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Brazil prepares for one of the most contentious¹ presidential elections in decades

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Sunday's presidential runoff in Brazil pits the incumbent³ against a storied leftist who's hoping for a political comeback. Support generally splits among rich versus⁴ poor or rural versus urban.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Brazil is getting ready for one of the closest and most contentious presidential elections in decades. This Sunday's runoff pits the incumbent, a far-right nationalist, against a famous leftist hoping for a political comeback. As NPR's Carrie Kahn reports, who you support largely depends on where you live.

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UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing in Portuguese).

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE⁵: As you head north out of Sao Paolo, Brazil's largest city, the landscape opens up to vast fields of coffee, orange groves⁶ and Brazil's country music, sertanejo.

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UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing in Portuguese).

KAHN: Here in Brazil's largest state, Sao Paolo, the urban residents and the poor generally went for ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while people better off tended toward current President Jair Bolsonaro, especially those in the countryside.

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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Maria da Graca.

MARIA DA GRACA: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: Maria da Graca has been playing sertanejo oldies at this Catholic radio station for 35 years. The 73-year-old grandmother says here in Casa Branca, with a population about 30,000, people are all about family values.

DA GRACA: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: Her religious programs speak to that, too, she says. She doesn't talk about politics but gives an emphatic⁷ thumbs up when I ask her if she supports Bolsonaro.

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KAHN: Talking politics is no problem for 33-year-old Marina Cristina Roberto, who is ringing up a sale in the small gift shop off the town's tiny central plaza⁸. Bolsonaro has set a great example for her kids, she says.

MARINA CRISTINA ROBERTO: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: "I want them to be in the military like Bolsonaro and be righteous."

Casa Branca went big for Bolsonaro with 60% of the vote, compared to the 43% he got nationwide. Supporters shrug⁹ off his crude, misogynistic¹⁰ and racist¹¹ comments and approve of his opposition¹² to abortion¹³ and LGBTQ rights.

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KAHN: Pickers grab oranges off the trees in Leonel Krauss' expansive orchard¹⁴. He says Bolsonaro has boosted agriculture in the country, which now accounts for a third of Brazil's GDP. The 29-year-old general manager of the company his grandfather founded says Brazil is the largest exporter of orange juice in the world. He credits his booming sales to Bolsonaro.

LEONEL KRAUSS: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: "Sometimes he says things that some people don't like to hear, but he speaks the truth," says Krauss, whose pickup¹⁵ truck has a huge sticker of Bolsonaro with his campaign's catchphrase, God, Country and Family.

GUILHERME CASAROES: Such a great narrative¹⁶ maker¹⁷.

KAHN: Guilherme Casaroes is a political analyst¹⁸ at a private university in Sao Paulo. He says Bolsonaro's incendiary brand of politics has polarized the electorate¹⁹ like never before in Brazil.

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UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing in Portuguese).

KAHN: But back in the capital, Sao Paulo, you feel the tension just bringing up Bolsonaro's name. Support for Lula da Silva is strong here. He won the city of 12 million residents with nearly 48% of the vote, mirroring his national support.

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UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing in Portuguese).

KAHN: As a quiet samba tune²⁰ plays, Heloisa Carvalho works on her laptop at a cafe in the trendy Pinheiros neighborhood. She's a 42-year-old PR consultant²¹ and says Bolsonaro is destroying Brazil.

HELOISA CARVALHO: And we are suffering. Please, people from USA help us. I'm kidding, but I'm telling the truth.

KAHN: She says da Silva, as he did when he was president back in the early 2000s, will take care of the poor, the environment and will save Brazil. Da Silva has promised to crack down on Amazon deforestation and create a ministry²² for Native peoples.

CARVALHO: Lula give people hope.

KAHN: She says she's very nervous about election day on Sunday. Polls suggest the contest will be very close.

Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

7 emphatic   

adj.强调的，着重的；无可置疑的，明显的

参考例句：

• Their reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them.他们的回答很坚决，不容有任何人怀疑。
• He was emphatic about the importance of being punctual.他强调严守时间的重要性。

8 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

9 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

10 misogynistic   

参考例句：

• And it brings out everything that is most noxious and misogynistic about the right. 而且，这种情绪也流露出右派思想中最为保守有害，歧视女性的那一面。 来自互联网

11 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• 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。

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

14 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

15 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

16 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

17 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

18 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

19 electorate   

n.全体选民；选区

参考例句：

• The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
• He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。

20 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

21 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

22 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。