美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-24

 There are many that have bastardized me, said that I was going to hell on social media. There was even one radio station that encouraged their listeners to call here to the church and tell me I was going to hell.

Albert Narj is the pastor¹ at West Point Baptist Church in Chicago. And as his state moves toward legalizing gay marriage his stands of support for that effort has drawn² criticism  from some of his clergy³, and from other Black church leaders across the Windy City.

Many of them came and whispered in my ears, ¡°I support you, man.¡± But they won't come out publicly because you will be ostracized⁴.

Do your think these clergy colleagues of yours will eventually come out and support gay marriage? Do you think it's heading in that direction.

If you had a better chance of becoming African American, my friend, it's not going to happen.

Welcome to CNN Radio News day. I'm Tommy Undres. Gay marriage and the Black church, civil rights and sexuality. We'll take up that evolving conversation later in the show. But first we start with what turned into a wild day on Capitol Hill, and the most unexpected news left the nearly full House of Representatives silent.

You¡¯ve heard that kind of hiss⁵? Well, you might hear a few grumbling⁶ in a second. That's the sound of a massive bill, the 5-year farm bill, sponsored by Republicans nearly failing. House members just stood in silence at a surprise.

The Yeas are 198, the Nays⁷ are 234, the bill has not passed.

More on who was cheering in a second. That surprise vote came at the exact time the Senate was announcing a major bipartisan deal on immigration. To talk about both of these stories, our Lisa Dayshut Dan joins us now from her booth in the attic⁹ of the Capital.

Hi, Lisa.  Hey, Tommy.

Lisa, so immigration is huge news but can I first ask you about the farm bill vote? They've been talking about this thing forever. What happened?

A lot of us settled 180s as soon as we saw that happened and almost wouldn't believe it. There were a lot of actors in this vote, Tommy. One, Republican didn't like the amount of subsidies¹⁰ in this bill. They thought that it was laden¹¹ with kind of port to farmers, at least conservatives did. On the other hand, Democrats¹² didn't like cuts to food stamps that are in the bill, and more requirements for food stamp recipients¹³. But I think what I really want to point out about his vote is not just how surprising it is, but that it is a very big deal. The farm bill is under a temporary extention right now. It runs out at the end of the year at least for dairy. Different products run out at different times. And if they don't pass a new farm bill or an extention, Tommy, we will revert¹⁴ to 1949 at laws on farms and farm pricing. So this is something that Congress has got to figure out and today was a big low.

Yeah, that's basically the food policy for the entire country, right?

Yeah, that exactly is.

So I am guessing there's another round of the grain game going on right now. But let's cut to the chase. What does this mean for Speaker Noehner. We touched on his shaky fate yesterday and today he couldn't  even get a bill sponsored by his own party through?

Yeah, this was a bad day for Speaker  Boehner, and I will tell you how Republicans responded to this loss. And here is Boehner's number 2 Eric Cantor of Virginia, speaking on the floor not long after this vote, talking to Democrats.

What we saw today was a Democratic leadership in the House that was insistent¹⁵ to undo¹⁶ years and years a by partisan⁸ work.

Now, what he is saying there is Democrats failed. He said Democrats had promised more votes on this bill and didn't deliver. Democrats are saying that's ridiculous, you are in charge, you need to come up with the votes. And here's a really amazing sound by it from former Speaker, now Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi on the score.

1 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

4 ostracized   

v.放逐( ostracize的过去式和过去分词 )；流放；摈弃；排斥

参考例句：

• He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. 他因拒绝支持罢工而受到同事的排斥。
• The family were ostracized by the neighborhood. 邻居们都不理睬那一家人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 hiss   

v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满

参考例句：

• We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
• Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。

6 grumbling   

adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的

参考例句：

• She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
• We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。

7 nays   

n.反对票，投反对票者( nay的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tally was two ayes and three nays. 投票结果是两票赞成，三票反对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tally was three yeas and two nays, so the yeas have it. 投票结果是三票赞成两票反对，投赞成票者胜利。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

9 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

10 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

12 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

14 revert   

v.恢复，复归，回到

参考例句：

• Let us revert to the earlier part of the chapter.让我们回到本章的前面部分。
• Shall we revert to the matter we talked about yesterday?我们接着昨天谈过的问题谈，好吗？

15 insistent   

adj.迫切的，坚持的

参考例句：

• There was an insistent knock on my door.我听到一阵急促的敲门声。
• He is most insistent on this point.他在这点上很坚持。

16 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。