美国国家公共电台 NPR Appalachian Wrestling's Greatest Villain: 'The Progressive Liberal'
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
You know, when I was a kid, I watched pro 1 wrestling on TV. The matches often featured a good guy, like Hulk Hogan, against a bad guy, a bad guy like the Iron Sheik, a cartoonish Middle Eastern evil dude. Pro wrestling played off the news, you see, and still does. Consider a wrestling circuit in eastern Kentucky - big Donald Trump 2 territory.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN: And here he is, The Progressive Liberal, Daniel Richards, possibly the most controversial figure in the Appalachian Mountain Wrestling world. As we get things kicked off...
INSKEEP: The Progressive Liberal is Daniel Harnsberger. He, too, grew up watching pro wrestling and admired the bad guys known as heels. He became a wrestler 3 when he grew up.
DANIEL HARNSBERGER: I was wrestling for $5 and a hotdog and a soda 4. There were times I didn't get paid at all.
INSKEEP: Around 2015, he discovered a character to play. He was wrestling before a tiny crowd in West Virginia. Trump had just started running for president.
HARNSBERGER: I said, I hope Trump doesn't build a wall around Mexico and said I hope he builds around this town so you people can't infiltrate 5 the population. And that got a, you know, heated reaction.
INSKEEP: (Laughter) I imagine so.
HARNSBERGER: That reaction, pound for pound for that small group, was palpable.
INSKEEP: That's the job of a heel - to outrage 6 the crowd. So he started wearing Hillary Clinton T-shirts and wrestling trunks with the words, progressive liberal, and acting 7 like a coastal 8 elitist.
HARNSBERGER: A great heel is someone who believes what they're saying and feels justified 9 in their actions and in what they say.
INSKEEP: He's not really acting.
HARNSBERGER: I'm a progressive liberal in real life. So I'd think this would generate a reaction from fans - you know, especially the places I was going.
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HARNSBERGER: I know how you stupid Trump voters think. Allow me to illustrate 10. Der-der-der (ph) I love coal. Der-der-der, I love mountains.
INSKEEP: Between matches, Harnsberger returns home to the Democratic city of Richmond, Va. We asked if his travels in Appalachia gave him a better understanding of the other side.
HARNSBERGER: I don't stand up for them.
INSKEEP: (Laughter) Not even a little bit?
HARNSBERGER: No.
INSKEEP: Although, his role as The Progressive Liberal gives us a better understanding of this divided national moment.
- The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
- Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？
- 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 wrestler tripped up his opponent.那个摔跤运动员把对手绊倒在地。
- The stronger wrestler won the first throw.较壮的那个摔跤手第一跤就赢了。
- She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
- I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
- The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
- The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
- This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。