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What do Americans think about the Jan. 6 House committee hearings?

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NPR asks people in New York and New Jersey² how they feel about the Jan. 6 hearings on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, the committee held the third of seven planned hearings.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Americans are tuning³ in for the January 6 House committee hearings and the investigation⁴ by lawmakers into the Capitol riot. Twenty million viewers watched the first hearing, others did not. So we decided⁵ to hear from Americans about how they're feeling about the hearings.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Jennifer Ettie (ph) is a single mom in Tupper Lake, N.Y., in the Adirondacks. She told us it's not even on her radar⁶.

JENNIFER ETTIE: It's too much to keep up with politics when you have the gas prices and, you know, financial stuff that's hurting you right now, right here. So people over in politics and stuff, which you only hear what they want you to hear. And it's never the full story, so...

MARTIN: She called the hearings a waste of time.

ETTIE: It's done. It's over with. It's been, what, two years now? I mean, we've got more important things that are impacting Americans on a day-to-day basis than what happened two years ago.

MART?NEZ: Marcia Fingal (ph) advises nonprofits and edits books in Hillside, N.J. She has a very different view.

MARCIA FINGAL: They're trying to present a clear, objective view of what happened on January 6 so people can make their own decisions. And there was a lot of lying going on, a lot of untruths being told, a lot of confusion and chaos⁷ going on. But they're trying to really lay out, this is what happened.

MARTIN: So what would a good or satisfying outcome look like? We asked Alexander Cameron (ph). He's a 76-year-old retiree who spends summers in the Adirondacks. He says he's been following the hearings closely.

ALEXANDER CAMERON: Success would be to convict Donald Trump⁸ of seditious conspiracy⁹ and throw the bugger in jail. That would be my definition of success. I don't think they'll get there. I think the politics is too complicated. He has too many good lawyers and too much borrowed money to pay them.

MART?NEZ: Adnan Rangwala is 42 and lives on Long Island.

ADNAN RANGWALA: It had to be organized. It wasn't somebody just randomly¹⁰ coming together and saying, let's do this. And I come from India where things like this happen a lot. It was surprising to see that in the United States.

MART?NEZ: He says he understands why the committee is revisiting January 6.

RANGWALA: It was a big event. You just can't shove it under the rug. So I think the goal is to remind people that this happened.

MARTIN: Rangwala also offered a prediction.

RANGWALA: And I think this is the year of the midterms, so we will see a lot more political drama. So this is definitely one of them.

MARTIN: No doubt. And there are still more hearings to come.

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1 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。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 tuning   

n.调谐，调整，调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

7 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• 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。

9 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

10 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句