伊朗裔美国人对总统候选人有强烈倾向

AS IT IS 2016-10-18 Iranian-Americans Have Strong Opinions about Presidential Candidates 伊朗裔美国人对总统候选人有强烈倾向

The National Iranian American Council says about 1 million Iranian-Americans live in the L.A. area.

One study found that 87 percent of them are registered to vote in the United States. So it is no surprise that many Iranian-Americans have strong opinions about presidential candidates Donald Trump¹ and Hillary Clinton.

Westwood is a neighborhood in west Los Angeles. Persian businesses are seemingly everywhere in Westwood. Some stores still fly the Iranian flag that was used before the country’s revolution in 1979.

The Jordan Market has operated in the neighborhood for 30 years. A man who calls himself Reza is an employee. He said “I think the candidates should offer their utmost respect to the Iranians.”

“Iranians know where their interests lay. But the world community should expose the (Iranian) regime’s corruptions² and show that it does not represent the Iranian people. It’s better for Mr. Trump to stop lying, and he should put a halt to attacking Iranians.”

Farid Khanlou owns the Jordan Market. He has been in the United States for almost 40 years. But he says he will not vote for either candidate.

“Trump, you cannot trust his word; Clinton, it’s bad for the economy. It’s bad for me because the Obamacare is killing³ me for my health insurance, and this is not right. I'm paying almost $30,000 (for) health insurance because of the Obamacare.”

Todd Khodadadi is the owner of the Tochal Market in Westwood.

“Because I’m Republican, I am supporting Donald Trump. The major reason I’m supporting him because is … economic wise. I believe if he became the president we can have better economic choices for all of us in the United States...”

Zohreh Forouhi voted for the Republican Party’s candidate in the 2012 presidential election. She says she will not vote for a Republican this November.

“I think I (will) vote (for) Hillary. I did last time for the Republican, but I changed my parties.”

Bijan Khalili is the publisher of a weekly Iranian newspaper. He says some Iranian-Americans like Trump’s ideas about foreign policy.

“It’s exactly like the general public in the United States – it’s split, you know, and divided into different types…”

But others, like Reza, fear Trump’s policies. He said “His speeches are aggressive towards the minorities. He’s an extremist who poses (a) danger to both the U.S. and the world.”

A recent opinion survey found that 40 percent of Iranian-Americans are either independent or have no ties to a political party.

Words in This Story

expose – v. to leave something without covering or protection; to make public

Obamacare – n. a federal health care law called the Patient Protection and Affordable⁴ Care Act

insurance – n. an agreement in which a person pays a company and the company promises to pay money if the person is injured or dies, or to pay money equal to the value of something lost or stolen

poses – v. to put or set in place; to come to attention as

1 trump   

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。

2 corruptions   

n.堕落( corruption的名词复数 )；腐化；腐败；贿赂

参考例句：

• He stressed the corruptions of sin. 他强调了罪恶的腐朽。 来自互联网

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 affordable   

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。