时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Getting Political Support


Helen: Okay, your schedule today is very busy. First, you’re meeting with a group of constituents 1 concerned about the environment. Then, you’re speaking to a group of factory workers. At noon, you’ll be having lunch with a group of high-power donors 2


Mikhail: When I signed on as a candidate, I had no idea I’d have to pander 3 to every group out there to gain their support. 


Helen: Don’t think of it as pandering 4. Think of it as rallying the troops. People in this state need a leader and you’re their great white hope. 


Mikhail: I decided 5 to run because I wanted to be a voice of reason in the partisan 6 bickering 7. I didn’t sign on to be a poster boy for my political party. 


Helen: You can make a difference when you get elected, but first things first: you need to get elected. Ready to go? 


Mikhail: What happened to the good old days when all you had to do was a little gerrymandering to get elected? 


Helen: I’m glad you brought that up. Your meeting with the committee on redistricting is this afternoon at 2:00. 


Mikhail: I’m sorry I asked! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 constituents
n.选民( constituent的名词复数 );成分;构成部分;要素
  • She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
  • Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 );献血者;捐血者;器官捐献者
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去,请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 pander
v.迎合;n.拉皮条者,勾引者;帮人做坏事的人
  • Don't pander to such people. 要迎合这样的人。
  • Those novels pander to people's liking for stories about crime.那些小说迎合读者对犯罪故事的爱好。
4 pandering
v.迎合(他人的低级趣味或淫欲)( pander的现在分词 );纵容某人;迁就某事物
  • This magazine is criticized for pandering to the vulgar taste of some readers. 这家杂志因迎合某些读者的低级趣味而遭到批评。 来自辞典例句
  • We're four points up there; we don't need to get hit for pandering. 我们在那儿领先四个百分点;我们不必为了迎合一些选民而遭受批评。 来自电影对白
5 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 partisan
adj.党派性的;游击队的;n.游击队员;党徒
  • In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中,他们忘掉一切党派之争。
  • The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。
7 bickering
v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
a bad break
a dog
air furnace
Alcazaren
alloy diffused-base transistor
aloin test
anad
analytic posturology
antigalactosyl
Aquidneck Island
benzol-acetone
blochmann's corpuscle
burning bar
busbar bearing
button-out belt
Canis Major
carenum
catalyst-to-oil ratio
chemical pregnancy
CINS
co-grandmother
Coleptera
collar cloth
concentrated wave load
confocal backscatter laser velocimeter
contingent duty
covered arc welding
deh khvajah
downwash probability
encyclopedize, encyclopaedized
exempt dealer
five hundred miles
flat-abscess
forward series position
function generator
Fwbuilder
glutethimides
i-warre
impatronized
infection tube
Kayugoro
legal debate in court
Liliiflorae
linguistic semiotics
linsenerz (liroconite)
livens bomb
logical positivism
luxembourg-villes
machine buff
macroeddy current
magnetization vector
Mansell
Martin
method of exchange of members
mickelsons
modification of final judgement
molecular mixology
monodomains
monommids
multiculturals
multifunction display
multiplexed bus structure
natural fabric
nightops
noncoherent radar
numeric pager
oculocutaneous
orpines
out-drink
overpersuasion
Palmilsulfadiazine
pedesis
photobision
physical security measures
placitus
polyetherin
private patients
QPAT
quotient Lie group
ra-ra skirt
Radix superior
re-amplified
reed sweep
relay valve top cover
rhythm band
scanning high energy electron diffraction (sheed)
sciaenidaes
serian
simulcast
square law
stacked beam
subject to the scrutinyof
third speed gear
torque-rod
tripping lines
uneven numbers
uniform customs and practice of commercial documentary credits
vacuum-tube emission
VFVV
winnebagos
working cycle diagram
zone purification device