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Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race last week. And today he made his support for his former rival Joe Biden clear.

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BERNIE SANDERS: So today I am asking all Americans — I'm asking every Democrat¹; I'm asking every independent; I'm asking a lot of Republicans — to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which I endorse².

KELLY: All right, so what is next as Sanders and Biden try to unify³ their supporters? For more on that, we're going to bring in NPR political correspondent Asma Khalid.

Hey, Asma.

ASMA KHALID, BYLINE⁴: Hi there.

KELLY: So Bernie Sanders has said for a while that he would support Biden if he became the nominee⁵. Speak to the significance of actually hearing him say it out loud today.

KHALID: Well, you're right. He has long said he would support whoever was the Democratic nominee. But to me, the timing⁶ and the tone were key. I mean, this is very early for a rival to make an endorsement⁷. You can think back to 2016. Sanders then did not endorse Hillary Clinton until July. If you look back even at 2008, Hillary Clinton did not endorse Barack Obama until the end of June. So, I mean, I would say that this is very early, historically speaking. Today, to me, though, the tone between these two men was also important to watch.

They joined each other via livestream, and, you know, there were so many moments where you could hear Sanders seem to try to remind his supporters about the need to defeat Donald Trump⁸ as president. And then you also heard from Joe Biden, you know, some indications that these two men are friends. He explicitly⁹ thanked Sanders for his friendship, told him he was not going to try to, you know, let him down and that he would need his support not just to campaign but to also govern. And you got the sense that these were two men who genuinely saw each other as friends and believed that they need to unite in order to defeat the Republicans.

KELLY: So that all sounds very pleasant, very friendly. However, these two politicians have not been competing against each other for months for lack of differences — all kind of...

KHALID: Yup.

KELLY: ...Policy differences. Did they try to begin reconciling any of those today?

KHALID: Well, today in this livestream video that they did, they — you know, you definitely heard Joe Biden, in particular, emphasize these sort of shared goals, common values. Here he is.

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JOE BIDEN: You and I have always shared a profound conviction as long as we've both been in politics. This country wasn't built by Wall Street. It wasn't built by CEOs and hedge fund managers. It was built by workers.

KHALID: Now, Mary Louise, that language sounds, probably, awfully¹⁰ familiar to the type of language we've heard from Bernie Sanders for a while. We heard these two men — to me, what was most interesting — talk about the sense that they are planning to unite and actually create task forces to focus on specific policy priorities — education, the economy, climate change. But, you know, there is a big distinction on health care between these two men. And I will say I spent a lot of time talking to progressive activists¹¹ in the last few days, and they've said if there's not really movement on "Medicare for All" from Joe Biden, they don't know that all of Sanders' supporters will really come around to him.

KELLY: OK. We did get more primary results today. Joe Biden is projected to win last week's Wisconsin primary, but Sanders says he is going to stay on the ballot¹² for the rest of this primary season. So what does that mean as the campaign moves ahead?

KHALID: Well, he's trying to accrue¹³ more delegates with the primary goal of influencing the DNC's platform and rules. But, to me, the other unknown factor as we move ahead is what it will really take to convince some of his supporters to back Joe Biden. You know, we have seen — and we saw it even again today despite this livestream video that they did to get together that there are Biden skeptics within the Democratic Party. And, ultimately, there will still be more work for both of these men to do to convince those folks to come around and vote for Biden in November.

KELLY: NPR's Asma Khalid — thank you, Asma.

KHALID: You're welcome.

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

3 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

4 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。

5 nominee   

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。

6 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

7 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

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 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

10 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

11 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

13 accrue   

v.(利息等)增大，增多

参考例句：

• Ability to think will accrue to you from good habits of study.思考能力将因良好的学习习惯而自然增强。
• Money deposited in banks will accrue to us with interest.钱存在银行，利息自生。