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美国国家公共电台 NPR Gillibrand, Opening Up About Her Religion, Says GOP Is Not A 'Faith-Driven Party'

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Gillibrand, Opening Up About Her Religion, Says GOP Is Not A 'Faith-Driven Party'

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TAMARA KEITH, HOST:

Hey there, it's the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. I'm Tamara Keith. Throughout the spring and summer, we'll be taking you on the road to meet the 2020 presidential candidates. We're doing these special episodes in collaboration1 with New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio. So I've been spending a lot of time with IPR's lead political reporter, Clay Masters.

CLAY MASTERS, BYLINE3: Hey, Tam, welcome back to Iowa.

KEITH: Hello, Clay, it's good to be back. It's only been a week. Good to see you again.

MASTERS: That's right. But you're back again because it's Iowa, and they're always here.

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: They being the 24 or so Democrats5 running for president. This week, we were in Waterloo, Iowa, to see New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is campaigning with her husband and 11-year-old son. Gillibrand is a lawyer by training who went on to represent upstate New York in the House of Representatives. She replaced Hillary Clinton in the Senate and made a name for herself by taking on sexual assault in the military, passing the 9/11 first responders health care legislation and for encouraging other women to get off the political sidelines. The senator gave her stump6 speech at the front of a small bar and grill7.

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GILLIBRAND: President Trump8 is someone who demonizes the weak. He's someone who demeans the vulnerable. He's actually somebody who punches down. And I think this country deserves a president who's brave.

KEITH: There were about three dozen people there to see Gillibrand. And she, like most candidates, stuck around to sign posters and take selfies.

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GILLIBRAND: I'll stay as long as you guys want to stay. I'll take as many selfies as you want. I just ask you to please post them.

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GILLIBRAND: Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Right.

MASTERS: One of the things that stuck out to both you and me in what she said was that I'm going to stay. We're going to take selfies. We're going to take pictures. And will you please post them to social media? So she's, you know, trying to get her face out there even in people's social media feeds.

KEITH: And there's a reason for that. She's polling at about 1%. And in order to be guaranteed to make the debate stage, all of the candidates need to raise money from at least 65,000 individual donors9. She hasn't met that threshold yet.

MASTERS: Right. She hasn't. And when there is a sea of Democratic candidates running right now, you're trying to find any way you can to stick out in these voters' minds and be remembered.

KEITH: The next morning, we sat down with Senator Gillibrand in one of those giant hotel ballrooms10.

MASTERS: So first of all, there was this viral video going around - one of your first trips to Iowa - of this woman that was, like, having to move past you to get more ranch11 dressing12.

GILLIBRAND: Yes.

MASTERS: How do you really feel about ranch dressing?

GILLIBRAND: It's not my favorite.

KEITH: (Laughter) Was it your favorite before then?

GILLIBRAND: No, not my favorite. But the lady was lovely, and I just thought she was trying to ask a question. I said, oh, do you have a question? She's, like, no, I'm just trying to get some ranch. I said, oh, OK.

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KEITH: So serious question - what is the exact moment that you decided13 that you needed to run for president in 2020?

GILLIBRAND: So it was really over the holidays where I wanted to sit down with my family and have a really heartfelt conversation about what it would mean for them because I've been concerned about the direction the country's been in the - from the second President Trump was elected. I assumed, obviously, that Hillary Clinton would be our president. I was looking forward to her presidency14. I was looking forward to helping15 her pass strong legislation and help move this country forward.

And so I just wanted to sit down with my family and ask them how they felt about me running and explaining to a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old what sacrifices they would actually be making. And their response was the moment that Jonathan and I decided that's something we could actually do. And I was most worried about Henry because he's - was only 10 - he's 11 now - because I usually spent all weekend with him. I would work on Sunday afternoons but not Saturdays, and I'd get to go to all his soccer games and all his baseball games. I was even his assistant part-time baseball coach.

So there was a lot of things that would change for me 'cause I knew if I decided to do this, I'd be in other states every weekend. And - but Henry was excited. And he said, oh, Mom, I'm coming with you. And so he's on the trail with us now. He's in Iowa and having a blast.

KEITH: Have you missed some games?

GILLIBRAND: Henry's games?

KEITH: Yeah.

GILLIBRAND: Yes, I've missed most of Henry's games because they're on Saturdays. When they are on a Sunday that I happen to be home, I've caught two so far this season, so it's not a lot. It's different. It's very different. And I also have always been the primary caregiver in our family, and so to have Jonathan pick up the slack there was a big change for him. And he's - they've both thrived. I mean, it's really amazing.

When I get home on a Monday - the first time I was away for a week, and I get home on a Monday. And it's - we're getting - it's - I voted, and we're getting ready for bed. And I said, Henry, it's 8:30. It's bedtime. You got to get upstairs. You got to brush your teeth. He's, like, oh, no, Mom, those aren't the rules anymore - Daddy's rules. And I don't have to be in bed till 9:30.

KEITH: (Laughter).

GILLIBRAND: Like, OK, new rules. But if that's what makes them work, that's okay with me.

KEITH: Why are you the person to be president? Why are you the right person for this really huge job at this particular time?

GILLIBRAND: I believe I'm the right person to take on President Trump because I think the country needs a president who's brave. President Trump has been dividing the country, dividing us at every racial, religious, socioeconomic line you can find. And I think you need somebody who's going to do the right thing for the right reasons, who will go through fire to do what's right. And that is who I've always been. My story is so different than any other Democrat4 running. I've stood up to the Pentagon twice - first, over don't ask, don't tell, then over sexual violence in the military. I've stood up to the banks as a member of Congress from New York when we had the - both parties throwing money at the banks to bail16 them out after the financial collapse17. I read the bill, and I saw that it was designed to leave the taxpayers18 holding the bag, so I voted against that legislation twice. I stood up to Congress and the culture of corruption19 in Washington, first as a new member of Congress, posting my earmarks, my schedule, my financial disclosures, now all my taxes online, but also passing legislation to ban insider trading by members of Congress. So I do the hard things that sometimes others won't, and I bring people together.

My story - getting elected in a 2-1 Republican district twice, the second time by a 24-point margin20, and then bringing a state like New York together, winning in the red, blue and purple areas higher than anyone else has ever run at 72%. That's higher than President Obama, higher than Hillary Clinton, higher than any person who's run for Senate or governor in its history. And so I think you need a president who's brave, who will do the hard things and who can bring the country together. And I think I'm unique in that.

MASTERS: At the same time, you talk about bringing the country together. Part of your stump speech, you talk about Donald Trump, the fear that he stokes...

GILLIBRAND: Yeah.

MASTERS: ...Very critical of him. How do you go after Trump voters when you're saying things like that and trying to bring people together?

GILLIBRAND: So I think many people voted for President Trump because they thought he was going to help their families. He ran as a disruptor, saying the system's rigged - Liz Warren's message - no bad trade deals - Bernie Sanders' message - and build a wall - his own hateful, racist21, dog-whistle message. So he lied to people. He had no intention of ever unrigging the system. He has created trade wars, not stopped bad trade deals.

And so the impact of his presidency on people who voted for him, in many instances, has been devastating22. You talk to farmers here in Iowa. Because of the trade war with China, they can't sell their pork, their corn, their ethanol or their soybeans. You talk to John Deere manufacturer - their No. 1 input23 is steel products. Well, with a trade war with China, the price of steel skyrocketed. Their input's too expensive. They can't make what they want to make without losing, and they can't make money. They can't sell it for a price that covers their cost.

And so the truth is people who expected someone to take on the system have gotten someone who's lined his own pockets, lined his cabinet with the elite24 of the elite. He promised to drain the swamp, but he is a big toad25 sitting in the middle of the swamp right now. And so the truth is he never intended on making their lives better. I will take on the special interests and the greed and corruption at the heart of Washington.

MASTERS: Locally here in Iowa, you were endorsed26 by Kirsten Anderson, who is a former Iowa Senate Republican staffer who reached a $1.75 million settlement because of sexual harassment27 in the capital. She's been locally very outspoken28 in the #MeToo movement. At the same time, you've faced some backlash for calling on Al Franken - being the first senator to call on Al Franken to step down for inappropriate behavior towards women. Do you feel that the #MeToo movement is kind of cutting both ways for your campaign?

GILLIBRAND: So the #MeToo movement started a long time ago. And the purpose was to give space to men and women who had been sexually assaulted, sexually abused, raped29 so they could tell their story and have a chance at justice. But this moment we're in is far more about the broader issue, about do we value women. And women have been fighting back. This time we're in is about do we value women. And so whether it's helped me or hurt me is irrelevant30 to me because it's what I believe. It's what I care about.

I value women. I've spent my career in politics trying to elevate women's voices. I created a political action committee just to raise money and raise awareness31 and create a call to action for women to run for Congress, to get to 51% of women in Congress. So to me, it doesn't matter which way it cuts. I just know it's the right thing to do.

And I will continue to standing32 by women when they are marginalized, when they are mistreated, when they are abused and when they are assaulted. And I will try to create justice for them, whether I'm fighting against the Department of Defense33, trying to change sexual harassment in the military, whether I'm fighting to change the rules on college campuses so justice is possible, or when I'm calling out a colleague for something that's inappropriate. It's who I am, and it's what I believe in.

KEITH: Do you think that calling out your colleague has hurt you in terms of fundraising and other things like that? And do you think that there's any hypocrisy34 in people who say they don't want to give you money because of Al Franken, when people were perfectly35 happy when it was Republicans getting in trouble?

GILLIBRAND: I do. And with Senator Franken, there were eight allegations that were corroborated36 in real time, credible37 allegations that were documented by the press and those who investigated them. Two of them were since he was a senator, and the last one that came to light was a congressional staffer. And to me, my job was to decide whether or not to defend it, and my silence was a defense. And so I had to, at some point, say enough was enough and that it was not OK. I also a mother of boys, and so these issues about whether we value women have been important to me in talking to my boys. And so I had to be clear, especially with my 15-year-old, that, you know, you can't grope a woman anywhere on her body without her consent. You can't forcibly kiss a woman ever without her consent. And that it's not OK for our colleague, it's not OK for him, Theo, that he needed to know that his mother had clarity on this. So if a few donors in our party are angry that I stood with eight women who came forward, that's on them.

MASTERS: Iowa passed a abortion38 ban that was struck down in the courts. Curious - are there any restrictions39 on abortion that you would deem acceptable?

GILLIBRAND: So I think the precedent40 of Roe41 v. Wade42 is the appropriate precedent. And as president of the United States, I will not nominate judges or justices that don't see Roe v. Wade as settled law and as precedent. And I think it's important that we codify43 Roe v. Wade. I think it's important that we repeal44 the Hyde Amendment45, which is the law that says if you are a low-income woman, you don't get access to reproductive care through Medicaid, which I think is wrong. And I would also, as president, make sure that you could have access to reproductive services including abortions46 in all 50 states.

KEITH: You're Catholic. You were raised Catholic. How - and the Catholic Church has very strong views on abortion that don't jibe47 with what you just said. How did you over time sort of reconcile your religion and your upbringing with your views on abortion? How did you get there?

GILLIBRAND: So I am a Christian48. I have very strong faith that guides me. But I think the Catholic Church can be wrong on many things, and I don't agree with their views on reproductive rights. I don't agree with their views on LGBTQ equality. I don't agree with their views on whether women should be able to have a role in ministry49. I think you should have female priests. I think you should allow priests to marry. And I think they are wrong on those three issues. And I don't think they're supported by the gospel or the Bible in any way. I just - I don't see it. And I go to two Bible studies week. I take my faith really seriously. So I disagree.

KEITH: You've been campaigning on a Family Bill of Rights. I'm hoping you can explain what it is and how it would work. But also, frequently, I hear from people who say, I don't have kids, I don't plan to have kids. Why should I be paying for this? Why - what's the - why the - why should the government be involved in, you know, people's decision to have families?

GILLIBRAND: So the government's not involved in the decision to have families, so there's a misunderstanding in their views.

KEITH: Well, but the government would be potentially involved in helping people who made the choice to have a family.

GILLIBRAND: So the government's not going to do anything to help people who want to have families. What you're doing is you're changing policy to make it possible. And I'll describe the policies, and then I'll describe where it would also help someone who doesn't choose to have children 'cause there's parts of this that are really strong. So should I go through the Family Bill of Rights?

KEITH: Yep. Yeah, let's do it.

GILLIBRAND: And then we'll go to the naysayer afterwards.

KEITH: Yes. Yes, let's do that.

MASTERS: (Laughter).

GILLIBRAND: OK. So let's start with the idea, and then we'll protect the naysayer. OK. So the idea is wherever I've traveled in this country, people are struggling with just being able to provide for their families. It's a time in their life where things are really difficult for a couple of structural50 reasons. So the first is make it possible for people who have children to be able to have a healthy pregnancy51 and a healthy delivery - seems pretty basic. So that means two things - maternal52 care. We are the highest ranked of all industrialized countries for maternal mortality. It's a disgrace. And if you are a black woman in this country, you are four times more likely to die in childbirth or within a year of giving birth. In New York City, that statistic53 is 12 times more likely. So it's an outrage54.

So I have a piece of legislation to provide for training for our health care industry and these maternal emergency bundles that are placed in delivery rooms. It's all the equipment that you would need if a woman delivering a child goes into cardiac arrest or starts bleeding out or has some emergency that often leads to death. So we know from states that have done this, different communities that have done this, that it reduces the number of maternal mortality or the maternal deaths as well as children who die in childbirth, so one change.

The second is rural health care. We know in Iowa - I just visited a community yesterday that there is no OB-GYN in their community, period. And so they have to go 40 miles to deliver a baby, 40 miles for a checkup if they have an at-risk pregnancy. Imagine being in labor2 and know you are 45 minutes from the nearest doctor who can deliver that baby. That is frightening. And I met with two women who underwent that and the fear they had and the worry they had and the burden on their families. So we have a bill to actually make it possible to put resources into rural communities so they can attract OB-GYNs and doctors. They can have better facilities and be able to meet those needs. So that's item one.

KEITH: OK.

GILLIBRAND: Item two...

KEITH: We only have a few minutes (laughter).

GILLIBRAND: OK, so I'll try to be quicker and summarize...

KEITH: Sorry.

GILLIBRAND: ...And you ask me if you want more detail.

KEITH: OK, great.

GILLIBRAND: So that's first - maternal mortality. Second is making sure that when we - that anyone who wants to have a baby can have one, so making sure, if you're an LGBTQ couple, that you can adopt; making sure, if you need fertility treatments or IVF, that that's covered by insurers - so just making it accessible. And then if you're a low-income family, making a tax credit not a tax deduction55 for adoption56 because then it's just much more able.

Third - once you have that baby, you want them to survive their first few months. And so we know from research in other states and other countries that if you give a family a baby bundle when they have a baby - it's a box that can be used as a crib that has a child carrier that has formula that has diapers that has swaddling cloth - all the things that you need to keep that baby healthy for the first year a lot of new parents don't know. And so this will help them.

Fourth - having a national family paid leave bill. This is what helps everyone else and the naysayers. Here's your naysayers part. So national paid leave - every person in America should have up to three months paid leave for family emergencies - not just new babies but when your parents are sick or dying or when your spouse57 is ill or you have an ill child. Paid family leave will be a relief of a burden for all workers so that they don't have to choose between a paycheck and meeting the needs of a loved one and don't lose their place. And then last - universal pre-K and affordable58 daycare - two things that are impediments to having children all across America that would make a huge difference.

KEITH: All right. So what about our naysayer?

GILLIBRAND: I - the paid family leave. Paid family leave is the thing that if you are - have a parent whose sick or dying, if you have a spouse who's ill, if you have a child - let's not use children in case you don't have children - but anyone in your family that needs your care - we're the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't have national paid leave.

KEITH: We have been asking members of our audience to send us questions, and they have sent us a lot of questions. So we want to start with Shuo Pascoe Yang (ph) from Tarrytown, N.Y., who asks, what's a political view you once held but now disagree with? And what made you change your mind?

GILLIBRAND: Well, as a member of Congress from the House of Representatives, I used to have an A-rating by the NRA. Today, I have a very proud F. And I, as a House member, really only focused on the concerns and needs of my district. We didn't have a great deal of gun violence, and so I didn't lead on issues that I should have led on. When I became senator for the state, I recognized that I needed to understand all the urgencies and concerns and challenges of the rest of the state. And one of the biggest urgencies is gun violence. We had severe gun violence and gang violence in different parts of our state from Buffalo59 to the Bronx to Brooklyn to a lot of places. And so when I went down to Brooklyn and actually met with a family who had lost their daughter to gun violence, I knew that I was not only wrong but that I should have cared. I should have done more to fight for all families and all communities, regardless if it was in my backyard. And I know now that I'm exactly where I want to be. And for the last 10 years, I've been leading on the issue.

KEITH: All right. We are going to take a quick break. And when we get back, Senator Gillibrand reflects on her own Christian faith and why she says Republicans are not driven by faith.

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KEITH: And we're back. And we wanted to get to know Kirsten Gillibrand the person not the politician.

MASTERS: What is something that people don't know about you? When you're giving your stump speech, like, what's something that you feel like you're leaving out that you think is important, that defines you?

GILLIBRAND: Interesting. Well, I don't often talk about my faith, and that's something that's very important to me and something that drives me personally. I think we have a very strong Constitution that insists on separation of church and state, so it's not a issue that I talk about really outside of a worship service or a faith-based community because it's - can be offensive to some people, can be troubling to some people and something that's not shared. And so that's something that I typically don't talk about on the stump.

KEITH: Do you think that there is a movement afoot where progressives are trying to take religion back?

GILLIBRAND: I certainly hope they do because I don't think the Republican Party is a faith-driven party. I really don't. I think when they don't feed the poor and don't vote for food stamps, when they don't care about families struggling and living in poverty, when they continue to invest in for-profit prisons, they aren't doing what the gospel tells them to do - feed the poor, help the sick. They don't support "Medicare for All." They don't support health care as a right and not a privilege and visit the incarcerated60 and welcome the stranger, by the way. So their anti-immigrant, anti-refugee platform is so antithetical to my faith, my - you know, they're proclaimed faith - that I don't really think that is what drives them.

KEITH: You wrote in your book that when you were 6 or 7, you were talking to your sisters - sisters?

GILLIBRAND: Sister and cousin.

KEITH: Sister and cousin - you were talking to your sister and cousin, and you said when I grow up, I want to be a senator because you thought it sounded important.

GILLIBRAND: Yeah.

KEITH: My question is, why when you were 6 or 7 years old, did you not think I want to be president?

GILLIBRAND: You know, the idea flashed in my head, but at the time, I thought that was even too presumptuous61. So I decided I'd go with senator because that was something that - I knew someone who was a senator. I didn't know a woman who was a senator, but I knew somebody who a senator, and so I began to imagine it. I didn't know what a senator was. The person that I was thinking of was a state senator. But I knew that it was somebody whose job was to help people. I knew it was somebody whose job was to speak out and to do things to make a difference, and that really appealed to me. My grandmother was the one who really opened the door to public service to me, and she was always a larger-than-life figure to me. She believed the public service was the way to help her community and to give her voice to what she thought was important and so did I.

MASTERS: What's a point in your personal life that you feel like you failed, and what did you learn from it?

GILLIBRAND: When I failed - well, I can tell you a point in my life when I felt like I was not doing what I was meant to do, so that might be a failure. I remember I was very excited when I was a young person to get a job at a big law firm. I was - I really thought it was an opportunity that was a big deal. You know, my parents were small-town lawyers. I used to be a helper in their office. I did all their filing for them every summer, you know, long once I got to be, like, 12. And I filed their papers. And I thought to get this big, fancy job was a huge honor.

But over the years that I worked in the law firm, I began to feel that I wasn't using my time or my talents to help people in the way I imagined 'cause I love the way my mother was a lawyer. She represented families who wanted to adopt a baby. She represented families who wanted to buy a home or small businesses that needed help. Like, she just was a more community-based lawyer. And I just didn't feel like I was using the gifts God gave me to make a difference.

And so that's when I started to really look to my faith as something to strengthen me. It's when I started attending a weekly Bible study, a women's bible study, for about six years. And during that time, I really decided I needed to use all the training and education and opportunities that I'd been given to help others. And that's when I decided I wanted to move my career towards public service. And so that - it took an awakening62 for me to just recognize we're all built for something and that ultimately if we can use our gifts to help the greater good, that's what life's really about.

MASTERS: This is the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. At the end of every one of these episodes, we talk about what we can't let go for the week - politics or otherwise. What is your - what can you not let go this week?

GILLIBRAND: Well, I'm almost at the point where I've let go...

KEITH: (Laughter).

GILLIBRAND: ...But I'm still slightly annoyed...

KEITH: I feel like I know where you're going.

GILLIBRAND: ...By the ending of "Game Of Thrones." Honestly, come on. Why, why, why did they have to take my favorite characters and really destroy them in the last three episodes? I'm not going to be a spoiler, so I'm not going to tell you why I'm so angry, but I don't like where Daenerys and Jon Snow ended up. I just don't it was necessary.

KEITH: Seems like you're taking it a little personally.

GILLIBRAND: You know, I just feel like there was so many good characters that could've done more, and they just didn't get there. And I'm just sad about it.

MASTERS: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, thank you.

GILLIBRAND: Thank you.

KEITH: Clay and I interviewed Gillibrand early on Sunday morning. And straight from our interview, she visited a church.

UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR63: (Singing) Oh, happiness is mine. Happiness is mine.

KEITH: Mount Carmel Baptist Church, a predominantly black church on the edge of Waterloo.

GILLIBRAND: Our president wants to believe he's strong, but he's not. He's actually weak. Our president is a coward.

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GILLIBRAND: Our president does not stand up to do what's right. He does not stand up to help others. In fact, the gospel call us to help the stranger. He builds a wall.

KEITH: When she finished, Gillibrand took a seat in the second row between her husband and her son, Henry. Pastor64 F.T. Whitfield jokingly called her Reverend Gillibrand.

F T WHITFIELD: Amen. I don't need to preach today.

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WHITFIELD: Oh, man, I can take a load off. Amen.

KEITH: This was the third episode in our ongoing65 series where we're taking you on the campaign trail to meet the 2020 candidates. It's a partnership66 between the NPR POLITICS PODCAST, Iowa Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio, with new interviews coming out almost every week this spring and summer. We'll be back as soon as there's political news you need to know about. I'm Tamara Keith, and thank you for listening to the NPR POLITICS PODCAST.

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参考例句:
  • He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
  • He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。
7 grill wQ8zb     
n.烤架,铁格子,烤肉;v.烧,烤,严加盘问
参考例句:
  • Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
  • I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
8 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
参考例句:
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
9 donors 89b49c2bd44d6d6906d17dca7315044b     
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
参考例句:
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 ballrooms 4cfacdd40438f2765163a9248a551ac1     
n.舞厅( ballroom的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • It was performed in fashionable Casino ballrooms. 人们在时髦的娱乐舞厅里跳这种舞蹈。 来自互联网
  • Some settled into ballrooms or theaters or hotels for weeks or months at a time. 有的乐队在舞厅、剧院或旅馆作数月甚至数月的逗留。 来自互联网
11 ranch dAUzk     
n.大牧场,大农场
参考例句:
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
12 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
13 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
14 presidency J1HzD     
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
参考例句:
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
15 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
16 bail Aupz4     
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
参考例句:
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
17 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
18 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
19 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
参考例句:
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
20 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
21 racist GSRxZ     
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
参考例句:
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
22 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
参考例句:
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
23 input X6lxm     
n.输入(物);投入;vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
参考例句:
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
24 elite CqzxN     
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
参考例句:
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
25 toad oJezr     
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆
参考例句:
  • Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
  • Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。
26 endorsed a604e73131bb1a34283a5ebcd349def4     
vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 );在(尤指支票的)背面签字;在(文件的)背面写评论;在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
参考例句:
  • The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
27 harassment weNxI     
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
参考例句:
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
28 outspoken 3mIz7v     
adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
参考例句:
  • He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
  • She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
29 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
参考例句:
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
30 irrelevant ZkGy6     
adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的
参考例句:
  • That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
  • A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上,一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。
31 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
参考例句:
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
32 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
33 defense AxbxB     
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
参考例句:
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
34 hypocrisy g4qyt     
n.伪善,虚伪
参考例句:
  • He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
  • He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
35 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
36 corroborated ab27fc1c50e7a59aad0d93cd9f135917     
v.证实,支持(某种说法、信仰、理论等)( corroborate的过去式 )
参考例句:
  • The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses. 此证据由两名独立证人提供。
  • Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
37 credible JOAzG     
adj.可信任的,可靠的
参考例句:
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
38 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产,堕胎
参考例句:
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
39 restrictions 81e12dac658cfd4c590486dd6f7523cf     
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
参考例句:
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
40 precedent sSlz6     
n.先例,前例;惯例;adj.在前的,在先的
参考例句:
  • Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗?
  • This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。
41 roe LCBzp     
n.鱼卵;獐鹿
参考例句:
  • We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
  • I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗?
42 wade nMgzu     
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
参考例句:
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
43 codify 8bxy2     
v.将法律、法规等编成法典
参考例句:
  • The noble,Dracon,was asked to codify the laws.贵族德拉古被选为立法者。
  • The new government promised to codify the laws.新政府应允要编纂法典。
44 repeal psVyy     
n.废止,撤消;v.废止,撤消
参考例句:
  • He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
  • He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由,赞成废除该法令。
45 amendment Mx8zY     
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
参考例句:
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
46 abortions 4b6623953f87087bb025549b49471574     
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 );小产胎儿;(计划)等中止或夭折;败育
参考例句:
  • The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人:不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
  • Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论:染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
47 jibe raBz0     
v.嘲笑,与...一致,使转向;n.嘲笑,嘲弄
参考例句:
  • Perhaps I should withdraw my jibe about hot air.或许我应当收回对热火朝天的嘲笑。
  • What he says does not jibe with what others say.他所说的与其他人说的不一致。
48 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
49 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
50 structural itXw5     
adj.构造的,组织的,建筑(用)的
参考例句:
  • The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
  • The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
51 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕,怀孕期
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
52 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
参考例句:
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
53 statistic QuGwb     
n.统计量;adj.统计的,统计学的
参考例句:
  • Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
  • There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。
54 outrage hvOyI     
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
参考例句:
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
55 deduction 0xJx7     
n.减除,扣除,减除额;推论,推理,演绎
参考例句:
  • No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
  • His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。
56 adoption UK7yu     
n.采用,采纳,通过;收养
参考例句:
  • An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
  • The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
57 spouse Ah6yK     
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
参考例句:
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
58 affordable kz6zfq     
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
参考例句:
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
59 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
60 incarcerated 6f3f447e42a1b3e317e14328c8068bd1     
钳闭的
参考例句:
  • They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间,他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
  • I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白
61 presumptuous 6Q3xk     
adj.胆大妄为的,放肆的,冒昧的,冒失的
参考例句:
  • It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.任何人提出这种观点都是太放肆了。
  • It was presumptuous of him to take charge.他自拿主张,太放肆了。
62 awakening 9ytzdV     
n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的
参考例句:
  • the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
  • People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。
63 choir sX0z5     
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱
参考例句:
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
64 pastor h3Ozz     
n.牧师,牧人
参考例句:
  • He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
  • We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师:教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
65 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的,前进的
参考例句:
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
66 partnership NmfzPy     
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
参考例句:
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
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