位，在2012年重新夺回一点点胜利，但随后又付之东流。再来看看这整晚发生的事情，当我们在这里统计的时候共和党派人士至少拥有51个席位，而民主党派已经下降到43个席位，两个无党派人士中一位改变派别，另一位犹豫不决，但尽管如此，共和党派人士还是占据了国会绝大多数席位。

This chamber has changed in a dramatic way.

国会发生了一次戏剧性的变革。

And if you go across the rotunda in the Capitol, over to the U.S. House of Representatives. There the numbers are even more stark. Let`s change everything over here, and look at the House and take it up high. 2008 when Barack Obama took over, Republicans are 178 seats, Democrats, 257. Then, two years later, there was a landslide. The Democrats lost 66 seats. They gained a little bit back. Look at the numbers now, because this is where we stand at this hours. We are adding this up. 242 for the Republicans, 174 for the Democrats. Some still undecided out there, but this is a route. You add it all up, and President Obama in his two midterms will end up losing somewhere between 60 and 70 seats in Congress. Compare that to some other presidents out there.

如果你穿过国会大厦的大厅去美国众议院，那里数字变化更加触目惊心。让我们转换一下，当2008年奥巴马接管的时候共和党派人士占有178个席位，民主党派占有257个席位，两年之后出现了下滑。民主党派人士失去了66个席位，共和党派稍稍扳回一点胜算。再看看现在的数字，因为这是目前我们接到的数字情况，我们将进行统计，共和党派已经拥有了242个席位，民主党派占有174个席位。还有一些没有统计出来，但这已经呈现出了明显的分差。把所有的统计数据加起来，奥巴马在他两次中期选举中失去了60到70个国会席位。与其他历任总统相比。

Ronald Reagan lost 31 during his midterms, George W. Bush, lost just 22 during his midterms and Bill Clinton lost just 49. All this means that if the numbers keep running true this way, Barack Obama will have ended up losing more seats, his party will have lost more seats during his midterms than any party has with any president since Harry Truman. So, this is a real setback for the Democrats right now. And the landscape, the fundamental political landscape is changed dramatically.

罗那的里根在中期选举中失去了31个席位，小布什失去了22个席位，比尔克林顿失去了49个席位。所有这些意味着，如果数字一直这样保持的话，奥巴马将会成为民主党派丢失席位最多的总统。他的政党将会是自从哈里杜鲁门总统之后丢失席位最多的党派。所以这是民主党派真正面对的问题。而整个政治格局也在发生根本变化。