Trump Says He Misspoke
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：2018年VOA慢速英语(七)月
Facing criticism from all sides, President Donald Trump 1 says he misspoke during his visit to Helsinki, Finland. Trump says he accepts the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered 2 in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The president said that after reading a transcript 3 of his Helsinki comments, he realized he misspoke. Trump said, “The sentence should have been, ’I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t, or why it wouldn’t be Russia” instead of “why it would.”
"I accept our intelligence community's conclusion that Russia's meddling 4 in the 2016 election took place. Could be other people also. A lot of people out there. There was no collusion at all.”
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump was trying to “squirm away” from his comments beside Russian President Vladimir Putin. Schumer added, “It’s 24 hours too late and in the wrong place.”
The two leaders held a press conference after their meeting Monday in Helsinki. Trump was asked whether he believe U.S. intelligence findings or Putin’s denial of interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
“My people came to me, [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and some others and said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it’s not Russia. I will say this. I don’t see any reason why it would be, but I really do want to see the server. But I have confidence in both parties.”
The comment in Helsinki received sharp criticism from U.S. lawmakers and foreign leaders. But Trump continued to say that the media misrepresented his comments.
Early on Tuesday, the president tweeted, “While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia. Sadly, it is not being reported that way - the Fake News is going Crazy!”
I’m Jonathan Evans.
Words in This Story
transcript –n. a written record of spoken words
meddling –n. unwelcome involvement in activities and matters of others
collusion –n. secret cooperation for an illegal or dishonest purpose
squirm –v. to move around in a twisting, uncomfortable way
server –n. the main computer in a network that provides files for other computers
vast –adj. extremely large
- 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。
- Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
- They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。