【英语语言学习】生活在美国的拉丁民族
时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语语言学习
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And this is For The Record.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
DONALD TRUMP 1: We're going to stop it, and we're going to build a wall. We're going to also...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: We can't have this, folks. We don't have a country anymore. You know, I'm looking at statistics where your crime numbers are so crazy, they're going through the roof.
MARTIN: That was Donald Trump at a rally this past week in Orange County, Calif., talking again about the wall he wants to build along the U.S. border with Mexico. Meanwhile, outside there were protesters speaking out against his immigration proposals and carrying Mexican flags. And just like that, immigration is back on the front burner in the GOP primary.
We told you back in January about the dramatically changing demographics in Charlotte, N.C., which has seen a massive influx 2 of Latino immigrants in the past decade. Some are here illegally, but many are now U.S. citizens. And the GOP has been saying for years they want their vote. After the 2012 election, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC, said the party would spend big money to reach out to Hispanic voters.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
REINCE PRIEBUS: We're going to be announcing a $10 million initiative just this year in which it will include hundreds of people paid across the country, from coast to coast, in Hispanic, African-American, Asian communities, talking about our party.
MARTIN: We went back to Charlotte this past week to see how Latinos are weighing their choices in the election and whether that Republican outreach has worked. For The Record this week, back to Mecklenburg County.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MARTIN: The last time we were in Charlotte in January, we met a woman named Vanessa Faura. She's a working mother of three, originally from Peru. And she's a Republican. Back then, she was deciding between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. Now, three months later, both candidates are out, and Vanessa Faura is despondent 3.
VANESSA FAURA: I've never thought that I would ever feel this way about an upcoming election - ever. Even when I was undecided, I have never felt this anxiety or frustration 4 and sadness. And it's like - what am I going to do? And it's painful.
MARTIN: We're going to spend some time digging into that pain. But first, we should remind you about the changes Charlotte has seen.
ASTRID CHIRINOS: We're in a transition right now, and this county is actually 55 percent nonwhite. So we know that this is growing. There's no going backwards 5.
MARTIN: This is Astrid Chirinos.
CHIRINOS: I'm Venezuelan by birth, but a Charlottean by choice.
MARTIN: She's with a group called the Latin American Economic Development Corporation of Charlotte. We met her at the Levine Museum of the New South.
Astrid is what you'd call a mover and a shaker. She's just got one of those personalities 6. Everybody seems to know her, and she's immensely proud of the contributions the Latinos here have made to the economy and the culture. She walks us around the museum.
CHIRINOS: Carlos Machicao, he's an internationally known - well - designer. Judge Albert Diaz...
MARTIN: Astrid Chirinos is quick to acknowledge that even though the population is growing fast, Latinos aren't nearly as politically engaged. Only 4 percent of the voting population turned out in the last election.
CHIRINOS: We have 100,000 that could be registered to vote and are not. So we're working on creating that civic 7 engagement so they understand that they belong.
MARTIN: She says the presidential primary has made Latinos here feel even more disenfranchised. Yes, there are the obvious things - Donald Trump and the wall and the promise for mass deportations. But there are also the other candidates who Astrid Chirinos says just never connected with Latino voters.
CHIRINOS: I will tell you - if the 17 candidates that ran for the Republican Party were an example of how they are planning to provide a platform or show how they engage with the immigrant communities, I would say definitely they had missed the mark.
MANOLO BETANCUR: Four years ago, Republicans were saying the same thing. Oh, we want to be more friendly to the immigrants. We want to be more with the Hispanics, with the minorities.
MARTIN: This is Manolo Betancur. I met him outside his bakery on Central Avenue on the East Side of Charlotte. He's not happy with the GOP.
BETANCUR: They didn't pass the reform. They didn't come to help small businesses. They didn't come to help, you know, the minorities. This country doesn't have enough people to pay the Social Security, you know. They need the immigrants.
MARTIN: Manolo and his wife Zhenia Martinez bought this bakery from her parents about five years ago. In the early days, they would sell their bread to immigrants who were working on farms outside Charlotte. Now their bread and pastries 10 are sold in Harris Teeter grocery stores around North Carolina.
BETANCUR: Sorry about the mess. We just...
MARTIN: It's called Las Delicias, which is perfect because delight is the only thing that can come from eating caramel-filled churros churned out by hand.
So this is the churro machine?
BETANCUR: Yeah, the churro machine.
MARTIN: Imported from Mexico.
BETANCUR: Mexico. '85.
MARTIN: Manolo Betancur's family business is doing well. And he and his wife are building a good life for their two kids. But he says this election has stirred up a kind of overt 11 discrimination that he hasn't felt before.
BETANCUR: Right now, with Trump, you know, he's increasing the hate in this country. All the people that was quiet, now, you know, they feel that. Now this guy is talking, so we can talk again, you know. We can talk...
MARTIN: Have you sensed that? Like, it's...
BETANCUR: Oh, yes, I have.
MARTIN: People are more emboldened 12 by him?
BETANCUR: Before it was harder to see ugly faces. Now anyone, you know, can make an ugly face.
MARTIN: Anyone can make an ugly face. He means anyone can say something racist 13 or discriminatory or just unwelcoming. Betancur says he's voting for Hillary Clinton. But we heard from other Latino immigrants here who are leaning towards Donald Trump.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Which of these candidates are you more likely to vote for in the 2016 presidential election - Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Ted 9 Cruz, other or undecided?
MARTIN: We're at a phone bank run by a group called The Libre Initiative. On the group's website, it says they work to, quote, "inform the U.S. Hispanic community about the benefits of a constitutionally limited government." About a dozen or so volunteers wearing bright blue T-shirts are situated 14 around a few tables on the back patio 15 of an apartment complex. Each of them wears a headset and reads off survey questions.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Are you Hispanic/Latino origin or descent? Yes?
MARTIN: Vanessa Faura is one of the organizers of this phone bank. You heard her at the beginning of our story telling us she feels incredibly conflicted about who to vote for this year because she just doesn't like her options. I say down with her at her home the morning after the phone bank.
FAURA: Hello.
MARTIN: Hi. Sorry.
FAURA: No, you're fine.
MARTIN: She told me she voted for Marco Rubio the primary. And now she doesn't know what to make of Donald Trump and especially his immigration proposals. She wonders if maybe it's just the kind of outrageous 16 stuff politicians say in primaries. And if elected, maybe Trump really wouldn't deport 8 the 11 million who are here illegally.
FAURA: It's just unrealistic more than anything. It would be a disaster, I think. And it would give us a very bad reputation at the end of the day because it will get ugly. And I don't think it's a realistic thing to have, like, to implement 17, period. So I honestly believe that what he's saying now is just another political playing card.
MARTIN: How do you approach the issue of illegal immigration? I mean, your family did it the, quote, "right way."
FAURA: Right.
MARTIN: You say you have relationships with people who are undocumented. How do you view their situation?
FAURA: Their situation specifically, it's pretty sad because the people that I know are very hard-working people. Some of them own their own business in North Carolina. Several of them are women who work hard and now are business owners, yet undocumented, living the American dream and still have to be scared when they're hopping 18 into their car to go to work.
So can you imagine? If I have a police car behind mine, I get a little bit nervous. I shouldn't. There's nothing to fear, right? I have my driver's license 19. I'm a good citizen, nothing to hide. Still, I get nervous. I get a little bit anxious. Can you imagine people like that who are undocumented, cannot have a driver's license because they're not allowed? So on that side, you know, I'm compassionate 20. But we also have people that take advantage of the system. As an American, that angers me. It angers a lot of people.
MARTIN: Then she tells me a story. Vanessa stopped working for a while to be a stay-at-home mom, so she was pinching pennies. And she was always looking for the best deal at the grocery store.
FAURA: And I always started my shopping, especially in the cereal section, from bottom to up, right, because I know at the bottom they have, like, the cheapest, probably oldest (laughter) cereal boxes there that they go on discount. But then I saw all the other women who just picked whatever, you know. And then when they get in front of me to pay, they're paying with food stamps. And then they're hopping into, like, these nice cars and I know their husbands are working somewhere with a construction company making a lot of money cash, right.
So I can see why people are angry because I've seen it myself. And this is why a lot of Latinos who are for Trump are voting for him - because they are angry at that.
MARTIN: So here Vanessa Faura, this committed Republican from an immigrant background, and she, too, says she feels ignored by the GOP.
FAURA: You know, if you believe in something and you really want it real bad, it's not just that you have to say it and get out there and have these great speeches about how we need to outreach the minority groups. What really shows that you really, really care and that you really want this is you put money on it.
MARTIN: We should say here that conservatives are giving money to groups like hers. In fact, The Libre Initiative is funded by the Koch brothers who, according to NPR, have put hundreds of millions of dollars into winning over various voter groups, including Hispanics. Even so, Vanessa Faura thinks the GOP as a whole hasn't done a good enough job of bringing Latino voters into the tent. And all of this has left this proud Republican with an unsettled feeling.
FAURA: Just to think what's going to happen in November and just to think that I'm going to get in my car, head to the polling location, show my ID (laughter) and then get in front of that screen, anything could happen. I have never voted for a Democrat 21, and I don't think I ever will. But then again, when I'm in front of that screen, anything can happen.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
DONALD TRUMP 1: We're going to stop it, and we're going to build a wall. We're going to also...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: We can't have this, folks. We don't have a country anymore. You know, I'm looking at statistics where your crime numbers are so crazy, they're going through the roof.
MARTIN: That was Donald Trump at a rally this past week in Orange County, Calif., talking again about the wall he wants to build along the U.S. border with Mexico. Meanwhile, outside there were protesters speaking out against his immigration proposals and carrying Mexican flags. And just like that, immigration is back on the front burner in the GOP primary.
We told you back in January about the dramatically changing demographics in Charlotte, N.C., which has seen a massive influx 2 of Latino immigrants in the past decade. Some are here illegally, but many are now U.S. citizens. And the GOP has been saying for years they want their vote. After the 2012 election, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC, said the party would spend big money to reach out to Hispanic voters.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
REINCE PRIEBUS: We're going to be announcing a $10 million initiative just this year in which it will include hundreds of people paid across the country, from coast to coast, in Hispanic, African-American, Asian communities, talking about our party.
MARTIN: We went back to Charlotte this past week to see how Latinos are weighing their choices in the election and whether that Republican outreach has worked. For The Record this week, back to Mecklenburg County.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MARTIN: The last time we were in Charlotte in January, we met a woman named Vanessa Faura. She's a working mother of three, originally from Peru. And she's a Republican. Back then, she was deciding between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. Now, three months later, both candidates are out, and Vanessa Faura is despondent 3.
VANESSA FAURA: I've never thought that I would ever feel this way about an upcoming election - ever. Even when I was undecided, I have never felt this anxiety or frustration 4 and sadness. And it's like - what am I going to do? And it's painful.
MARTIN: We're going to spend some time digging into that pain. But first, we should remind you about the changes Charlotte has seen.
ASTRID CHIRINOS: We're in a transition right now, and this county is actually 55 percent nonwhite. So we know that this is growing. There's no going backwards 5.
MARTIN: This is Astrid Chirinos.
CHIRINOS: I'm Venezuelan by birth, but a Charlottean by choice.
MARTIN: She's with a group called the Latin American Economic Development Corporation of Charlotte. We met her at the Levine Museum of the New South.
Astrid is what you'd call a mover and a shaker. She's just got one of those personalities 6. Everybody seems to know her, and she's immensely proud of the contributions the Latinos here have made to the economy and the culture. She walks us around the museum.
CHIRINOS: Carlos Machicao, he's an internationally known - well - designer. Judge Albert Diaz...
MARTIN: Astrid Chirinos is quick to acknowledge that even though the population is growing fast, Latinos aren't nearly as politically engaged. Only 4 percent of the voting population turned out in the last election.
CHIRINOS: We have 100,000 that could be registered to vote and are not. So we're working on creating that civic 7 engagement so they understand that they belong.
MARTIN: She says the presidential primary has made Latinos here feel even more disenfranchised. Yes, there are the obvious things - Donald Trump and the wall and the promise for mass deportations. But there are also the other candidates who Astrid Chirinos says just never connected with Latino voters.
CHIRINOS: I will tell you - if the 17 candidates that ran for the Republican Party were an example of how they are planning to provide a platform or show how they engage with the immigrant communities, I would say definitely they had missed the mark.
MANOLO BETANCUR: Four years ago, Republicans were saying the same thing. Oh, we want to be more friendly to the immigrants. We want to be more with the Hispanics, with the minorities.
MARTIN: This is Manolo Betancur. I met him outside his bakery on Central Avenue on the East Side of Charlotte. He's not happy with the GOP.
BETANCUR: They didn't pass the reform. They didn't come to help small businesses. They didn't come to help, you know, the minorities. This country doesn't have enough people to pay the Social Security, you know. They need the immigrants.
MARTIN: Manolo and his wife Zhenia Martinez bought this bakery from her parents about five years ago. In the early days, they would sell their bread to immigrants who were working on farms outside Charlotte. Now their bread and pastries 10 are sold in Harris Teeter grocery stores around North Carolina.
BETANCUR: Sorry about the mess. We just...
MARTIN: It's called Las Delicias, which is perfect because delight is the only thing that can come from eating caramel-filled churros churned out by hand.
So this is the churro machine?
BETANCUR: Yeah, the churro machine.
MARTIN: Imported from Mexico.
BETANCUR: Mexico. '85.
MARTIN: Manolo Betancur's family business is doing well. And he and his wife are building a good life for their two kids. But he says this election has stirred up a kind of overt 11 discrimination that he hasn't felt before.
BETANCUR: Right now, with Trump, you know, he's increasing the hate in this country. All the people that was quiet, now, you know, they feel that. Now this guy is talking, so we can talk again, you know. We can talk...
MARTIN: Have you sensed that? Like, it's...
BETANCUR: Oh, yes, I have.
MARTIN: People are more emboldened 12 by him?
BETANCUR: Before it was harder to see ugly faces. Now anyone, you know, can make an ugly face.
MARTIN: Anyone can make an ugly face. He means anyone can say something racist 13 or discriminatory or just unwelcoming. Betancur says he's voting for Hillary Clinton. But we heard from other Latino immigrants here who are leaning towards Donald Trump.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Which of these candidates are you more likely to vote for in the 2016 presidential election - Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Ted 9 Cruz, other or undecided?
MARTIN: We're at a phone bank run by a group called The Libre Initiative. On the group's website, it says they work to, quote, "inform the U.S. Hispanic community about the benefits of a constitutionally limited government." About a dozen or so volunteers wearing bright blue T-shirts are situated 14 around a few tables on the back patio 15 of an apartment complex. Each of them wears a headset and reads off survey questions.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Are you Hispanic/Latino origin or descent? Yes?
MARTIN: Vanessa Faura is one of the organizers of this phone bank. You heard her at the beginning of our story telling us she feels incredibly conflicted about who to vote for this year because she just doesn't like her options. I say down with her at her home the morning after the phone bank.
FAURA: Hello.
MARTIN: Hi. Sorry.
FAURA: No, you're fine.
MARTIN: She told me she voted for Marco Rubio the primary. And now she doesn't know what to make of Donald Trump and especially his immigration proposals. She wonders if maybe it's just the kind of outrageous 16 stuff politicians say in primaries. And if elected, maybe Trump really wouldn't deport 8 the 11 million who are here illegally.
FAURA: It's just unrealistic more than anything. It would be a disaster, I think. And it would give us a very bad reputation at the end of the day because it will get ugly. And I don't think it's a realistic thing to have, like, to implement 17, period. So I honestly believe that what he's saying now is just another political playing card.
MARTIN: How do you approach the issue of illegal immigration? I mean, your family did it the, quote, "right way."
FAURA: Right.
MARTIN: You say you have relationships with people who are undocumented. How do you view their situation?
FAURA: Their situation specifically, it's pretty sad because the people that I know are very hard-working people. Some of them own their own business in North Carolina. Several of them are women who work hard and now are business owners, yet undocumented, living the American dream and still have to be scared when they're hopping 18 into their car to go to work.
So can you imagine? If I have a police car behind mine, I get a little bit nervous. I shouldn't. There's nothing to fear, right? I have my driver's license 19. I'm a good citizen, nothing to hide. Still, I get nervous. I get a little bit anxious. Can you imagine people like that who are undocumented, cannot have a driver's license because they're not allowed? So on that side, you know, I'm compassionate 20. But we also have people that take advantage of the system. As an American, that angers me. It angers a lot of people.
MARTIN: Then she tells me a story. Vanessa stopped working for a while to be a stay-at-home mom, so she was pinching pennies. And she was always looking for the best deal at the grocery store.
FAURA: And I always started my shopping, especially in the cereal section, from bottom to up, right, because I know at the bottom they have, like, the cheapest, probably oldest (laughter) cereal boxes there that they go on discount. But then I saw all the other women who just picked whatever, you know. And then when they get in front of me to pay, they're paying with food stamps. And then they're hopping into, like, these nice cars and I know their husbands are working somewhere with a construction company making a lot of money cash, right.
So I can see why people are angry because I've seen it myself. And this is why a lot of Latinos who are for Trump are voting for him - because they are angry at that.
MARTIN: So here Vanessa Faura, this committed Republican from an immigrant background, and she, too, says she feels ignored by the GOP.
FAURA: You know, if you believe in something and you really want it real bad, it's not just that you have to say it and get out there and have these great speeches about how we need to outreach the minority groups. What really shows that you really, really care and that you really want this is you put money on it.
MARTIN: We should say here that conservatives are giving money to groups like hers. In fact, The Libre Initiative is funded by the Koch brothers who, according to NPR, have put hundreds of millions of dollars into winning over various voter groups, including Hispanics. Even so, Vanessa Faura thinks the GOP as a whole hasn't done a good enough job of bringing Latino voters into the tent. And all of this has left this proud Republican with an unsettled feeling.
FAURA: Just to think what's going to happen in November and just to think that I'm going to get in my car, head to the polling location, show my ID (laughter) and then get in front of that screen, anything could happen. I have never voted for a Democrat 21, and I don't think I ever will. But then again, when I'm in front of that screen, anything can happen.
1 trump
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。
2 influx
n.流入,注入
- The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
- Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施,因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
3 despondent
adj.失望的,沮丧的,泄气的
- He was up for a time and then,without warning,despondent again.他一度兴高采烈,但忽然又情绪低落下来。
- I feel despondent when my work is rejected.作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。
4 frustration
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
- He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
5 backwards
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
- He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
- All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
6 personalities
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
- There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
- Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
7 civic
adj.城市的,都市的,市民的,公民的
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
8 deport
vt.驱逐出境
- We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
- More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。
9 ted
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
- 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。
10 pastries
n.面粉制的糕点
- He gave a dry laugh, then sat down and started on the pastries. 杜新箨说着干笑一声,坐下去就吃点心。 来自子夜部分
- Mike: So many! I like Xijiang raisins, beef jerky, and local pastries. 麦克:太多了。我最喜欢吃新疆葡萄干、牛肉干和风味点心。
11 overt
adj.公开的,明显的,公然的
- His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
- We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
12 emboldened
v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )
- Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
- His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
- a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
- His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
14 situated
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
15 patio
n.庭院,平台
- Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there,I thought.我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子,我能够在这里宁静地呆会。
- They had a barbecue on their patio on Sunday.星期天他们在院子里进行烧烤。
16 outrageous
adj.无理的,令人不能容忍的
- Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
- Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。
17 implement
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
18 hopping
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
19 compassionate
adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
- She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
- The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。