这一段是副总统Caroline和她的支持者之间的对话。从中我们可以看出，美国的总统制度实际上服务于一些实力雄厚的大财团，并以他们的利益为标准制定政治政策。
[00:40.88][剧情]
[00:43.41]Caroline
[00:59.21]播放音频
[01:01.55]The president changed his mind.
[01:03.61]We were given assurances he would veto the energy bill.
[01:06.39]Assurances can tell you everything that a man is going to do,
[01:09.74]until he wakes up in the morning and changes his mind.
[01:13.48]Then change it back.
[01:14.69]I don't think you understand.
[01:16.69]The president...
[01:17.30]Have you enjoyed our support?
[01:21.69]Yes.
[01:22.18]Good.
[01:22.91]We certainly wouldn't want you to take it for granted.
[01:25.48]Are you threatening me?
[01:26.52]Why?
[01:27.42]Do you feel threatened?
[01:28.72]Caroline, we've all been through this before.
[01:30.81]The ebbs and flows of political conscience,
[01:32.79]but we've found at the end of the day, we get what we want.
[01:36.31]It's simply a matter of who helps us get it.
[01:37.97]If you can't convince a doddering old fool finishing up
[01:40.91]his second term what the best thing is for this country's economy,
[01:44.17]perhaps you're not the kind of helper we're looking for.
[01:48.06]讲解
[01:51.20]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[01:55.84]The president changed his mind.
[02:00.56]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:03.52]We were given assurances he would veto the energy bill.
[02:11.03]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:18.14]Assurances can tell you everything that a man is going to do,
[02:21.68]until he wakes up in the morning and changes his mind.
[02:34.98]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:36.33]Then change it back.
[02:41.20]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:46.25]I don't think you understand.
[02:47.94]The president...
[02:49.10]Have you enjoyed our support?
[02:57.93]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:03.05]Yes.
[03:03.79]Good.
[03:04.61]We certainly wouldn't want you to take it for granted.
[03:14.12]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:17.56]Are you threatening me?
[03:19.08]Why?
[03:19.77]Do you feel threatened?
[03:26.35]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:34.00]Caroline, we've all been through this before.
[03:37.23]The ebbs and flows of political conscience,
[03:40.58]but we've found at the end of the day, we get what we want.
[03:54.88]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:56.64]It's simply a matter of who helps us get it.
[04:03.27]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[04:13.09]If you can't convince a doddering old fool
[04:16.83]finishing up his second term
[04:18.68]what the best thing is for this country's economy,
[04:22.53]perhaps you're not the kind of helper we're looking for.
[04:56.15]语言点
[04:58.59]assurance 保证
[05:03.11]He gave her assurance that the plan would succeed.
[05:11.60]veto 否决权
[05:24.61]energy bill 能源法案
[05:27.38]bill 钞票、账单 / 议案, 法案
[05:34.64]a bottle bill in effect in three states
[05:42.05]the GI Bill 美国军事法
[05:46.72]change…back 改回来
[05:49.79]back
[05:56.95]put the book back
[06:00.55]get back to normal
[06:04.03]pay back 偿还(借款), 报答, 报复
[06:09.61]take it for granted
[06:18.80]grant 赠与、给与
[06:23.01]He took her friendly help for granted.
[06:29.91]threatening
[06:30.97]threaten 恐吓, 威胁
[06:34.65]His father threatened to beat the boy if he stole again.
[06:45.45]been through
[06:46.97]through 通过、经历；到最后；尤指成功地完成某事
[06:55.56]be through
[06:56.80]get through
[06:58.78]We are through the initial testing period.
[07:05.17]They have been through the difficult war.
[07:11.85]ebbs and flows
[07:13.17]ebb 落潮
[07:15.48]flow 涨潮
[07:18.16]ebbs and flows
[07:24.88]conscience 良知, 道德心
[07:28.70]His conscience troubled him after he took the money.
[07:36.97]matter 事情；问题
[07:41.32]This is a matter of no account.
[07:47.47]I have an important matter to talk to you about.
[07:55.03]doddering
[07:56.20]dodder
[08:04.65]term 期间，期限，特定的期间 / 任期
[08:12.83]A six-year term as senator.
[08:18.79]He was made captain of the football team for a term of one year.
[08:57.62]谢谢收听 |