VOA常速英语2016--纽约总统初选前的激烈竞选

Fierce Campaigning Ahead of New York Presidential Primary 纽约总统初选前的激烈竞选

The next U.S. presidential primary contest is more than a week away, but there is no lull 1 in campaigning as front-runners in both parties look to boost their delegate leads and challengers argue the nomination 2 could still fall within their grasps.  The all-critical delegate math is far more straightforward 3 on the Democratic side than on the Republican.

Republican Ted 5 Cruz and Democrat 4 Bernie Sanders won big last week in Wisconsin, but face tough odds 6 next week in New York, Donald Trump 7’s home state.

共和党候选人泰德·克鲁兹及民主党候选人伯尼·桑德斯上周在威斯康星州获得大胜，但接下来在纽约的一周将他们将面临重重困难，因为那里是竞争对手唐纳德·特朗普的家乡。

“It is great to be home.  This is home,” Trump said about New York.

“回家的感觉真是太棒了。这才是家。”

New York also is the state Hillary Clinton once represented as a senator.

同时这里也是希拉里·克林顿作为参议员被选出的地方。

“Whoa, hello Sunset Park!  Hello Brooklyn!” she said.

“哇哦，你好！日落公园！你好！布鲁克林！”

With time dwindling 8 to overtake the front runners in the delegate count, challengers are waging battles of perception.  Sanders insists he retains a path to the nomination.

随着时间的推移，留给这两位目前落后候选人追赶对手的时间越来越少，因此他们打起了观念战。桑德斯坚称自己仍有机会获得总统候选人提名。

“If we can win here, it absolutely opens the door to a path toward victory to the White House," said Sanders.  "When the voter turnout is high, we win.Cruz, meanwhile, is making a more complicated argument: that he could win the nomination even if he trails Trump in delegates heading into the Republican National Convention in July.

“如果我们在这里赢得胜利，那绝对会开启一扇通往白宫胜利的大门。投票率高的时候，我们就能获胜。”同时克鲁兹也提出了一个更为复杂的观点：尽管代表数量落后于特朗普，但他仍有机会进军7月份的共和党全国代表大会。

“If we go into a contested convention, we are going to have a ton of delegates," said Cruz.  "Donald [Trump] is going to have a ton of delegates.  We will go in with an overwhelming advantage.  I believe the first ballot 9 will be the highest vote total Donald Trump receives.  And on a subsequent ballot, we are going to win the nomination.”

“如果进入僵局代表大会， 我们会有大批代表支持。唐纳德也会有超多的代表。我认为我们届时将获得压倒性优势。我认为特朗普将在第一轮投票时收获最多选票。而我们将会在第二轮投票时最终赢得提名并获得大多数选票。”

After a poor showing in Wisconsin, Trump shook up his campaign staff.  But his rhetoric 10 is unchanged.

威斯康星州失利后，特朗普重整旗鼓。但他的竞选言论依旧没有变化。

“Lying Ted Cruz came today," said Trump. "He could not draw 100 people.  A hundred people.”

泰德·克鲁兹今天也参加。但他连100名支持者都拉不到。”

Clinton, meanwhile, says she is impatient to wrap up the Democratic contest so she can focus on the general election.

同时，克林顿表示她要迫不及待地要赢得民主党竞选，这样她就可以将重心转到普选。

“We are on the path to the nomination, but I need to win big here in New York, because the sooner I can become the nominee 11, the sooner I can turn and unify 12 the party– and the sooner we can go after the Republicans fulltime,” said Clinton.

“我们在提名之路上不断前行，但我需要纽约这里大获全胜，因为我越早成为提名人，就越早可以转移工作中心，团结民主党上下，尽早全身心投入与共和党人展开角逐。”

Polls show Clinton and Trump with substantial leads in New York.

民调显示克林顿和特朗普在纽约均取得了票数上的重要领先优势。