《美少女的谎言》第六季第14集 第22期:立场一致

No lock.

没有锁

It's happening again... isn't it?

又回到从前了 是吧

Four, five, six, seven, eight, ni..

四 五 六 七 八 九

All my friends turn out for national elections¹

我所有的朋友都去参加国家竞选了

but most of us don't even know

可是我们大多数的人甚至都不知道

when our local elections are held.

地区的竞选什么时候开始

Or really who our local representatives are.

或者也不知道地区的代表是谁

Until my mom got involved in the campaign, I didn't.

在我妈妈参加竞选之前 我不知道

Is young voter turnout low because we don't care to ask?

年轻投票者很少是因为我们年轻人不关心吗

Or is it because we're confused and we're skeptical²?

还是因为我们很迷惑而且有疑虑

A lot of politicians came to power

很多政治家掌权

on the backs of rich donors³.

是因为有大财团的支持

They like it when you're confused and cynical⁴.

他们希望让人们迷惑而且愤世嫉俗

Yvonne's right.

伊冯说得对

For them, the less you know, the less you care.

对他们来说 你知道得越少就关心得越少

So they get to make a lot of the big decisions for you.

这样他们就能替你来做很多重大的决定了

But we do have access to information

但我们可以查到相关信息

and we wanna help you find it.

我们一定会帮大家找到的

We're on opposite sides of this campaign

虽然我们是竞选对手

but on this issue, we stand together.

但在这个问题上 我们立场一致

If you don't vote, you don't have a voice.

如果你不投票 那就没有发言权

Are you okay with opening this up to questions?

接受现场提问没问题吧

Absolutely, Spencer.

当然 斯宾塞

If you guys have any questions

如果各位有任何问题

we'd be really happy to answer them.

我们非常愿意回答

Yeah?

请提问

Hanna, your mom just got into the elevator.

汉娜 你妈妈刚进了电梯

It's a go?

可以了吗？

1 elections   

n.选举，当选，推举( election的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Republicans got shellacked in the elections. 共和党在选举中一败涂地。
• He emerged victorious in the elections. 他在竞选中脱颖而出获得胜利。

2 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

3 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。