PBS高端访谈:奥巴马畅谈美国总统接任事宜

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF:To that other news now. President-elect Donald Trump¹ ran into growing criticism today of one of his first transition appointments. On Sunday, he named conservative media executive Steve Bannon as his chief strategist. Bannon's been accused of racist² and anti-Semitic sentiments, and Democrats³ condemned⁴ the choice, while the Trump team defended it.

　　REP. BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-Minn.): The fact that Republicans have been silent on Bannon's appointment is a disturbing sign.

　　It shows that the Republican Party has embraced Trump's campaign agenda blatant⁵ sexism, racial bigotry⁶ and of religious intolerance.

　　KELLYANNE CONWAY, Trump Campaign Manager: I'm personally offended that you would think I would manage a campaign where that would be one of the going philosophies. It was not. And, as you know, 66-million-plus Americans or so saw something else.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Also today, the president-elect spoke⁷ by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and told him he looks for a strong and enduring relationship with Moscow.

　　Meanwhile, protests continued against his election. In East Los Angeles today, students left class and marched toward City Hall to demonstrate.

　　奥巴马畅谈美国总统接任事宜

　　HARI SREENIVASAN: The election and transition dominated President Obama's White House news conference today. It lasted well over an hour, and came before he left on his final overseas trip as president.

　　The president said both Americans and world leaders need to give his successor time to show what he means to do.

　　PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships.

　　And so one of the messages I will be able to deliver is his commitment to NATO and the Transatlantic Alliance. I think that's one of the most important functions I can serve at this stage during this trip is to let them know that there is no weakening of resolve when it comes to America's commitment to maintaining a strong and robust⁸ NATO relationship and a recognition that those alliances aren't just good for Europe. They are good for the United States, and they are vital for the world.

　　I have been encouraged by his statements on election night about the need for unity⁹ and his interest in being the president for all people. And that how he staffs, the first steps he takes, the first impressions he makes, the reset¹⁰ that can happen after an election, all those things are important and should be thought about.

　　And I think it's important to give him the room and the space to do that. It takes time to put that together.

　　It would not be appropriate for me to comment on every appointment that the president-elect starts making, if I want to be consistent with the notion that we are going to try to facilitate a smooth transition.

　　But the people have spoken. Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th President of the United States. And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. And those who didn't vote for him have to recognize that that's how democracy works.

　　Regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up. And those — those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don't match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick, because reality has a way of asserting itself.

　　MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC News: Mr. President, you had talked specifically about his temperament¹¹. Do you still have any concern about his temperament?

　　PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: There are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well, unless he recognizes them and corrects them, because when you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate¹² or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're president of the United States.

　　Everybody around the world's paying attention. Markets move.

　　On the deferred¹³ action program that we have, known as DACA, that relates to dreamers who are currently benefiting from these provisions, I will urge the president-elect and the incoming administration to think long and hard before they are endangering the status of what, for all practical purposes, are American kids.

　　So, we will try to share the lessons that we have learned over these last eight years with the incoming president. And my hope is, he makes things better. And, if he does, we will all benefit from it.

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 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

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 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 blatant   

adj.厚颜无耻的；显眼的；炫耀的

参考例句：

• I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
• His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。

6 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

9 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

10 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

11 temperament   

n.气质，性格，性情

参考例句：

• The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
• Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。

12 inaccurate   

adj.错误的，不正确的，不准确的

参考例句：

• The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确，而且夸大其词。
• She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。

13 deferred   

adj.延期的，缓召的v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
• a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划