PBS高端访谈:特朗普在新闻发布会上畅谈有关俄罗斯的谣言

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: The president-elect made news on a number of other fronts today.

　　Our John Yang was in the room this morning, and he joins us now from Trump¹ Tower.

　　So, John, as we said before, it's been a long time since Mr. Trump had had a news conference, almost six months. Before you tell us what more he said, give us a sense of the room, the scene.

　　JOHN YANG: It was in the lobby here of Trump Tower, the pink marble lobby of the tower.

　　It was standing² room only. Two hours before the session began, all the seats had already been claimed, reporters, photographers, camera crews from all around the globe. And it was if there was a pent-up demand to ask questions of the president-elect.

　　And Mr. Trump didn't disappoint. In addition to all the big headlines that you have already talked about, he made news on some other fronts, on Obamacare, for example. He said he wants to move quickly to repeal³ and replace at the same time, even though some key lawmakers of his own party say that may be hard to do.

　　He says he's going to unveil his own proposal as a replacement⁴ as soon as Representative Tom Price is confirmed as his health and human services secretary.

　　DONALD TRUMP (R), President-Elect: So, the easiest thing would be to let it implode⁶ in '17. And, believe me, we'd get pretty much whatever we wanted. But it would take a long time.

　　We're going to be submitting, as soon as our secretary is approved, almost simultaneously⁷, shortly thereafter, a plan. It will be repeal and replace. It will be essentially⁸ simultaneously. It will be various segments, you understand, but will most likely be on the same day or the same week, but probably the same day.

　　JOHN YANG: Now, that Price nomination⁹ has run into some headwinds over questions about his selling and trading health care-related stocks while he sits on the Ways and Means Committee. Some Democrats¹⁰ say they want to know if he profited from insider information.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, another area where he made news had to do with filling that vacancy¹¹ on the Supreme¹² Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia almost a year ago, during which time Republicans didn't go along with President Obama's nominee¹³.

　　JOHN YANG: That's right.

　　And folks may remember that, in September, during the campaign, Mr. Trump released a list of 21 possible nominees¹⁴. He said today that he's already begun interviewing some of those candidates, and he said he will make his nomination to fill the court vacancy within two weeks after he's inaugurated.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: John, he also spoke¹⁵ about the issue that really helped launch his campaign, building the border wall with Mexico.

　　特朗普在新闻发布会上畅谈有关俄罗斯的谣言

　　JOHN YANG: That's right, that signature issue of the campaign.

　　He said that Mexico is going to pay for it one way or another. He said he doesn't want to wait and negotiate with Mexico about how they're going to pick up the tab. He said he wants to start building right away. And Vice⁵ President Mike Pence is in charge of making that happen.

　　And then, he says, he will negotiate with Mexico on picking up the tab.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: And, finally, John, he and his press spokesman had plenty to say about the press, about — in the wake of the story today about the Russian intel report on him.

　　JOHN YANG: That's right, Judy. It wouldn't be a Trump press conference without a little press bashing.

　　Interestingly enough, he started out by saying how glad he was to be there holding a press conference. He sounded almost nostalgic for news conferences. He even credited news conferences for winning the nomination for him.

　　But then things turned tense later in the session when he refused to take a question from Jim Acosta of CNN. CNN has been reporting very aggressively on this allegation that Russia has compromising information about the president-elect.

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 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 implode   

v.内爆，剧减

参考例句：

• The engine imploded.发动机内爆了。
• He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。

7 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 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。

10 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》

11 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

12 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

13 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。

14 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

15 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。