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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'We Have To Turn The Clock Forward': Andrew Yang On Accelerating Economy And Society

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(SOUNDBITE OF THE BIGTOP ORCHESTRA'S "TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE [MARCH AND TWO-STEP]")

TAMARA KEITH, HOST:

Hey there. It's the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. I'm Tamara Keith. All summer long, we are taking you on the road to meet the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. It's a partnership1 with Iowa Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio. And last Friday night, that meant NHPR political reporter Casey McDermott and I were hanging out in the stacks of a public library...

I find myself wanting to whisper.

CASEY MCDERMOTT, BYLINE2: I know. I know.

KEITH: ...In Plaistow, N.H.

And we are in the biography section of the library.

MCDERMOTT: We have George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush; there's Jimmy Carter.

KEITH: Bill Clinton.

MCDERMOTT: Bill Clinton.

KEITH: A whole lot of presidents. And we were there to interview someone who would like to follow them to the White House - Andrew Yang.

MCDERMOTT: He has a little bit of an unconventional path to wanting to be president when you look at it compared to a lot of the other people that we just listed.

KEITH: Yang is a serial3 entrepreneur with some of the businesses more successful than others. He created a venture philanthropy nonprofit but became increasingly concerned about automation and the loss of American jobs. So he says he decided4 to run for president.

MCDERMOTT: His message seems to be that the economy is changing really rapidly, more rapidly, I think, than the government has really been keeping up with it. And so he's calling for actually some pretty significant changes to how a president would try to deal with that.

KEITH: He's essentially5 saying that the robot overlords are coming and that we have no chance.

MCDERMOTT: Basically.

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew.

KEITH: Yang arrived at the library after 7 p.m. on a Friday night to a packed room - so many people that they were probably violating the fire code.

ANDREW YANG: What is the actual legal capacity of this room?

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: One hundred sixty-three.

YANG: OK. So there are exactly 163 people...

(LAUGHTER)

KEITH: There were way more than 163 people in that small room. The crowd was very diverse, in many ways - age, race and gender7. Some were curious voters. Some were part of the Yang Gang, a shorthand for those all-in for Andrew Yang's candidacy. Yang's stump8 speech is full of doom-and-gloom descriptions of what automation has already done to the U.S. economy. He credits job losses in manufacturing for fueling President Trump9's 2016 victory.

YANG: And now what we did to the manufacturing jobs, we're going to do to the retail10 jobs, the call center jobs, the fast-food jobs, the truck driving jobs and on and on through the economy.

KEITH: His pitch for how to fix it is a universal basic income proposal he calls the Freedom Dividend11.

YANG: We have to accelerate our economy and society as fast as possible. We have to evolve in the way we see work and value. And I am the ideal candidate for that job because the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.

(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)

KEITH: And that applause line is where Casey started our interview.

MCDERMOTT: So I want to start by asking you about a line that you've used in the debate that has come up on the campaign trail that got a lot of applause in the room tonight. And that's about how you're the opposite of Donald Trump because you're an Asian man who likes math. And I just wonder if you are, in some ways, reclaiming13 what some people have found to be kind of a harmful stereotype14.

YANG: You know, it was something a supporter said to me initially15. He said, you're the opposite of Donald Trump. You're an Asian man who likes math. And I thought, oh, that's actually pretty clever. And so then I used it at the next event, and then it got raucous16 applause and laughter and then said, OK, not being a total idiot (laughter) I should probably say that again. And in my case, I am an Asian man who likes math. I think most Americans are savvy17 enough to know that that's not true of every Asian person. But it does to me reclaim12 a stereotype that happens to be true in my case.

KEITH: So as you were greeting people, I was listening, and one - at least one person came up to you and said he was a Donald Trump supporter.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: I voted for Trump, but I'm looking for something better (unintelligible) four years ago. I like that you weren't, like, hammering everybody.

KEITH: And I've spoken to Trump supporters at Trump rallies who say, well, the only other candidate I'm interested in is Andrew Yang. So what do you think it is?

YANG: I talk a lot about the problems in people's communities that they can recognize. And to me, it's a mystery why other Democrats18 aren't focused on the same problems. When I grew up, I thought of the Democrats as the party of the working class, the party of the little guy or gal6. And to me, who are the little guys and gals19 in our economy today? It is the retail clerk, the fast-food worker, the truck driver, the call center worker, the people who feel like their futures20 are being pushed more and more to the side. And to me, it's very natural to talk about those things. I think that many people who voted for Donald Trump felt like the Democratic Party was not speaking to them and the problems they saw in their communities, and I am. And so that's winning me a critical mass of Donald Trump supporters, which is, to me, crucial for the Democratic nominee21.

KEITH: So we can't talk about Andrew Yang's candidacy without talking about the Yang Gang. They are particularly strong on the Internet. You have this vast online following. But I'm wondering how you balance the - that sort of groundswell of enthusiasm among young supporters online and Reddit and even 4chan with some of the associations with some of those people associated with sort of misogynistic23 views or nationalist views.

YANG: The fun thing is when you go to a Yang Gang rally, it's incredibly wholesome24. It's diverse. It's young people who are excited about a future that they can be proud of. And that to me is the essence of the Yang Gang. I'm not privy25, frankly26, to some of the stuff that's out there on 4chan. I've never (laughter) been. I have a feeling that's probably a good thing. And I believe that most Americans know the difference between, you know, some marginal figures on the Internet and the essence of a national campaign that right now has us poised27 to - right now, we're in fifth place, and we're rising very fast.

KEITH: Do you - I mean, you've had to sort of say thanks but no thanks to some of it, though, right?

YANG: Part of it, too, is that if you spent any time with me, you'd know that I have no alignment28 at all. I completely disavow anyone with any kind of misogynist22 or hateful agenda. Our tagline is humanity first, and that's really what we're all about.

MCDERMOTT: So I want to talk about what is basically the central policy proposal of your campaign, and that is universal basic income, UBI. You call yours the Freedom Dividend. And the idea that you're proposing specifically is to give everyone 18 years or older a thousand bucks29 a month, no strings30 attached.

KEITH: Which is - that is your proposal.

YANG: Yes, it is, Freedom Dividend.

KEITH: So we asked our podcast listeners what questions they wanted us to ask. We would be here all night just asking the questions they had about the Freedom Dividend. But some of them were a little skeptical31, including Chris Anderson (ph). He asks, how does he plan to push universal basic income through Congress considering Congress' inaction on, well, everything? He goes on to say, I like the idea, but I believe the action is no more than a pipe dream, unfortunately.

YANG: If you project forward when I'm president in 2021, I will have gotten there because the Freedom Dividend will have taken the country by storm. People will realize that we can build a trickle-up economy from ourselves, our families and our communities up. And the Democratic Party will be so thrilled to have beaten Donald Trump, they'll be looking and saying we took a chance on Andrew Yang and it worked. We beat Donald Trump. And then when I say, let's pass the Freedom Dividend, all the Democrats will be onboard. But here's the kicker. When you go to the Republicans and conservatives and say it's Freedom Dividend time, they'll look at themselves and say, wait a minute, I don't dislike the dividend.

This is good for red states, rural areas in the interior, places that have gotten blasted away by automation and the loss of manufacturing jobs. And we don't need 80% of Congress. We just need 51% of Congress. It's the opposite of what Chris' concern is. This is one of the few things we can do because Alaska, the only state that's had a dividend, is a deep red conservative state and it was passed by a Republican governor. Conservatives detest32 bureaucracies making everyone's decisions for them. They do not mind economic freedom in the hands of individuals.

MCDERMOTT: So following up on the Alaska example, which you cite a lot, that state is actually going through a pretty serious budget crisis this summer where the - their Freedom Dividend equivalent is kind of a big, central component33 of why they're facing the possibility of tradeoffs to some services and some social services and things like that. And let's say you do implement34 the Freedom Dividend nationwide but maybe the country finds itself in a budget crisis, how would you navigate35 those tradeoffs?

YANG: The federal government is in a very different position than the state government in Alaska because right now, the petroleum36 dividend is logically tied to petroleum revenues, and they have to manage a balanced budget more or less year to year. In case you hadn't noticed, the federal government (laughter) sometimes does not have a balanced budget. We can easily afford this for our people in good times and bad particularly because it will help keep the bad times from being too punishing for Americans. Even in a bad time, the Freedom Dividend will help consumers participate in the economy and keep the floor from bottoming out.

MCDERMOTT: So just to clarify, you would be OK with maybe increasing the national debt in order to, like, keep the Freedom Dividend going if it were implemented37.

YANG: Well, the big way we need to pay for the Freedom Dividend is by giving the American people a tiny slice of every Amazon sale, every Google search, every Facebook ad, every robot truck mile. The biggest myth in American life right now is that we don't have the money. We're the richest economy in the history of the world - $20 trillion-plus in GDP, up $5 trillion in the last 12 years. The problem is that the biggest winners in our economy are not paying anything meaningful into the public coffers. So when you look at the debt and the deficit38, it's a revenue problem as well as an expense problem. And everyone just focuses on the expense problem, but the bigger issue is getting the American people a way to benefit from artificial intelligence and new technologies that we're devising in the 21st century.

KEITH: You have selected two families, one in Iowa, one in New Hampshire, to...

YANG: And another one in Florida.

KEITH: Florida.

YANG: Yeah. That was randomly40 chosen on the Internet. I would not have - you know, it was just a random39 American.

KEITH: So Casey checked in with the family here in New Hampshire.

MCDERMOTT: I did, and they said that it's made, you know, a pretty significant difference to them, not only in their ability to make tuition payments and medical payments and car payments but also just kind of the peace of mind that comes from having that extra thousand dollars a month. But that's going to stop at the end of this year, and I wonder if you've given any thought to kind of the ethics41 of using people, these real families, as kind of a policy experiment for your campaign.

YANG: I think most Americans would love to participate in an experiment where they got a thousand dollars a month for a year, and the only regret is that it stops after a year, which is something that we can change as a people if we all decide to do so together and pass the Freedom Dividend. It's certainly something I'm very proud of that Jodie and the Fassi family were able to address something like car repairs and it's an inconvenience instead of a crisis. I think that's positive for this year, and I agree with you that it should be happening every year for them and everyone else.

KEITH: Is it a bribe42 or, like, you know, a chicken in every pot kind of thing?

YANG: Well, there's no obligation for anyone who's receiving the money, and the person in Florida, there's a chance that she may never vote for me. So it's not a bribe in the - in any sense because it's a gift of a thousand dollars a month, and people can do whatever they want.

KEITH: We're coming off of these two very terrible mass shootings. And on top of that, there's the constant stream of suicides and other gun violence that really don't make national news. What would you do to reduce gun deaths? And do you think that guns are a major part of the problem?

YANG: One thing I said at the Everytown event is that if every human being in America had a self-destruct button on our legs, that if we press it at any moment in time we would disappear, there would be fewer of us around because all of us would've hit that button at one point. And then if you're a gun owner, you make a decision that sometimes is catastrophic and irreversible that you would regret a second or a minute later. So the guns are the crux43 of the problem because you can have dysfunction that does not become deadly in the absence of guns. And that's certainly a direction we should try and drive America as fast as possible. At the same time, to me, buying the gun and using the gun are the last two steps in a chain of events that, in many cases, is years in the making. So we have to pass common-sense gun safety legislation. We have to break the stranglehold of the NRA on our Congress.

But we also have to try and make families stronger, make schools more welcoming to different sorts of people, make it so that more young boys and men in particular feel like they have a path forward because we all know that over 96% of shooters are men. We have to put massive levels of mental health resources in place to try and help people who are troubled get well.

We have to try and reduce the supply of the 300 million-plus firearms in this country over time because even if we pass gun safety laws, it doesn't magically remove millions of guns from people's private homes. So I would have a perpetual gun buyback in effect where anyone can sell a gun at any time for market value. And some of the owners would just take their cruddy, broken gun and say - oh, I'm going to sell this one. I'll be like, fine; we'll at least get a gun out of there.

And we should invest in technology that will personalize handguns and other weapons so that only the owner can fire them so that if it gets into their child's hands or someone else's hands, it's useless. And many gun owners would happily upgrade their gun in this way because they're parents, too, and it would make us all safer. If we were to offer that personalization free of charge, you'd see many thousands of gun owners take it on.

And the technology is there. It doesn't recognize your fingerprints44; it recognizes your grip based upon the dimensions of your hand, the fingers and the pressure from each point.

MCDERMOTT: So you have talked a lot about the freedom dividend on the campaign trail, but you have more than 160 policy proposals on your website. And those...

YANG: I'm glad you noticed. Thank you.

KEITH: Some of them are kind of random...

MCDERMOTT: We try to do our homework.

KEITH: ...For presidential candidates.

MCDERMOTT: Yeah, exactly. I mean, there's ones on there to get rid of the penny...

YANG: Yeah, the penny - it's terrible.

MCDERMOTT: ...To repurpose shopping malls.

YANG: We should do that, too.

MCDERMOTT: But there are also, you know, frankly, some more serious ones, as well, including one that affects - or could affect - a state like New Hampshire, where the opioid crisis has been particularly pervasive45 and devastating46 to a lot of people. And you've proposed, in some form, decriminalizing small amounts of opioids. And I wonder how you make that sell in a place like New Hampshire where, you know, even tonight in the audience, there were families that have been personally affected47 by fatal overdoses.

YANG: I think New Hampshire would be more likely to support decriminalization because they see that our current approach is not working. And when I looked at what happened in other countries, first, if you look at the origination of the opiate crisis, it's a matter of federal negligence48 and delinquence (ph).

We let Purdue Pharma dispense49 millions of opiate prescriptions50 that have metastasized into a plague that's now killing51 people in New Hampshire and around the country. So if the federal government was asleep at the switch, then it's up to the federal government to put proper resources to work to help people get well. It is not a money problem, but money should not be the obstacle. We need to invest the right resources. There is a moral and economic obligation.

The second part is that our current criminalization approach doesn't work because many people who are addicts52 feel like if they get discovered, it's going to be a disaster for them. And so they suffer in silence, they're addicted53 in silence, and they die sometimes in silence. When other countries have decriminalized opiates for personal use, you've seen a sharp reduction in both overdoses and substance abuse over time.

KEITH: Now let's talk about climate change. You took a position at the debate which was essentially - man, we are toast.

Is that a little fatalistic? You know, like, scientists would argue that, yes, climate change is happening and it can't fully54 be reversed, but you could save millions of lives if you stop it or slow it down.

YANG: Everyone can see that things are much worse than even the most pessimistic projections56. The U.N. just released a study saying we'll be OK if the majority of the world's population becomes vegetarian57 immediately. Most politicians will say we can do it; we can beat it. I just told the truth, which is that we're only 15% of the world's emissions58. Even if we were to go zero-carbon, the Earth would continue to warm, in all likelihood, because of the energy composition of other countries.

Now, I take climate change very, very seriously. It's an existential threat to our way of life. So I think we should move towards renewable energy sources as fast as possible but, also, proactively try and mitigate59 the worst effects and even try and restore our habitat in various ways by reforesting tracts60 of land and reseeding the ocean with kelp, marine61 permaculture arrays and things that can help rehabilitate62 what we've done.

KEITH: This leads to my next question. Do you consider yourself an optimist63 or a pessimist55?

YANG: Well, if you think about it for a second - I've started several multimillion-dollar organizations, I'm running for president, and I'm currently either in fifth or sixth place depending upon where you look. You don't do any of these - those things if you're not an optimist.

I believe we can arrest the decline of our civilization. I believe we can evolve in the way we think about work and value. I think we can give every American a freedom dividend of a thousand dollars a month if a majority of us get together and say that's what we want to do. I'd say these are profoundly optimistic decisions and actions.

I'm not someone holed up in my basement waiting for the waters to overtake me. I'm trying to fight it with every fiber64 of my being. And that, to me, speaks to my sense of the possibilities still in front of us. I'm a parent. I've got two young boys, and I'll be damned if I just rest while the future I see coming up just overtakes us all.

KEITH: All right. We are going to take a quick break. And when we get back, Yang tells us about his Goth years, what he learned from failure and what he can't let go.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

KEITH: And we're back. And New Hampshire Public Radio's Casey McDermott started Part 2 of our interview with a follow-up question.

MCDERMOTT: Earlier this year when you were talking to New Hampshire Public Radio, you did say that you'd release your tax returns soon. That was three months ago. Why haven't you done that yet?

YANG: I think they're going to be released any day now. And I know I said that a little while ago, but they'll be released any day now. And they really are quite dull. I ran a nonprofit for six years. And if you were to look at the 990 of my nonprofit, you'd probably get the essence of what the tax returns will say. But they'll be out any day now.

KEITH: You have said that you were a gamer. You have said that you were a Goth. You have alluded66 to poor fashion choices. We need details.

YANG: I can prove those, yeah. There are high school photos of me that demonstrate my poor fashion choices. But I was a gamer. I was a Goth. I did skate around somewhat. I did listen to The Cure and The Smiths. It's all well-documented history in the '90s.

(LAUGHTER)

MCDERMOTT: Would you describe yourself in any other way outside of those kind of typical high school labels?

YANG: I was a bookish kid, very introverted...

KEITH: (Laughter).

YANG: ...Liked to read a lot.

KEITH: And now you're running for president.

YANG: Yeah, that's all accurate.

KEITH: How does that - like, how - the introversion67 and then you're just out there.

YANG: (Laughter) Well, it wasn't, like, overnight. What happened to me was that I had a set of goals, and the goals ended up informing certain behaviors. I mean, the first goal for me at the time was try and get a date. So it's like - well, that's not going to happen if I'm just playing video games my friends all the time, so I should try and figure that out. And I became an entrepreneur, which involved a lot of selling and interacting with people, pitching my ideas. And I did not find it easy, but I found it necessary. I said, OK; I'm not going to be able to have the kind of work that I want or impact that I want if I don't get out there. And so you get out there over and over again, and the discomfort68 starts to fade a bit over time.

MCDERMOTT: So I'm curious about - what was an experience from when you were younger, maybe when you were a kid or a teen, that really shaped how you think about government today?

YANG: I didn't have much interaction with the government when I was young. That's for sure. I mean, as a teenager, it's just the DMV like the rest of us. I did not have any run-ins with the law. I was a very well-behaved nerdy kid, so that wasn't happening.

I think for me, the interactions happened when I was a bit older. And so you know, you start paying taxes. In my case, I was an honorary ambassador in the White House and a champion of change, and I was appointed to the National Advisory69 Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship. So you interact with government over time. But my exposure happened way later. I'm happy to say, when I was young, there wasn't much government in my life. There wasn't, like, the trip to juvie or anything. I was just nerding out.

KEITH: (Laughter) You allude65 to this, so I'd love to get you to spell it out. What is a time in your life when you have failed? And what did you learn from it?

YANG: I have failed so many times in my life, from when I was young to now - I mean, just so many humiliating defeats. I mean, the ones that you think of as most significant is my first company totally flopped70. And if you start a company, you have to tell everyone you know you're doing it, so then everyone knows it flopped. Like, there's no hiding it. There's no, like - oh, it went OK. It's like, no, everyone knows.

When I was young, you know, I tried out for soccer team - didn't make it; basketball team - didn't make; and then, like, school play - didn't make it. Like, I was constantly getting caught losing (laughter)...

KEITH: (Unintelligible).

YANG: ...Whatever it was. You know, certainly, my profile was not like, oh, you know, star of the high school play, student body president. Like, that was not the profile. So I feel like I'm very intimate with defeat. And I think it's actually good training as an entrepreneur because one of the things we're doing with our young people is we're training them to fear failure.

Let's say if you're a salesperson71 - if you can sell 20, 30% of the time, then you're actually doing great. Even now when I talk to New Hampshire voters - if I talked to a group of 150 voters, I don't expect 100% of them to be like, yeah, Yang Gang immediately. But if half of them end up being Yang Gang and then another critical mass say - well, that was really interesting; let me dig into this more - then that's a huge win.

MCDERMOTT: So we want to wrap up by asking you a question that we ask all of the candidates during these interviews. And that's - what can't you let go of this week?

YANG: Just today it came out that there's going to be another Dave Chappelle comedy special on Netflix, and I am so excited for it. I saw him live at Radio City Music Hall on his last tour, and he's my favorite comedian72. He's so funny and great and wise. He's like our oracle73 all rolled into one (laughter).

MCDERMOTT: I did hear some voters come up to you afterwards and say that they wanted you to host "SNL." Is that something that you're kind of hoping you might come across, as other candidates have?

YANG: Yeah, I would love that. All I have to do is climb the polls a smidgen, and then I'll be on "SNL." That'll be great. Being in the show itself would be a dream - well, not really a dream come true. I don't really dream about that stuff. But it'll be a delight. I dream about eradicating74 poverty and making this society strong for our kids. So that'll be a dream come true. Being on "SNL" would just be a good time.

KEITH: All right. Andrew Yang, thank you so much for joining us on the NPR POLITICS PODCAST.

YANG: Thank you. Such a pleasure.

KEITH: This was the latest interview in our ongoing75 series where we're taking you on the road to meet the 2020 Democratic candidates. You'll find other interviews with candidates including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris in your podcast feeds. We'll be back just as soon as there's political news you need to know about. I'm Tamara Keith, and thank you for listening to the NPR POLITICS PODCAST.

(SOUNDBITE OF THE BIG TOP ORCHESTRA'S "TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE [MARCH AND TWO-STEP]")

KEITH: You did not make it sound like it was a pleasure (laughter).

YANG: Really? Well, that's just the Asian stoicism. I actually enjoyed that immensely.

KEITH: (Laughter) All right. Well...

MCDERMOTT: Thank you.

KEITH: ...We really appreciate it.

YANG: Really is. I have this resting face that's very unwelcoming, and I apologize for it.


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  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
11 dividend Fk7zv     
n.红利,股息;回报,效益
参考例句:
  • The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
  • The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。
12 reclaim NUWxp     
v.要求归还,收回;开垦
参考例句:
  • I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
  • You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时,必须出示这张票子。
13 reclaiming 4b89b3418ec2ab3c547e204ac2c4a68e     
v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 );要求收回;从废料中回收(有用的材料);挽救
参考例句:
  • People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢? 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
14 stereotype rupwE     
n.固定的形象,陈规,老套,旧框框
参考例句:
  • He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
  • There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。
15 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初,开始
参考例句:
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
16 raucous TADzb     
adj.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的
参考例句:
  • I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.我听见楼上传来沙哑的笑声。
  • They heard a bottle being smashed,then more raucous laughter.他们听见酒瓶摔碎的声音,然后是一阵更喧闹的笑声。
17 savvy 3CkzV     
v.知道,了解;n.理解能力,机智,悟性;adj.有见识的,懂实际知识的,通情达理的
参考例句:
  • She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
  • Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了?
18 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
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》
19 gals 21c57865731669089b5a91f4b7ca82ad     
abbr.gallons (复数)加仑(液量单位)n.女孩,少女( gal的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals. 这时,吉姆手里提着一个锡皮桶,嘴中唱着“布法罗的女娃们”蹦蹦跳跳地从大门口跑出来。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
  • An' dey thinks dey wants mousy lil gals wid bird's tastes an' no sense at all. 他们想要的是耗子般的小姑娘,胃口小得像雀子,一点儿见识也没有。 来自飘(部分)
20 futures Isdz1Q     
n.期货,期货交易
参考例句:
  • He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
  • Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。
21 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
参考例句:
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
22 misogynist uwvyE     
n.厌恶女人的人
参考例句:
  • He quickly gained the reputation of being a misogynist.他很快地赢得了“厌恶女性者”的这一名声。
  • Nice try,but you're a misanthrope,not a misogynist.不错了,你讨厌的是世界,不是女人。
23 misogynistic 3f0b942dbbce064c8f7d66628418d140     
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
24 wholesome Uowyz     
adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的
参考例句:
  • In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
  • It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。
25 privy C1OzL     
adj.私用的;隐密的
参考例句:
  • Only three people,including a policeman,will be privy to the facts.只会允许3个人,其中包括一名警察,了解这些内情。
  • Very few of them were privy to the details of the conspiracy.他们中很少有人知道这一阴谋的详情。
26 frankly fsXzcf     
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
参考例句:
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
27 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
28 alignment LK8yZ     
n.队列;结盟,联合
参考例句:
  • The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
  • Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。
29 bucks a391832ce78ebbcfc3ed483cc6d17634     
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
参考例句:
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
30 strings nh0zBe     
n.弦
参考例句:
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
31 skeptical MxHwn     
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。
32 detest dm0zZ     
vt.痛恨,憎恶
参考例句:
  • I detest people who tell lies.我恨说谎的人。
  • The workers detest his overbearing manner.工人们很讨厌他那盛气凌人的态度。
33 component epSzv     
n.组成部分,成分,元件;adj.组成的,合成的
参考例句:
  • Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
  • Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
34 implement WcdzG     
n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行
参考例句:
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划,除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
35 navigate 4Gyxu     
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
参考例句:
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
36 petroleum WiUyi     
n.原油,石油
参考例句:
  • The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
37 implemented a0211e5272f6fc75ac06e2d62558aff0     
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
参考例句:
  • This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革,经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句
38 deficit tmAzu     
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
参考例句:
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
39 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
40 randomly cktzBM     
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
41 ethics Dt3zbI     
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
参考例句:
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
42 bribe GW8zK     
n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通
参考例句:
  • He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
  • He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
43 crux 8ydxw     
adj.十字形;难事,关键,最重要点
参考例句:
  • The crux of the matter is how to comprehensively treat this trend.问题的关键是如何全面地看待这种趋势。
  • The crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed.问题的要害是人们的态度转变了。
44 fingerprints 9b456c81cc868e5bdf3958245615450b     
n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
  • They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套,以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 pervasive T3zzH     
adj.普遍的;遍布的,(到处)弥漫的;渗透性的
参考例句:
  • It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
  • The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的,并且难以估算。
46 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
参考例句:
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
47 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
48 negligence IjQyI     
n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意
参考例句:
  • They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
  • The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。
49 dispense lZgzh     
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施
参考例句:
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
50 prescriptions f0b231c0bb45f8e500f32e91ec1ae602     
药( prescription的名词复数 ); 处方; 开处方; 计划
参考例句:
  • The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
  • Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。
51 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
52 addicts abaa34ffd5d9e0d57b7acefcb3539d0c     
有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 ); 入迷的人
参考例句:
  • a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
  • There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
53 addicted dzizmY     
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
参考例句:
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
54 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
55 pessimist lMtxU     
n.悲观者;悲观主义者;厌世
参考例句:
  • An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却,悲观者忘记怎样笑。
  • The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难,乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。
56 projections 7275a1e8ba6325ecfc03ebb61a4b9192     
预测( projection的名词复数 ); 投影; 投掷; 突起物
参考例句:
  • Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
  • The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。
57 vegetarian 7KGzY     
n.素食者;adj.素食的
参考例句:
  • She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
  • I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。
58 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
参考例句:
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
59 mitigate EjRyf     
vt.(使)减轻,(使)缓和
参考例句:
  • The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
  • Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。
60 tracts fcea36d422dccf9d9420a7dd83bea091     
大片土地( tract的名词复数 ); 地带; (体内的)道; (尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的)短文
参考例句:
  • vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
  • There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。
61 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
参考例句:
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
62 rehabilitate 2B4zy     
vt.改造(罪犯),修复;vi.复兴,(罪犯)经受改造
参考例句:
  • There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
  • He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。
63 optimist g4Kzu     
n.乐观的人,乐观主义者
参考例句:
  • We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者,又是现实主义者。
  • Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说,事情必定是会好转的。
64 fiber NzAye     
n.纤维,纤维质
参考例句:
  • The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
  • The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。
65 allude vfdyW     
v.提及,暗指
参考例句:
  • Many passages in Scripture allude to this concept.圣经中有许多经文间接地提到这样的概念。
  • She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles.她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。
66 alluded 69f7a8b0f2e374aaf5d0965af46948e7     
提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中,你提到了某个阴谋。
  • She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。
67 introversion a9d310b3c33e4783bc0c16bd6bb709e2     
n. [心理]内向性, 内省性
参考例句:
  • The contrast between extroversion and introversion is entirely superficial. 在外向和内向之间所作的对比完全是表面的。
  • The oft-drawn contrast extroversion and introversion is entirely superficial. 在外向和内向之间通常所作的对比完全是表面的。
68 discomfort cuvxN     
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
参考例句:
  • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
  • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
69 advisory lKvyj     
adj.劝告的,忠告的,顾问的,提供咨询
参考例句:
  • I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
  • He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
70 flopped e5b342a0b376036c32e5cd7aa560c15e     
v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅
参考例句:
  • Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽,一屁股坐到椅子上。
  • It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地,出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
71 salesperson 7Yoxa     
n.售货员,营业员,店员
参考例句:
  • A salesperson works in a shop.售货员在商店工作。
  • Vanessa is a salesperson in a woman's wear department.凡妮莎是女装部的售货员。
72 comedian jWfyW     
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
参考例句:
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
73 oracle jJuxy     
n.神谕,神谕处,预言
参考例句:
  • In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候,她祈祷神谕来指引她。
  • It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕,常常能预言最重要的事情。
74 eradicating cf9ed8736a32d45cce133ae90d20d180     
摧毁,完全根除( eradicate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Objective: To study the acute and chronic toxicity of Ten-flavor-acne eradicating-capsule. 目的:探讨复方中药合剂十味平痤胶囊的急性及慢性毒性。
  • We are on the verge of eradicating polio in the world. 我们已在世界消除小儿?痹症的边缘了。
75 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的,前进的
参考例句:
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
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