VOA慢速英语2016 共和党辩论关注外交政策
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月
AS IT IS 2016-01-17 Republican Party Debate Features Foreign Policy 共和党辩论关注外交政策
The candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination 1 debated for the sixth time this week.
本周，竞选共和党总统的候选人已经展开了第六轮辩论。
The debate is the second-to-last one before the Iowa caucus 3 on February 1.
此次讨论是2月1号爱荷华州预选会议上倒数第二次讨论。
The Iowa caucus is a series of meetings where participants, called delegates, vote for one Republican and one Democratic party candidate.Whoever gets the most votes in that state will be endorsed 4 at the national convention later in the year.
爱荷华州预选会议是一系列会议，与会人员（即代表）投票选举产生一名共和党候选人和一名民主党候选人。获得最高票数的人将在当年晚些时候在全国代表大会上得到认可。
Candidates Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted 2 Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump 5 debated in South Carolina on Thursday night.
候选人Jeb Bush，Ben Carson，Chris Christie，Ted Cruz，John Kasich，Marco Rubio以及Donald Trump于周四晚上在南卡罗来纳州展开辩论。
Bush, the former governor of Florida, challenged Donald Trump on his proposal to ban non-American Muslims from coming to the United States.
佛罗里达州前州长Bush就Donald Trump的提议提出异议，Donald Trump建议禁止接纳非美国穆斯林进入美国。
Trump’s idea "makes it impossible to build the coalition 6 necessary to take out ISIS," Bush says.
Bush表示，Trump的观点让消灭的ISIS的联合行动变得不太可能。
Bush says it would be difficult for the U.S. to build a coalition against the Islamic State terror group without Muslim support.
Bush表示，如果没有穆斯林的支持，那么美国很难建立消灭伊斯兰国家恐怖组织的联合行动。
Trump says he wants security for the United States.He says radical 7 Islam is a problem "all over the world."
Trump表示希望美国安全。他说道激进的伊斯兰教对全球来说都是个问题。
Another question came up: whether Cruz’s birth in Canada would make him ineligible 8 to be president.
另外一个问题是：出生于加拿大的Cruz是否有资格担任总统。
Cruz was born with dual 10 American and Canadian citizenship 11.He gave up his Canadian citizenship in 2014.
Cruz生来就有拥有美国和加拿大的双重国籍。2014年放弃了加拿大国籍。
Trump says he thinks the Democratic Party would file a lawsuit 12 claiming that Cruz is not allowed to be president if he wins the Republican nomination.
Trump认为，如果Cruz获得了共和党提名，民主党将提起诉讼，反对Cruz当选总统。
Two other issues were raised in the debate:
讨论中还提出了两个其他的问题。
One, whether Christie was a strong enough conservative to earn the Republican nomination.And two, who would be the best Republican to overturn policies enacted 13 by President Barack Obama.
一个是保守派Christie是否能够赢得共和党提名。另外一个问题是，能够推翻Obama总统采取的措施的最佳共和党人选是谁。
But who won the debate?
那么，赢得辩论的是谁呢？
Ford 14 O’Connell is a Republican strategist who advised John McCain’s campaign in 2008.He says Trump, Cruz and Rubio look like the front-runners.
Ford O’Connell是名共和党战略家，2008年为John McCain的竞选提供建议。他表示Trump，Cruz 以及 Rubio有可能一路领先。
At the rate things are going, it seems like we’re heading for a three-man race.
“随着支持率发生变化，似乎将有三个人展开角逐。”
The next and final Republican debate before the caucus is January 28 in Iowa.
1月28号将在爱荷华州进行预选会议开始之前最后一次共和党辩论。
Words in This Story
assertion – n. a strong, definite statement
caucus – n. a meeting of members of a political party for the purpose of choosing candidates for an election
dual – adj. having two of something
ineligible – adj. not allowed to do or be something : not eligible 9
participants - n. people who take part in something
endorsed - v. declaring one's support publicly
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
- It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。
- 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》
- 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。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.新规定使另外数千人不符合接受法律援助的资格。
- The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.这个国家已被宣布没有资格获得世界银行的贷款。
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
- The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
- He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
- legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
- Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹