PBS高端访谈:美国总统加州预选预计会发生什么?

 　　LISA DESJARDINS: Joining me now to discuss the California campaign is "NewsHour" veteran and L.A. Times assistant managing editor for politics, Christina Bellantoni.

　　Christina, thank you so much for joining us.

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI, Assistant Managing Editor for Politics, The Los Angeles Times: Hi, Lisa.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: All right, let's start with one of the biggest new phenomenon we are seeing in California this year, new voters.

　　What do you think all these new voters mean for Senator Sanders, and how big of a deal is this?

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI: Well, it is really hard to know, because when you see a giant number of young people registering — for example, in Los Angeles County alone, you had 61 percent of the new registrants, 236,000 people, 61 percent of those are under the age of 20.

　　Now, you have seen Senator Sanders has won with young voters basically everywhere. And in all polls, we have seen him doing very well with young voters here in California, so you would assume that that helps him. But you don't know, because there's a lot of people registering to vote with anger towards Donald Trump¹.

　　Hillary Clinton has plenty of young people who like her as well. So we are expecting a flood of turnout. And Sanders does seem to have quite a bit of momentum², especially here in Southern California, as he barnstorms the state. I mean, he hasn't left. He has been here every single day for multiple rallies all across the state.

　　美国总统加州预选预计会发生什么?

　　LISA DESJARDINS: And the new voters, it is a very large scale, right?

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI: Yes, hundreds of thousands of people.

　　And Democrats³ allow independents to vote in their presidential primary. So you could have a lot of independent new voters showing up and voting for Senator Sanders or Hillary Clinton come June 7.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Let's talk about the importance of California for Hillary Clinton. If she loses, how much of an issue do you think that really would be? We expect her to clinch⁴ the nomination⁵ either way.

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI: It is embarrassing, most populous⁶ state, you know, very strong Democratic state, a state Democrats are expected to capture.

　　But she could very much win here. The Clintons have a long history in California. She has a lot of quiet support. Of the congressional delegation⁷, all but four have endorsed⁸ Hillary Clinton. Those other four have actually not taken a position at all. Sanders doesn't have any congressional support here.

　　So, those friends matter when it comes to organizing and getting voters to show up.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: All right, let's quickly turn to the general election, which is so fascinating, Christina, Donald Trump saying he will make a play for California and its 55 electoral votes.

　　Can he really win, or is he just trying to spread out the Democrats here?

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI: You know, of course, anything can happen.

　　You can't forget that California did have a history of voting for Republicans for 20 years, ending with George H.W. Bush in 1988.

　　But when you consider this is a majority minority state, we have got huge numbers of Latino voters here, a large population of Asian voters, and also it is a very strongly Democratic state, expected to retain the Senate seat, as Barbara Boxer⁹ is retiring.

　　So, I would say that that is a pretty big long shot. In addition to that, the Republicans in California, who are the smallest numbers of registered voters, they are moderate. They're not the most conservative Republicans in the country.

　　So, all of those factors make me think Donald Trump is not likely to spend a lot of time here campaigning.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Well, we will be watching either way.

　　Christina Bellantoni of The L.A. Times, thank you so much for joining us.

　　CHRISTINA BELLANTONI: Thank you.

1 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。

2 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

3 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》

4 clinch   

v.敲弯，钉牢；确定；扭住对方 [参]clench

参考例句：

• Clinch the boards together.用钉子把木板钉牢在一起。
• We don't accept us dollars,please Swiss francs to clinch a deal business.我方不收美元，请最好用瑞士法郎来成交生意。

5 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

6 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

7 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

8 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。