夏说英语新闻晨读 第152期:特朗普

 本期内容：

Donald Trump¹ doubled down on his pledges to deport² undocumented immigrants and to build a “great border wall”, just hours after meeting Mexico’s president. Enrique Pe?a Nieto had insisted that Mexicans would pay for no such thing. Yet Mr Trump promised they will, “100%—they don't know it yet, but they’re going to pay for the wall.”

词汇讲解：
Double down: 押双倍注
Pledge: 承诺
Deport：遣返
Undocumented：无文件记录的

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 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。