VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：國(guó)家政治兩派分立 新總統(tǒng)亟待解決

Donald Trump faces a deeply divided country as he takes office Friday as the 45thpresident of the United States.

周五唐納多·特朗普正式就任美國(guó)第四十五任總統(tǒng)，他將面臨的是一個(gè)分裂深化的國(guó)家。

That divide can be seen in results from public opinion studies. In a national poll, Marist College found that 53 percent of those asked said they believe Trump will do more to divide the country than to unite it. Forty-three percent said he is more likely to unite the nation, while 4 percent were unsure.

公眾意向研究已顯示分裂端倪。在一項(xiàng)國(guó)家民意測(cè)驗(yàn)中，馬瑞斯特民意研究所調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，參加測(cè)試的人中，53%的人認(rèn)為特朗普只會(huì)加劇分裂，而不是聯(lián)合統(tǒng)一。43%的人認(rèn)為國(guó)家在他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下極有可能聯(lián)合。另有4%的人尚不確定。

Marist polling director Lee Miringoff said “Trump’s transition to the presidency is lacking a political honeymoon. The president-elect has been reaching out to his base but has not broadened his support,” he said.

馬瑞斯特測(cè)評(píng)負(fù)責(zé)人李·米哥夫評(píng)論道，特朗普成為總統(tǒng)的轉(zhuǎn)換缺少一種政治甜蜜期?？偨y(tǒng)選舉大大超乎了他的支持區(qū)，然而他并沒(méi)有拓寬其支持率。

Larry Sabato is a political scientist at the University of Virginia. In his words, Trump “has not reached out to reunify a badly divided country in any sustained way." Mr. Sabato said "as a result, he has the lowest ratings of any modern president-elect during the transition period.”

維吉尼亞大學(xué)政治科學(xué)家拉里·薩巴托表示，用特朗普自己的話說(shuō)，他并沒(méi)有以一種持續(xù)可行的方式去聯(lián)合這個(gè)分裂的國(guó)家，因此，在總統(tǒng)選舉階段，他的選票是現(xiàn)代歷任總統(tǒng)選舉中支持率最低的總統(tǒng)。

In mid-December, another polling company, Gallup, found that 48 percent of Americans approve of how Trump is handling his presidential transition. This compares to 75 percent for Barack Obama in 2009, 65 percent for George W. Bush in 2001 and 67 percent for Bill Clinton in 1993.

十二月中旬，另一家民意測(cè)評(píng)公司——蓋洛普民意測(cè)評(píng)公司研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，48%的人同意特朗普在總統(tǒng)選舉中的方式作為。而2009奧巴馬選舉時(shí)支持率為75%，2001年時(shí)喬治·布什為65%，1993年時(shí)比爾·克林頓為67%。

Republican Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas and other Trump supporters have urged his opponents to give the new president a chance. Brady told VOA that he thought President Barack Obama was divisive. He said he is hopeful that when Trump takes office, he, in his words, “will continue to reach out with Congress and with different groups across the country, listen and see if we can’t pull together as a country. That is my hope.”

德克薩斯共和黨國(guó)會(huì)成員凱文·布蘭迪和其他的特朗普支持者要求反對(duì)者給新總統(tǒng)一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。布蘭迪向VOA講述到，他認(rèn)為奧巴馬總統(tǒng)引起了國(guó)家分裂。他對(duì)特朗普抱有希望，因?yàn)橛锰乩势兆约旱脑拋?lái)說(shuō)，他“將繼續(xù)與國(guó)會(huì)和國(guó)家不同組織合作，傾聽(tīng)他們的意見(jiàn)，致力于創(chuàng)造統(tǒng)一的國(guó)家。這是我的希望。”

Democratic opposition

民主反對(duì)派

Democrats in Congress say they might willing to work with Trump on such areas as a major infrastructure bill to pay for the repair of roads and bridges.

國(guó)會(huì)民主黨成員聲稱他們將會(huì)在重大基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資地區(qū)與特朗普合作，支付修路建橋的賬單。

But Democrats say they will oppose Trump on other issues. The new Senate Democratic leader -- Charles Schumer of New York -- said Democrats will, in his words, “fight him tooth and nail when he appeals to the baser instincts that diminish America and its greatness.”

但是民主派成員說(shuō)他們會(huì)反對(duì)特朗普的其他方案。民主黨議會(huì)新領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人——來(lái)自紐約的查爾斯·斯默說(shuō)，如果特朗普本能地試圖削減美國(guó)的實(shí)力和威風(fēng)，他們絕不會(huì)輕饒。

Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, an Independent from the state of Vermont, told Democrats at a gathering at the U.S. Capitol after the election that “When we stand together, Donald Trump and nobody, nobody is going to stop us," he said."Let's go forward together."

前民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人、佛蒙特州的獨(dú)立者Bernie Sanders在選舉結(jié)束后的一次美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)集會(huì)中講到，如果我們聯(lián)合起來(lái)，包括唐納多·特朗普在內(nèi)，沒(méi)有人可以阻止得了我們。讓我們一起前行。

John Hudak is with the Brookings Institution, a research group in Washington, DC. He said how Trump chooses to deal with the divide is important.

約翰·赫達(dá)克是位于首都華盛頓的布魯克斯研究機(jī)構(gòu)的成員，他說(shuō)，特朗普如何處理分裂問(wèn)題至關(guān)重要。

“It is incumbent upon him to start building bridges to the nearly 70 million Americans who voted for someone else,” Hudak says. “That is a real challenge, and it’s not a challenge every president faces, and it will be an important challenge."

“特朗普有職責(zé)為那些沒(méi)有選他的七千萬(wàn)人民修路建橋。這的確是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)，這并不是每個(gè)總統(tǒng)都面臨的挑戰(zhàn)，這確實(shí)是一個(gè)重要的挑戰(zhàn)。”

David Eagles is the Director for Presidential Transition at the Partnership for Public Service. He believes Americans will welcome any attempt by Trump to unify the country.

公眾服務(wù)小組總統(tǒng)選舉負(fù)責(zé)人大衛(wèi)·易格思表示，美國(guó)人民歡迎特朗普任何統(tǒng)一國(guó)家的措施。

“I’m very hopeful,” he says. “When you look at history in these periods of time, the American public has generally given a halo effect, if you will, on an incoming president to get their job done.”

他說(shuō)，我很有信心，如果你回顧這段時(shí)間就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果你樂(lè)意新任總統(tǒng)做好工作的話，美國(guó)民眾普遍具有光環(huán)效應(yīng)。

I’m Caty Weaver.

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Words in This Story

poll – n. an activity in which several or many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to get information about what most people think about something

honeymoon – n. a pleasant period of time at the start of something (such as a relationship or a politician's term in office) when people are happy, are working with each other, etc.

base – n. something (such as a group of people or things) that provides support for a place, business, etc. (usually singular)

sustained – adj. consistent; continuing

tooth and nail – expression with a lot of effort and determination

base – adj. not honest or good

incumbent upon – expression necessary as a duty for (someone)

halo effect – expression a reputation as a morally good person