时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   今年是猴年,也是美国的Presidential election year, 总统大选年。全美、甚至全球人民的大事,岂能错过?


  关键词:
  美帝两大党:
  美帝两大党
  The Democratic Party: 民主党
  The Republican Party: 共和党
  Donkey: 驴
  Elephant: 大象
  The GOP (The Grand Old Party): 共和党的别称红的州、蓝的州、还有一些摇摆州:
  红的州、蓝的州、还有一些摇摆州:
  Red states: 红色州,支持共和党
  Blue states: 蓝色州,支持民主党
  Swing states: 摇摆州
  谁参选:
  谁参选:
  Who's running: 谁参选
  Run for President of the United States: 竞选美国总统Candidates: 参选人、候选人
  Presidential race: 总统竞选
  Presidential election: 总统大选
  如何从乡里一路杀到白宫:
  Caucus 1: 党代会
  Primary: 党内初选
  National convention: 全国党内代表大会
  General election: 总统大选
  共和党候选人:都很crazy!
  Donald Trump 2: reality TV star(真人秀明星)、real estate tycoon(地产大亨);制造话题功力一流;Ted Cruz: 代表极保守的Tea Party movement (茶党); debate champion(辩论高手); 基层组织能力极强 (powerful grass roots organization)民主党:社会主义接班人 vs 美国第一位女总统?
  Socialist 3: 社会主义者
  Battle-tested: 经过严格考验的
  Sanders是这次选举最大的黑马, 而且特别受年轻人欢迎。
  他的竞选主张是"We live in a country where the top 1% have everything and the 99% have nothing." 说出了劳苦大众的心声。
  还有一块小鲜肉:
  Rubio is a Republican candidate: Rubio是古巴裔;共和党候选人Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in America: 拉美裔人群(以墨西哥裔为主)是美国增长最快的移民群体随着Hispanic(拉美裔) 人群的快速增长,选出一个Hispanic总统指日可待

n.秘密会议;干部会议;v.(参加)干部开会议
  • 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。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • 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。
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
标签: 美国文化脱
学英语单词
acidophile
alphabetism
angle crank
anti puritan
BCE(beam collimation error)
beat somebody to the punch
becket(t)
Benjamin Harrison
Bol'shoy Nimnyr
boulder ridge
brave show (of)
broken pollen sacs in vicinity of stigma
bulkhead floor plate
card punched unit
cardiographic monitor
cat whisker
central rod
Chatroulette
chrysobalanuss
Colombelles
control circuit
corrosion inhibitor
Cranineurals
crowd-funding
Cubo-Futurism
Daniel Lamberts
digit absorbe
ETX (end of text)
femto-amperes
galuteolin
glance to
good gravy
gunz
hete
horse hair probang
hurdlings
image detector
implicit subsidy
induction of labor by rivanol
infrared navigation aids
instantaneous total closure
It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Jefferson Heights
Kamogawa
Kawnglanghpu
keplerian element
keycards
krieg
leaves-of-absence
leery
Leninavan
lightest
lusophone
mace-bearers
meat cutterunloader
meat drapes
mechanus
mediastinum testis
megafog
Merry Monarch
mouse pox virus
nonroutine
Obersaxen
of ship's survey
off the peg
open end antenna
order Protura
parahydroxyamphetamine
praelectors
prus
pryeth
q.n.s.
quasi-coordinate
receiving reperforating apparatus
resonator entropy
resumptively
roadmenders
scrappe
self-propelled scraper
separation characteristic
serafim
sew
shipping route chart
slips off
standard concept
stibonium hydroxide
syndrome of phlegm-heat attacking internally
taken hold
tasmania
teletypists
temporary fund
the Met Office
Theodosia
to have a cow
transfer account
trevethin
underrun
Virinus
volquez
watch-buoy
without hurry or bustle