英语新闻听写 民调显示多数人将政府关门归咎于特朗普

 

According to a new a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, more Americans blame President Donald Trump¹ than the Democratic party for the ongoing² partial government shutdown.

根据周四发布的一项新的路透社和益普索的民调，对于现在政府部分关闭的事情，更多的美国人将此事归咎于唐纳德·特朗普总统，而不是民主党。

The poll, which was conducted from December 21 to the 25th, says forty-seven percent hold Trump responsible, while 33 percent blame congressional Democrats³.

该项于12月21日至25日进行的民调显示，47%的美国人将政府关闭的事归咎于特朗普，而33%的人将此事归咎于民主党国会议员。

The shutdown was triggered by Trump's demand that U.S. taxpayers⁴ provide him with $5 billion to help pay for a wall on the Mexican border.

这次政府关门是由特朗普的一个要求导致的，他要求纳税人提供50亿美元来帮助支付在美墨边境修建一座墙的费用。

As of now, there seems to be is no end in sight for the partial shutdown, which in its sixth day.

到目前为止，政府部分停摆已经进入第六天，但似乎还没有要结束的迹象。

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 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

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 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。