世博實用聽力：美六成民眾對奧巴馬缺乏信心

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    Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.

    本周二公布的一項民調(diào)顯示，近60%的美國選民對總統(tǒng)貝拉克奧巴馬缺乏信心。

    The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a reversal of what voters said at the start of Obama's presidency 18 months ago when about 60 percent expressed confidence in his decision making.

    該調(diào)查由《華盛頓郵報》和美國廣播公司新聞部聯(lián)合開展，調(diào)查結(jié)果與18個月前奧巴馬執(zhí)政伊始的情況截然相反，當時約60%的選民表示對奧巴馬的決策能力很有信心。

    Confidence in Obama is at a new low but the poll found that his numbers are still higher than lawmakers of either major party four months ahead of the November congressional elections.

    盡管美國民眾對奧巴馬的信心降至新低，但調(diào)查顯示，選民對兩大政黨中議員的信心指數(shù)更低。美國將在4個月后，即11月份舉行國會選舉。

    Asked how much confidence they have in Obama to make the right decisions for the country's future, 58 percent of respondents said "just some" or "none."

    在被問及對奧巴馬政策制定、治理國家的能力有多大信心時，58%的受訪者回答“只有一點”，或“沒有信心”。

    Sixty-eight percent expressed the same sentiments about Democrats in Congress and 72 percent said the same of Republicans.

    68%的受訪者對國會中的民主黨議員持有同感，72%的受訪者對共和黨議員缺乏信心。

    The Post said problems in the housing industry, sluggish job growth and other economic issues may have taken a toll on Obama's approval rating.

    據(jù)《華盛頓郵報》報道，房地產(chǎn)業(yè)問題多多、就業(yè)市場不景氣以及其它經(jīng)濟問題可能是導致奧巴馬支持率下降的主要原因。

    Just 43 percent of all Americans, including a third of Democrats, now say they approve of the job Obama is doing on the economy, while 54 percent disapprove.

    僅有43%的美國民眾對奧巴馬目前的經(jīng)濟政策表示認可，其中包括三分之一的民主黨人；而54%的民眾則表示不滿意。

    The survey also found wide anti-incumbent sentiment with 62 percent of voters saying they were not inclined to support their current representative.

    調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，選民對現(xiàn)任的“朝中大臣”們存在普遍不滿，62%的選民稱他們不打算支持現(xiàn)任的黨派代表。

    All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs in the November 2 election as well as 36 of the 100 Senate seats.

    美國將于11月2日舉行國會選舉，屆時選民將對眾議院的全部435個席位和參議院100個席位中的36個席位進行選舉。

    Democrats now control both houses of Congress, but a slight majority of those polled said they would prefer to have Republicans in control to serve as a check on Obama's policies.

    目前民主黨占國會參眾兩院的多數(shù)席位，但稍占多數(shù)的受訪者表示，他們希望共和黨能控制國會，以為奧巴馬的政策制定把關(guān)。

    The poll of 1,288 people was conducted July 7-11 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

    這項調(diào)查于7月7日至11日之間開展，共對1288名受訪者進行了訪問，抽樣誤差率為正負3.5個百分點。

Notes:
take a toll on: 對...造成傷害

anti-incumbent: 反現(xiàn)任的

be inclined to (do): 想要；有...傾向